A Bus Ride

One day I was on a bus. I found an elderly woman standing¹ in front of me. She had a big bag in her hand. "It's a virtue² 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 pregnant³ 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.

中文译文

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。

Vocabulary

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