《中英對照讀新聞》Cab driver returns $350,000 in diamond to owner運將將35萬美元鑽石交還失主

◎ 張其賢

Afghan immigrant Haider Sediqi didn't give much thought to the small, zippered pouch left in his taxicab by a passenger he took to Los Angeles International Airport.

阿富汗移民海德．塞迪奇並沒有太在意一個拉鍊拉上的小袋子，一位他載往洛杉磯國際機場的乘客，把這個袋子遺忘在他的計程車上。

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When he finished his shift and met a fellow driver for lunch, on their way to a restroom he asked his friend to check the bag for identification. Inside the bag, there were about 100 diamonds worthing $350,000 and a cell phone bill.

當他輪完班，和一個同事碰面吃中飯時，他在他們去廁所途中，要他的朋友查看袋子裡有沒有身分證明。袋子裡面有大約一百顆總價35萬美元的鑽石，和一張手機帳單。

Sediqi, 40, a father of two with a pregnant wife, called the number. "Um, did you leave anything?" he asked the man who answered. "Oh, my God," said jewelry businessman Eric Austein.

40歲、有兩名子女、妻子懷胎的塞迪奇，打了帳單上面的號碼。「呃，你有東西忘了帶走嗎？」他向接電話的男子問道。「喔，天啊！」珠寶商艾瑞克．奧斯坦回答。

Sediqi arranged to meet Austein at the airport police station. Police inventoried the diamonds and confirmed Austein’s identity. Austein took possession of the gems, hugged Sediqi and promised him a reward.

塞迪奇安排奧斯坦在機場警察局碰面。警方將鑽石開列清單登錄，並確認奧斯坦的身分。奧斯坦取得鑽石，擁抱塞迪奇，並承諾會酬謝他。

Sediqi said he never considered keeping the diamonds, even though he dreams of opening a restaurent. "God is up there," he said when he waited outside an auto shop, where his cab was having its brakes fixed. "He always watches."

塞迪奇說，他雖然夢想開一家餐廳，卻從未想過把鑽石據為己有。「神在上面」，他在一家修車行外等候修理計程車的煞車時說，「祂始終在看」。

新聞辭典

leave：動詞，忘了帶走。leave最常見的用法是「離開」，但它另一個常用的意思是「忘了帶走某物」，如：I left my cell phone in the office.（我把手機忘在辦公室裡。）

finish one's shift：片語，輪完班。shift指「輪班的時段」，如夜班是night shift，一天3班制是three shifts a day。例句：I work on night shift.（我上的是夜班。）

inventory：動詞，開列清單、盤點。