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热心助人是世界上每个普通人皆有的品质。有同情心的陌生人常常都会伸以援手，因为他们知道遇到麻烦是什么滋味。中国人的这种特点看起来尤其明显，因为我曾亲身经历过。 A willingness to extend kindness to strangers is a trait of ordinary people around the world — perhaps because most everyone at some time has been lost, hungry, in pain, confused or simply caught in the rain. Empathetic strangers, knowing what trouble feels like, often come to the rescue. 热心助人是世界上每个普通人皆有的品质——或许是因为几乎人人都有迷路、饥饿、疼痛、迷茫或仅仅是淋雨的时候。有同情心的陌生人常常都会伸以援手，因为他们知道遇到麻烦是什么滋味。 In China, this attribute seems especially pronounced. I know because I have been the beneficiary. 中国人的这种特点看起来尤其明显。因为我曾亲身感受过。 A few examples: 举几个例子： As I was walking one day in Beijing, a major cloudburst opened up. You may have heard the expression “raining cats and dogs”. That day it rained whales and elephants. A stranger saw my plight and waved me quickly into his covered porch, where he offered a cup of tea and the chair he had been sitting in. 有一天我走在北京的街上，突然天降大雨。你可能听过“瓢泼大雨”这个词，可是那天的情形用“倾盆大雨”来形容都不为过。一个路人发现我的窘境，便向我招手让我赶快去他的门廊下躲雨。他不仅给我一杯茶，还把他的椅子让给我坐。 | 
