We have met, just not in person. I am a mortgage (抵押贷款) banker so I do my financial transactions over the phone and computer. This lady is a borrower of mine and I have done two of her refinances over the past few years. She is not a woman that is my mother’s age, not a grandmotherly type of client. She is my age.
We have never met in person. She lives in New Jersey and I live in California. I always try to make a Mortgage transaction as exciting as and as fun as it can be and of course her loan turned out great, but nothing spectacular happened where I saved the day or anything like that. Everything ran smooth. Mortgage is not the most exciting thing in the United States of America. Every couple of months, for the past three years, she would email me a little note that told me how much she appreciated me, how I made a difference in her life, how smart I was, and how thankful she was of me.
I have a stressful job, and sometimes my cheese is falling off my cracker all day long and just one little note from her completely changes my whole day. Sometimes it even makes me cry a little because it’s exactly what I needed to hear. Little does she know that one little action to somebody she barely even knows does so much for me over here on the other end.
This morning I turned on my computer and was trying to wake up and grunting at my emails and there it was, another note from her. I started my day in such a good mood and I let her know how much she makes a difference in my life! I also let her know how lucky the people are that are in her life if she treats everybody like this!
Everyone is so stressed out and lonely right now. Take a moment in your day tomorrow to do one little nice thing for somebody, even if it’s for someone you do not know. You can make one little difference in their life and put into motion a whole stream of positivity after that.
【小题1】What is the possible relationship between the writer and the woman?| A．Buyer and borrower. |
| B．Manager and employee. |
| C．Boss and customer. |
| D．Banker and client. |
| A．They live in different countries. |
| B．The writer borrowed money from this woman. |
| C．The woman and “I” have met in person before. |
| D．Both of them are thankful to each other. |
| A．upset | B．relaxed |
| C．satisfied | D．optimistic |
| A．To tell his/her story with an unknown woman. |
| B．To introduce his/her job as a mortgage banker. |
| C．To encourage people to do one little good thing to others. |
| D．To call on people to make a contribution to the whole world. |
