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谁为你准备着降落伞 荷叶/译 查利 .普拉姆是越战中一位美国海军飞行员。他连续出色地完成七十四次战斗任务。然而，在执行第七十五次任务中，他的F4梦幻战斗机被一枚地空导弹击中，他被迫出舱。死亡迫在眉睫，救命的只有降落伞，他祈祷降落伞能够打开。他如愿以偿，得以成功落地，捡了一条命。但他被捕了,在越南战俘营当了六年战俘。 返回故乡多年后的一天，查利和妻子在堪萨斯市的一家小餐馆用餐，他发现两桌之隔有个人在不住地打量他。 查利回视了一眼，他并不认识这个人，但他却发现这个人一直盯着自己看。最后，这个人站起来，走到查利桌旁，说：“你是普拉姆上尉。”查利抬起头来，说：“对，我是普拉姆上尉。”这个人说：“你就是那个在越战中驾驶战斗机，那种装备精良的战斗机飞行员。你从小鹰号航母起飞，伞降在敌国领土，做了六年战俘。” 查利有点目瞪口呆，他抬头看了这个人一眼，问：“你究竟怎么知道这些的呢？”这个人笑着说：“因为我给你准备的降落伞。” 查利说不出话来。这个人抓住查利的手，然后抽出手臂，说：“我想降落伞发挥了作用。”随后，就走开了。 那晚，查利失眠了，他想到了地平线下的那艘航母，他多次经过的那个狭长的工作间，那里有一张张工作台，工作台上人们在打包降落伞。他不知道自己有多少次从这个人身边走过，甚至没打过一个招呼，说一声，早上好，你做得好，我感激你的工作。 “这个人的工作最终决定着我的生死，我有多少次对他视而不见？只不因为我是个优秀的飞行员，可以用两倍声速翱翔于太空，因为我是个战斗机飞行员，而他只是个水手。”我自问道。 想想吧，你一生中有多少次与那些对你帮助最多的人擦肩而过？这些人只有当你最需要他们时，需要他们为你准备降落伞时，才会从你生活的角落走出。这些人付出了额外的努力，却从不计较荣誉，奖项，奖章甚至是资金，这些人默默地在那儿，正为你准备着降落伞。 附：原文 Charlie Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. Heflew 74 consecutive successful combat missions.However on his 75th mission, his F4 Phantom fighter was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile and he was forced to eject. The only thing between himand imminent death was his parachute that he prayed would open. The parachute did open and Charlie made it down to the ground alive, but he was captured and spent 6 years as a prisoner of war in a Vietnamese prison camp. One day,many years after returning to his homeland, Charlie and his wife were sitting in a little restaurant in Kansas City when he noticed two tables over was this guy who kept looking at him. Charlie looked back but didn't recognize him, but he kept catching this guy staring at him. Finally the guy stood up and walked over to Charlie's table and said, "You're Captain Plumb."Charlie looked up at him and said,"Yes, I am Captain Plumb. "The guy said," You're that guy. You flew jet fighters in Vietnam.You're a fighter pilot, part of that 'Top Gun' outfit.You launched from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, you parachuted into enemy territory and you spent six years as a prisoner of war." Somewhat dumbfounded, Charlie looked up at the guy and asked, "How in the world did you know all that?" The man chuckled and said,"Because I packed your parachute." Charlie was speechless. The man grabbed Charlie's hand and pumped his arm and said,"I guess it worked," and walked off. Charlie laid awake that night, thinking about all the times he had walked through the long narrow room, below sea level on the aircraft carrier, with the tables where the men packed the parachutes. He wondered how many times he must have walked past this man without even saying "hi," "good morning" or "good job" or "I appreciate what you do." "How many times did I pass the man whose job would eventually save my life...because I was a jet jockey, a top gun racing around the sky at twice the speed of sound, because I was a fighter pilot and he was just a sailor?" he asked himself. Think about this for yourself. How many times in life do you pass the people who help you out the most? The people who come out of the far corners of your life just when you need them the most and pack your parachutes for you? The people who go the extra mile, the people who don't look for the kudos or the accolades or the achievement medal or even the bonus check -- the folks who are just out there packing parachutes? | 
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