35 A Bus Ride
One day I was on a bus. I found an elderly woman standing in front of me. She
had a big bag in her hand. "It's a virtue for a young person to help the
old,"I said to myself.
When I was standing up to give my seat to the old lady, a young foreigner got
up quickly saying, "Please sit down."The old lady thanked him and sat down.
She looked very happy.
I was a little embarrassed because I was sitting in the middle of the bus.
Suddenly a pregnant woman got onto the bus. I quickly stood up to give up my
seat to her. The foreigner smiled at me. He said that he was an Australian,
and was a student studying Chinese culture in China.
ride 骑马、骑脚踏车或乘坐公共交通工具旅行
elderly 年长的
virtue 美德
pregnant 怀孕的
乘公共汽车
一天,我在一辆公共汽车上。我发现一位年长的妇人站在我的面前,她手里拿了个大包。“帮助老人是年轻人的美德。”我对自己说。
当我正要站起来把自己的座位让给那位老妇人时,一个年轻的外国人很快站了起来,说:“请这里坐。”老妇人谢谢他,然后坐下,她看上去非常高兴。
我有一点尴尬,因为我坐在车厢的中间。突然一个孕妇上了车。我很快地站起来把座位让给了她。那个外国人笑着看着我,他说他是澳大利亚人,正在中国学习中国文化