During my last year of junior high school, our teacher, Mrs. Debby, gave us a quiz. I was a hard-working student and I did well in all subjects. I finished the question successfully until I read the last one: What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?
在我初中的最后一年，我们的老师黛比女士给我们做了一个测验。我是一个勤奋的学生，我的所有科目成绩都很好。我成功地完成了测试，直到我读到最后一题：打扫学校的女人的名字是什么？

Of course I thought that must have been a joke. I saw the cleaning woman every day. She was short and about 50 years old. She had dark hair. But how could I know her name? I had never talked with her before. In fact, I’d never even thought about talking to her. I looked at my paper and started to feel rather guilty. Finally, I handed in my paper, leaving the last one unanswered.
我当然认为那一定是个笑话。我每天都见到那个清洁工。她个子不高，大约50岁。她有一头黑发。但我怎么知道她的名字？我之前从未与她交谈过。事实上，我甚至从未想过要和她交流。我看了看我的卷子，开始感到相当内疚。最后，我交了卷论，留下最后一道题没有答。

Before the quiz ended, one student asked if the last question would be counted in our grades.
在测验结束之前，一个学生问最后一到题是否会计入我们的成绩。

“Of course,” the teacher said. “In your life, you will meet many people. They are all important. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is to smile and say hello.”
“当然，”老师说。“在你的生活中，你会遇到很多人。他们都很重要。他们值得你的关注和关心，即使你所做的只是微笑和打招呼。”

I’ve never forgotten that lesson. Everyone deserves my attention and I should get to know all of the people who work and live around me. That was, perhaps, the most important lesson in my life. Later, I also learned that the cleaning woman’s first name was Hannah.
我永远不会忘记这一课。每个人都值得我关注，我应该了解所有在我周围工作和生活的人。这也许是我一生中最重要的一课。后来，我知道了这位清洁工的名字叫汉娜。