亲友长辈疼爱我们，老师教育我们，一线岗位工作者服务我们……在其位，谋其职，对于我们每一个人来说似乎就是天大的道理，毋庸置疑。或许我们的意识里有太多“理所当然”，因此我们极少对父母说“感谢你们”，对老师说“多谢栽培”，对保洁的叔叔阿姨道一句“辛苦了”……我们的幸福离不开他们的坚守岗位，一句“谢谢”，一句“您辛苦了”也许不能为他们带来多大的财富，却是对其工作的最大鼓励和支持。从今天起，为每一个坚守着岗位和本分的人送去一声理解的祝福吧！
It was 1st January, the first day of the year and a holiday for me. What luck! I started by thinking of getting the bank work out of the way. The bank person, an elderly gentleman with a white beard, was, as usual, curt[简略的] to my polite “Happy New Year.” He nodded and I sat in front of him.
那天是1月1日，新年的第一天，也是我的假日。真幸运！我开始盘算到银行去把工作办妥。给我办理业务的银行职员是一位老先生，留着一捋白胡子。他像平常一样简洁地回应我那句礼貌的“新年快乐”。他对我点点头，我便坐到他面前。
Minutes passed and nothing happened.
几分钟过去了，什么事情也没发生。
Then very hesitantly[犹豫地] I put my form and booklet[小册子] in front of him. He was busy filling up entries in his register. After a few minutes he took my form and from his cabinet he took out a very thick file from which he started filling in my details. I sat there wondering why we had computerized banking if we were still filling in forms and registers.
然后，我万分犹豫地把自己的表格和小册子放到他面前。他正忙着往登记簿里录入条目。过了几分钟，他拿起我的表格，从文件柜里抽出一本厚厚的档案文件，开始登记我的信息。我坐在那里，不禁疑惑既然我们要人工填写表格和登记簿，那还要电脑化的银行业务来干嘛呢。
After waiting for a few more minutes, in which I showed all signs of being impatient, I asked him if my work was done. The moment I uttered[说] the words, I felt as if a bombshell[炸弹] had fallen on him. He shouted, “Nothing is done, it will take time!”
在继续等待的几分钟里，我表现出各种不耐烦的小动作。我问他我的业务是否办理好了。就在我说话的那一刻，我觉得那像一颗炸弹落在他的身上。他大声吼道：“全都没办好，这需要时间！”
Just then I saw his morning cup of tea which had been lying there for the last ten minutes, untouched. The tea had turned almost cold while he was doing his work. Suddenly I felt what this man, who had been working at this counter for the last God-knows-how-many years, must be feeling when customers like me come who are always in a hurry to get their work done. We do not even feel the need to thank them for being there. He must be feeling so agitated[激动的] that “here comes another person who will push me for doing his work first.”
就在那个时候，我发现在刚刚过去的十分钟里，他那杯早晨热茶一直放着，一口都没喝。这杯茶在他工作时几乎凉掉了。突然之间，我明白了，当遇到像我这样总是急着想把业务办完的顾客时，这位在银行的这个窗口里干了不知道多少年的人会有怎样的感受。我们从未想过要感谢他们一直坚守岗位。他一定会很激动地想：“这次又是一个催着我快点帮他办事的家伙。”