這天，不知誰敲響了那扇破舊不堪的門。邁克有些不耐煩地把門打開。

This day, I don't know who knocked on the shabby door. Mike opened the door impatiently.

“先生，您的匯款單和一封信?！编]遞員小姐用她那清脆的嗓音說到。

"Your money order and a letter, sir." Said the postman in her clear voice.

匯款單？估計(jì)是有和我同名同姓的人吧。還有那封信？該不會(huì)是恐嚇信吧！可是我得罪過誰呢？邁克開始將所有朋友的名字像電腦一樣在頭腦中顯示……

Remittance? I think there is someone with the same surname as me. And that letter? It's not a threatening letter! But who have I offended? Mike began to put the names of all his friends in his head like computers

“先生――”

"Sir"

“哦，那謝謝你了?！边~克這才反應(yīng)過來，然后迅速關(guān)上門，走進(jìn)里屋。

"Oh, thank you then." That's how Mike reacted. He quickly closed the door and walked into the inner room.

邁克有些害怕地打開信封，生怕里面會(huì)蹦出一只蜘蛛或者其它什么昆蟲……信終于被打開了，那是一封很簡(jiǎn)短的信，上面寫道：

Mike opened the envelope in fear that a spider or some other insect might pop out of it The letter was finally opened. It was a very short letter, which read:

“叔叔，您好！我不知道該怎樣稱呼您。上次我在電視上看到了有關(guān)您的一些事情，想到您的經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況一定不太好，便隨信給您寄來一些錢，希望您能收下。因?yàn)槲矣X得，人與人之間應(yīng)該學(xué)會(huì)互助。

"Hello, uncle! I don't know what to call you. Last time I saw something about you on TV, I thought that your financial situation must not be very good, so I sent you some money with the letter, hope you can accept it. Because I think people should learn to help each other.

風(fēng)雪中的小男孩

Little boy in the snow

當(dāng)邁克看到落款時(shí)，便猛然回憶起那個(gè)有雪的一年冬天。

When Mike saw the signing, he suddenly recalled the snowy winter.

那年冬天，蘇聯(lián)的整個(gè)經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況都不太好，居民都遷往外地。而邁克――一位很有名氣的記者，卻照樣活得悠哉游哉。

In that winter, the whole economic situation of the Soviet Union was not very good, and the residents moved to other places. Mike, a well-known journalist, is still at ease.

一天，邁克又開始?？崴频脑诖蠼稚祥e逛，順便找些可以寫的材料。邁克是個(gè)只要風(fēng)度不要溫度的人，再加上天空飄著小雪，他便開始可憐起他那件厚厚的毛衣。這時(shí)，他發(fā)現(xiàn)一個(gè)比他“抖”得還要厲害的人。那是個(gè)小男孩，他穿的極少，蜷在街道一角，渾身瑟縮著，面前擺著一個(gè)要飯的碗。路上行人來來往往，沒有人注意到他。

One day, Mike began to hang out on the street again, looking for something to write. Mike is a man with a cool demeanor and a light snow in the sky. He begins to pity his thick sweater. At this time, he found a person who was more shaking than him. It was a little boy, very little dressed, curled up in a corner of the street, shivering, with a bowl of rice in front of him. Passers-by came and went, and no one noticed him.

“叔叔，給我口飯吃吧?！毙∧泻⒖嗫喟?。

"Uncle, give me something to eat." The little boy begged.

邁克注意看了一下他要飯的碗，那里面只有灰塵，幾乎就是化學(xué)中所謂的“單質(zhì)”。給他吧，有損我高貴的形象；不給他，又會(huì)讓別人覺得我沒有同情心。邁克開始了激烈的思想斗爭(zhēng)。最終，他還是作出了決定――給小孩一角錢。

Mike took a look at his bowl. There was only dust in it. It was almost the so-called "single substance" in chemistry. Give it to him, it will damage my noble image; if you don't give it to him, it will make others feel that I have no sympathy. Mike began a fierce ideological struggle. In the end, he made a decision to give the child a dime.

邁克往碗里塞了一角錢，然后頭也不回地走了，只留下小孩的那句“謝謝”。

Mike shoved a dime into the bowl and walked away without looking back, leaving only the child's "thank you.".

后來，蘇聯(lián)的重工業(yè)發(fā)展起來了。緊接著，出現(xiàn)了“百?gòu)U俱興”的場(chǎng)面。

Later, heavy industry in the Soviet Union developed. Then, there was the scene of "everything goes well".

可憐的邁克！他再也不是那個(gè)高傲的吝嗇鬼了！他由于涉嫌一個(gè)案子被報(bào)社辭退。待他洗脫罪名后，家當(dāng)已所剩無幾了，連經(jīng)濟(jì)來源也沒有了。他真正地走進(jìn)了生命的低谷。

Poor Mike! He is no longer that proud miser! He was dismissed by the newspaper on suspicion of a case. After he was cleared of the charge, there was little left in the family, not even a source of income. He really went to the bottom of life.

邁克從回憶中醒了過來，他看了看匯款單，是五百元，整整的五百元！邁克此時(shí)是多么的需要它??！

Mike wakes up from his memory. He looks at the money order. It's 500 yuan, the whole 500 yuan! How much Mike needs it now!

第二天，邁克很早就拿著匯款單來到郵局。他那平靜的臉上顯示出從未有過的笑容。他從口袋里拿出一張紙，又隨手拿起一支筆寫到：

The next day, Mike came to the post office early with the money order. His calm face showed a smile never seen before. He took a piece of paper out of his pocket and then picked up a pen and wrote:

“親愛的小男孩，我很高興你有了幸福的生活，感謝你在我生活最低潮時(shí)給予我鼓勵(lì)。不過我想，人與人之間的互助應(yīng)該是平等的。否則，那就成了施舍，不是嗎？叔叔”

"Dear little boy, I'm glad you have a happy life. Thank you for your encouragement at the lowest point of my life. But I think that mutual assistance between people should be equal. Otherwise, it's charity, isn't it? Uncle

邁克將信裝進(jìn)信封，貼上郵票后將它投進(jìn)郵箱。然后，他從匯款單中取出一角錢，將剩余的錢重新郵了回去。

Mike put the letter in the envelope, put the stamp on it and put it in the mailbox. Then he took a dime out of the money order and mailed the rest back.

走出郵局，邁克的臉上終于露出了燦爛的笑容。這是他生命最溫暖的一天。他慶幸，他經(jīng)歷了人世間最偉大的互助。

Out of the post office, Mike finally got a big smile on his face. It was the warmest day of his life. He is glad that he has experienced the greatest mutual aid in the world.