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I have a Rewards Card for Showcase Cinema that allows me to earn rewards points with each purchase that I make at the theatre and periodically provides me with a free popcorn, soda or movie ticket coupon.
我有一張Showcase電影院的積分卡，每次消費(fèi)都會(huì)積點(diǎn)，然后定期給我提供免費(fèi)的爆米花，汽水，和電影優(yōu)惠券。

I had recently accumulated enough rewards points to obtain a coupon for a free popcorn.
最近我的積分可以換免費(fèi)的爆米花了。

Standing in the movie theatre ticket line on Saturday, I noticed just ahead of me, a father with his 2 small boys also waiting to buy their tickets for the Matinee Movie.
周六，我正在排隊(duì)買電影票，注意到有一個(gè)父親帶著兩個(gè)孩子就排在我的前面，準(zhǔn)備看日?qǐng)鲭娪啊?/div>

Knowing that movies can be quite expensive for families nowadays, I tapped the Dad on the shoulder and asked, ‘I have a coupon for free popcorn and don’t plan to use it, would you like it for one of your boys?’
如今在電影上的花銷對(duì)于一個(gè)家庭來(lái)說(shuō)也是有點(diǎn)小貴，所以我拍了下那位父親的肩膀，問(wèn)道：“我正好有一張爆米花的免費(fèi)優(yōu)惠券，我不打算用了，要不你給其中一個(gè)小朋友來(lái)一份吧。

He said, ‘Yeah, sure. That’s great! Thanks!’ and took the coupon.
”父親答道，“好的，太棒了，謝謝你！”說(shuō)著手下了優(yōu)惠券。

A few minutes later, after they had purchased their tickets, one of his small sons who appeared to be about 9 or 10 years old, walked up to me and silently held out a shiny penny to show me.
幾分鐘以后，他們都買好了票，其中的一個(gè)小男孩，看起來(lái)大概9到10歲的樣子，向我走來(lái)，然后默默地拿出一美分給我看。

I took it and said, ‘Wow that’s cool! It’s really shiny!’
我拿過(guò)來(lái)看著說(shuō)道：“這個(gè)好酷，而且它看起來(lái)很閃?！?/div>

He quietly replied, ‘It’s a 2011’.?As I handed it back to him.
“它是2011年生產(chǎn)的”小男孩答道，接著我就把硬幣還給了他。

He pushed the penny towards me once again and quietly said, ‘You can keep it’.
他又把硬幣遞過(guò)來(lái)說(shuō)：“你可以收下它”。

Showing my gratitude, I replied, ‘Wow that’s awesome, thank you very much” and asked, ‘Where did you get it!’ and he said quite softly, ‘I found it in my Dad’s car’.
為了表示我的感激我說(shuō)道：“這枚硬幣太棒了，非常感謝！你是從哪里找到的？”“是從我爸爸的車?yán)铩彼p聲說(shuō)道。

I said, ‘Oh that’s cool, thanks!
我說(shuō)：“很不錯(cuò)呢，謝謝！”

He smiled, quietly turned and walked back to his Dad who returned my smile with a knowing smile of his own.
他笑了，然后轉(zhuǎn)身朝著他爸爸走去，只見(jiàn)他爸爸也報(bào)以微笑，好似他知道事情的始末。

It’s the small special moments like that that can make an ordinary day, special.
這個(gè)美好特別的一刻，讓平凡無(wú)奇的一天變得有意義。

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（翻譯：林潯鷗）