幸運(yùn)的顧客 A Lucky Customer

曾敏

All the housewives（家庭主婦）who went to the new supermarket had one great ambition： to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay for her shopping. For this was what the notice just inside the entrance promised. It said： “Remember， once a week， one of our customers gets free goods. This may be your lucky day！”

For several weeks Mrs. Edwards hoped， like many of her friends， to be the lucky customer. Unlike（不同的;不相似的）her friends， she never gave up hope. The cupboards in her kitchen were full of things， which she did not need. Her husband tried to advise her against buying things but failed. She dreamed of the day when the manager of the supermarket would approach her and say， “Madam， this is your lucky day. Everything in your basket is free.”

On Friday morning， after she had finished her shopping and taken it to her car， she found that she had forgotten to buy any tea. She dashed（匆匆地）back to the supermarket， got the tea and went towards the cash desk. As she did so， she saw the manager of the supermarket approach her. “Madam，” he said， holding out his hand， “I want to congratulate you！ You are our lucky customer and everything you have in your basket is free！”

【精彩譯文】

最近有家新開張的超市，所有前往光顧的主婦都懷揣著一個(gè)美好的愿望——幸運(yùn)地成為一個(gè)購物不用交錢的顧客。這是商店入口處的啟事上所承諾的。啟事上寫著：“請記住，每個(gè)星期都有一位可以免費(fèi)購物的顧客。也許，今天就是您的幸運(yùn)日！”

幾個(gè)星期以來，正如自己的許多朋友一樣，愛德華太太一直盼望著自己會成為那位幸運(yùn)的顧客。跟朋友們不同，她一直沒有放棄這一期望。家里廚房的碗柜中被她塞滿了并不實(shí)用的東西。她的丈夫建議她不要亂買東西，然而不管用。她一直夢想著有一天超市的經(jīng)理走到她的面前，對她說：“夫人，今天是您的幸運(yùn)日，您籃子里的所有東西都是免費(fèi)的?！?/p>

一個(gè)周五的早晨，她采購?fù)瓴褨|西放進(jìn)車?yán)锖?，才想起自己忘了買茶葉。她急匆匆地回到超市，取了茶葉后向收銀臺走去。正在此時(shí)，她看到超市的經(jīng)理走了過來。“夫人，”他一邊說著一邊伸出手來，“我要恭喜您！您是我們的幸運(yùn)顧客，您籃子里的所有東西都是免費(fèi)的?！?/p>