World of Smiles 微笑的世界

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World of Smiles 微笑的世界

About ten years ago

大约十年前，
when I was an undergraduate in college, 

在我还是一名大学生的时候，
I was working as an intern at my University’s Museum of Natural History. 

那时，我正在所就读的大学自然历史博物馆实习。
One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, 
一天，当正在礼品店收银机前忙于工作时，

I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.
我看见一对老夫妇带着一个坐轮椅的小女孩走了进来。

As I looked closer at this girl, 
更进一步的去观察那个女孩之后，

I saw that she was kind of perched on her chair. 
我才看到她坐在她的椅子上，

I then realized she had no arms or legs, 
没有胳膊和腿，

just a head, neck and torso. 

只是头，脖子和躯干，

She was wearing a little white dress with red polka dots.

她穿着一件有红色圆点的白色连衣裙。
As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking down at the register. 

当那对夫妇将轮椅推向我这边时，我正埋头在收银机前工作，
I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink. 

然后，我把头转向了那个女孩，对她眨了眨眼。
As I took the money from her grandparents, 

从她奶奶那接过钱的时候，
I looked back at the girl, 

我又看了看那个女孩，
who was giving me the cutest, largest smile

她给了我一个最可爱，最美丽的微笑，
I have ever seen. 

我从没见过那样的笑容，
All of a sudden her handicap was gone 

霎那间她的生理缺陷消失得无影无踪，

and all I saw was this beautiful girl, 

我看到的只是这个漂亮的女孩儿，
whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life is all about.

她的笑容让我动容，让我瞬间懂得了生命的全新意义。

She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and brought me into her world; 

她将我从一个穷苦，伤心的大学生中解救出来，把我带进了她的世界.
a world of smiles, love and warmth.
一个充满笑容，爱以及温暖的世界。

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