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翻译：小虎 One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, ?Why would anyone take home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd[书呆子].?I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends the next afternoon), so I shrugged[耸肩] my shoulders and went on.

As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him. They ran at[突然袭击] him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping[绊倒] him, and he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him. He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes; my heart went out to him. So, I jogged[慢步跑] over to him and as he crawled[爬行] around looking for his glasses, I saw a tear in his eye.

As I handed him his glasses, I said, “Those guys are jerks. They really should get lives.”He looked at me and said, “Hey, thanks!”There was a big smile on his face. It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude[感谢]. I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before. He said he had gone to private school before now. I would have never hung out with a private school kid before. We talked all the way home, and I carried some of his books.

He turned out to be a pretty cool kid. I asked him if he wanted to play a little football with my friends. He said yes. We hung out all weekend and the more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him and my friends thought the same.

Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack[堆] of books again. I stopped him and said, “Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books every day!”He just laughed and handed me half the books.

Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends. When we were seniors, we began to think about college. Kyle decided on Georgetown and I was going to Duke. I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem. He was going to be a doctor and I was going for business on a football scholarship.

Kyle was valedictorian注 of our class. I teased[取笑] him all the time about being a nerd. He had to prepare a speech for graduation. I was so glad it wasn?t me having to get up there and speak. On Graduation Day, I saw Kyle. He looked great. He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school. He had more dates than I had and all the girls loved him. Boy, sometimes I was jealous[嫉妒的]. Today was one of those days. I could see that he was nervous about his speech. So I smacked[拍打] him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you'll be great!”He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful type) and smiled. “Thanks,”he said.

As he started his speech, he cleared his throat and began, “Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years” your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach…ut mostly your friends. I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them. I am going to tell you a story.” I just looked at my friend with disbelief[怀疑] as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to kill himself over that weekend. He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker[存物柜] so his mom wouldn?t have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home. He looked hard[不容怀疑的] at me and gave me a little smile.

“Thankfully, I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable[坏透了的].” I heard the gasp[喘息] go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment. I saw his mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile. Not until that moment did I realize its depth. Never underestimate[低估] the power of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person's life, for better or worse[不管怎样].

“Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.”

当我还是高中一年级学生的时候，一天，我看见班里的一个同学正从学校走回家，他名叫凯尔。他好像要把自己所有的书捧回家。我心想：“为什么会有人在星期五把自己全部的书都带回家呢？他一定是个书呆子。”我已经把自己的周末安排得很充实（明天下午我要跟朋友一起开派对和踢足球），于是我耸耸肩，继续走我的路。

正当我走着的时候，我看见一群孩子向他奔去。他们突然袭击他，撞倒他怀中的书，还绊倒他，他跌倒在淤泥里。他的眼镜飞了出去，落在离他10英尺远的草丛里。他抬起头，我看见了他眼中十分忧伤的神情，我非常同情他。因此，我向他跑去。当他匍匐着寻找自己的眼镜时，我看见了他眼中的泪水。

我把他的眼镜递给他，然后说：“那些人是坏蛋。他们应该好好找点更有意义的事情做。”他看着我，说：“噢，谢谢！”他的脸上露出灿烂的笑容，充满真挚的感激之情。我帮他捡起书本，并问他住在哪里。原来他就住在我家附近，我便问他为什么我以前从来没见过他。他告诉我，在这之前他一直在私立学校读书。以前我从不跟私立学校的学生来往。我们一起回家，一路上我们不停地聊天，我还帮他捧书。

原来他是个不错的小伙子。我问他是否想跟我的朋友一起踢踢球，他说好。因此我们一起度过了周末。我对凯尔了解得越多，就越喜欢他，我的朋友也有同感。

到了星期一早上，我又看见凯尔捧着一大堆书上学。我停住他，说：“天哪！你每天都捧着这么一大堆书，你真的会长出结实的肌肉来！”他只是笑了笑，然后把他手中一半的书递给我。

在其后四年里，凯尔和我成为了最好的朋友。当我们升上高中最后一年的时候，我们开始考虑上大学的事情。凯尔决定考乔治城大学，而我就打算考杜克大学。我知道我们永远都是朋友，所以距离永远不成问题。他打算当一名医生，而我就打算用自己所获得的足球奖学金来学商。

凯尔是我们班的毕业生代表。我总是取笑他是个书呆子。他要为毕业典礼准备演讲，我很高兴，得站在讲台上发言的那个人不是自己。毕业典礼那天，我看见凯尔，他打扮得很帅。他是高中时期能够发现自我特长并使其得以充分发挥的优秀学生。他与人约会的机会比我还多，所有的女孩都喜欢他。天哪，我有时还挺妒忌他的，比如今天就是这样。我看得出他为演讲而紧张，所以我拍拍他的背，对他说：“喂，大名人，你的演讲会很出色的！”他用一种神情―那种非常感激的神情―微笑着看了看我。“谢谢，”他说。

开始演讲了，他清清嗓门，然后说：“毕业典礼是向那些曾经在困难的日子里帮助你度过难关的人致谢的时刻―比如你的父母、你的老师、你的兄弟姐妹，或者还有教练……但更多是你的朋友。在这里，我要告诉你们在座各位，成为别人的朋友是你能给予他们的最棒的礼物。我要给你们讲一个故事。”

我不可置信地看着我的朋友，因为他讲述的故事正是关于我们相识的那一天。当时，他打算在周末了结自己的生命。他谈及到自己是怎样清空贮物柜，把他的东西带回家，这样他妈妈就不用在事后替他收拾了。他坚定地望着我，微微对我笑了笑。

“谢天谢地，我得救了。我的朋友把我从那可怕的行为中救了出来。”

当这个英俊又受人欢迎的男孩向大家诉说在自己最软弱的时候的经历时，我听见观众中传来紧张的呼吸声。我看到他的父母望着我，向我投来与他们儿子一样充满感激之情的微笑。到了这个时刻，我才明白其中深奥的意义。永远也不要低估你的行为的力量。不论好坏，只是一个小小的动作，你就能改变一个人的生命。

“朋友是天使，当我们的双翅遇到困难忘记该如何飞翔的时候，朋友会把我们高举起来。”