今天，我看到了最美的風(fēng)景

working at a disability/welfare office

在社會(huì)福利部門(mén)任職

and I got to see the coolest thing today.

今天，我看到了最美的風(fēng)景

A homeless man, Charlie,

一個(gè)名叫Charlie的無(wú)家漢

came in with a power wheelchair

坐在一輛電動(dòng)輪椅上走了進(jìn)來(lái)

that didn't work.

輪椅壞了

Its batteries would no longer charge.

電池充不了電

As I was pushing him around the office,

我推著他在辦公室里走動(dòng)

first to get checked in,

先是去登記

then to an outlet

然后走向一個(gè)出口

to get some charge in his batteries,

去給他的電池充電

then back to a window to be seen... etc.

然后來(lái)到一個(gè)窗口邊進(jìn)行人臉識(shí)別

A woman noticed

一個(gè)女士注意到了我們

and asked Charlie if his chair was dead

問(wèn)查理，他的輪椅是不是壞了

and how long he had it.

他用了多久了

He's needed it for about three years now,

他已經(jīng)靠著它四處行走足有三年了

after he got stabbed in the back of the neck

三年前，他被人從背后刺中了頸椎

leaving him paralyzed on the left side.

左側(cè)身體全部癱瘓

He's on disability

他靠社會(huì)福利金過(guò)活

and doesn't have much money to replace the battery

沒(méi)有錢(qián)去換電池

which will now only hold a charge for about ten minutes,

現(xiàn)在充電之后只能用大概十分鐘

so he mostly just pushes himself around with his right foot,

所以，他大多數(shù)時(shí)候只能用右腳推著自己移動(dòng)

traveling backwards.

向后倒著走

The Woman, Diane,

那位女士名叫Diane

explained that her brother is also paralyzed

她說(shuō)，她的哥哥也癱瘓了

and they have an older chair that they're not using.

他們有一架沒(méi)有再用的久輪椅

She asked Charlie if he would like it.

她問(wèn)Charlie是否愿意接受那架舊輪椅

Charlie said yes.

Charlie說(shuō)愿意

Diane left and came back about an hour later.

Diane離開(kāi)大概一小時(shí)后回來(lái)了

She asked me to unload the new chair,

她讓我?guī)退研螺喴伟嵯聛?lái)

which I did.

我照辦了

Now,

其實(shí)

I don't know much about powered wheelchairs,

我對(duì)電動(dòng)輪椅所知甚少

but I can tell this is no basic model.

但我可以看出，眼前的新輪椅絕不是簡(jiǎn)單的款式

It not only drives,

它不僅可以向前行駛

it can lift up,

還可以托舉

recline,

后傾

and do other stuff too.

還有很多其他功能

Turns out it's like a $20,000 chair.

原來(lái)這是一個(gè)價(jià)值約2萬(wàn)美元的輪椅

Charlie looked it over Charlie

仔細(xì)打量了一番

and said it sure is nice.

說(shuō)這的確是把好輪椅

But Diane tells us there's one small problem,

不過(guò)Diane對(duì)我們說(shuō)，有一個(gè)小小的問(wèn)題

the new chair won't charge

新輪椅無(wú)法充電

because it hasn't been used in two years.

因?yàn)樗呀?jīng)有兩年沒(méi)有被用過(guò)了

So what does Diane do?

Diane如何解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題?

She tells Charlie

她告訴Charlie

she will take it over to the Medical Supply Store

她會(huì)把這架輪椅帶到醫(yī)療用品專(zhuān)賣(mài)店去

that's just a block away

商店離這里只有一個(gè)街區(qū)

and see if they can put new batteries in it

詢(xún)問(wèn)店家，是否能換上新的電池

or get it working.

或者用其他辦法讓輪椅啟動(dòng)

So I loaded the chair back into her van,

于是我把輪椅搬到了她的車(chē)?yán)?/p>

and they all took off

于是兩人出發(fā)了

to get the new chair up and running.

去讓新輪椅站起來(lái)，跑起來(lái)

Let me tell you,

讓我告訴你

in 13 years of law enforcement and security work,

我干了13年執(zhí)行法律，維護(hù)治安的工作

I've never seen anything like that.

卻從沒(méi)見(jiàn)過(guò)這樣的事情

The funny thing was

有趣的是

Diane actually told me I was so kindDiane

還對(duì)我說(shuō)，我真善良

for helping Charlie get around the office.

會(huì)幫助Charlie在辦公室里走來(lái)走去

No, ma'am it's you.

不，女士，善良的人是你。