53. A Broken Chair

坏椅子

Zhang Ying-Ying sits just in front of me in class. In the last two days, hardly a moment has gone by when I sit in my chair that I do not feel a little ashamed and grateful. You may ask why I feel like that. Let's go back to two days ago. This is what happened.

张莹莹就坐在我的前面，这两天我一坐在椅子上，就感到一丝羞愧和几分感谢。也许你会问为什么会这样，让我们回到两天前， 事情是这样发生的。

I went to school that morning earlier than usual. When I went to my seat, I found my chair was broken. Bad luck! I said to myself. I looked around and found nobody else in the classroom then. I changed the chair with Ying-Ying's as quickly as possible.

那天我比平常早到学校，我来到座位，发现椅子坏了。真倒霉，我自言自语地说。我往四下看看，教室里一个人也没有，我尽快把椅子与莹莹的对换。

A few minutes later, Ying-Ying arrived. She stood there for two minutes when she saw the broken chair. The two minutes were so long to me that I didn't dare to look up. Instead of saying any thing, she left and came back with a hammer and nails. She began to repair it.

几分钟过后，莹莹来了，当她看到坏椅子时，她站在那儿足足两分钟。这两分钟对我来讲太长了，我不敢抬头看她。她没吱声，转身离开，拿了小锤和钉子回来，开始修理椅子。

My face turned red. I stood up to give her a hand. Her thanks for my help made me feel so ashamed for my behavior that I couldn't help speaking out the truth. On hearing it, she said with a smile, "You are honest. That is good. As to the broken chair, it is you and me who fixed it together. Forget it." We both laughed.

我的脸红了，我站起来去帮忙。她对我的感谢使我羞愧万分，我禁不住说出实情。听了我的话，她笑着说：“你很诚实，这就好。至于这把坏椅子，是你和我一起修好的，别放在心上。”我们俩都笑了。