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My

dad

was

a

used

car

salesman.

Every

night

on

Thursday,

he

would

head

off

Shreveport,

LA

to

the

auction.我爸爸以前是个二手车推销员，每个周四晚上他便前往洛杉矶的什里夫波特参加拍卖。Once,

I

was

riding

with

him

on

the

highway

when

he

spotted

a

hitchhiker

with

a

backpack.

As

soon

as

Dad

saw

him,

he

pulled

the

car

over

and

offered

him

a

ride.有一次，我跟他在高速公路上开着车，他看到一个搭便车的旅行者，背着背包，爸爸一看到他，马上将车子停到路边，提出送他一程。Dad

asked

him

where

he

was

going.

The

hitchhiker

in

front

of

me

said

he

headed

out

to

the

west.

Dad

told

him

we

were

heading

to

Shreveport

so

that

was

as

far

as

we

could

take

him.

I

can't

remember

why

but

he

told

Dad

lost

of

things

that

made

him

decide

to

go

to

the

west.

爸爸问他要去哪里，那位旅行者坐在我前面，说他要前往西部，爸爸跟他说了我们的目的地，说我们最远能带他到那里了。我不记得为什么当他告诉爸爸因为丢失东西使他决定去西部。I

sat

in

the

back

seat

and

watched

the

scene

with

amazement.

I

could

see

the

hitchhiker

changed

his

attitude

as

he

could

feel

someone

was

really

running

after

him.

It

was

quite

an

exchange

and

I

watched

it

carefully

as

if

I

were

taking

notes

in

order

not

to

miss

one

word.

I

did

know

it

was

quite

cold

outside

and

the

hitchhiker

was

very

happy

to

be

able

to

stay

in

our

car.我坐在后座，新奇地看着风景。我能看到旅行者改变了态度，因为他能感觉到有人在追随他。那是一个很棒的交谈，我仔细地观察，就像在做笔记，以免错过一个字。我知道外面确实很冷，旅行者很乐意呆在我们车里。We

drove

another

forty-five

minutes

we

had

to

exit

the

highway.

We

pulled

over

and

Dad

told

him

to

keep

his

head

up

and

things

would

start

getting

better

for

him

soon.

He

reached

into

his

pocket

and

handed

the

hitchhiker

a

twenty-dollar

bill.

The

guy

was

very

pleased

now.

His

face

lit

up

right

there

on

the

cold,

dark

highway.45分钟路程后，我们不得不出高速，这时爸爸把车停下来，跟他说要保持乐观，事情很快就会变好。爸爸从口袋掏出一张20美元的钞票，递给他，他非常高兴，他的脸在寒冷黑暗的公路上突然亮起来了。We

drove

on

and

my

dad

didn't

say

a

single

thing.

I

was

still

completely

amazed

by

what

I

had

just

seen.

I

was

always

told

by

everyone

to

never

pick

up

a

hitchhiker

and

yet

my

dad

did

it

every

time

he

saw

one.

He

always

gave

them

money

even

if

he

did

not

have

very

much

of

his

own.I

learned

a

lot

about

my

dad

and

life.

I

learned

that

just

one

single

kind

act

can

change

someone's

life.我们继续前进，爸爸没再说过一句话，当我仍对刚刚发生的事感到诧异。一直每个人都告诫我不要中途带搭便车旅行者，但爸爸每一次他遇到一个，他还是那么做。尽管他自己没有很多钱，他还是一直会给他们钱。我从我爸爸和他的一生学到很多，我学到一个简单的善举能到改变某个人的人生。