这一切都是值得的

⊙ By Anjali Mohapatra

翻译：蓝蓝

这一切都是值得的

⊙ By Anjali Mohapatra

翻译：蓝蓝

It’s Well worth It

适合泛读

建议时间：3分钟

在大城市里，出门前用手机应用约辆车早就是稀松平常的事情了——但你和这些网约车司机聊过天吗？说不定每个司机都有一个特别的故事呢……

It was a Friday morning. I felt too lazy to drive my car, so my son booked[预订]an Uber. In five minutes, the car arrived at our door. I just saw the cab number and got in. I was so busy searching for an important paper that I didn’t pay any attention to the driver, “Please be quick. I’m in a hurry.”

The voice came, “Yes, ma’am.”

I was surprised when I heard a female voice! I stopped my work and looked at the driver. The driver was a young lady. For the first time, I saw a lady driving an Uber—here in India!

The car was running on the national highway. She was driving perfectly well. I had travelled in Uber cars for hundreds of times, but never did I see a woman driver. So I was quite eager to know more about my driver and why she had chosen this job, “If you don’t mind, can I ask you some questions?”

“Yes, ma’am. No problem.”

“I guess you are well-educated?”

“Yes, ma’am. I have completed my MBA course.”

“Wow! So why did you choose this job, I mean, instead of going for a better career?”

I could see her face in the rearview mirror[后视镜]. She smiled and said, “Since I was a child, driving has always been my passion[爱好], ma’am. No job is too small. I just want a career where I can get real satisfaction and fulfillment. I did get offers[录用通知]from big companies, but I prefer this one—I can live my dream now! It’s well worth it.”

CY百科

◆ MBA 工商管理硕士：全称为Master of Business Administration，起源于美国，是一种培养应用型高级管理人才的专业硕士学位，MBA课程为广大公司输送了大量的企业精英。与一般硕士研究生不同，该课程通常要求其学员具备一定的工作实践经验，主要面向企业管理人员及技术人员进行招生。

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那是一个周五早晨，我懒得开车，儿子就帮我在优步上叫了一辆车。五分钟后，小车到了门口，我扫了一眼车牌就上车了。我忙着埋头找重要文件，也顾不上注意司机长啥样，便随口说道：“请快一点，我赶时间。”

耳边传来一个声音：“好的，女士。”

我大吃一惊：这是女性的声音！我放下手头的工作，抬头发现司机是个年轻的姑娘。这是我第一次遇到开优步的女司机——在印度这里！

汽车在国道上飞驰，她有一手好车技。优步的车我坐过几百回了，但此前我还真没遇到过女司机。因此我特别想了解一下这位司机，很想知道她为什么会选择这份职业：“如果你不介意的话，我能问你几个问题么？”

“好的，女士，没问题。”

“我猜你受过高等教育？”

“是的，女士，我读完工商管理硕士了。”

“哇，那你为什么会选这行呢——我的意思是，你怎么不找份更好的工作呢？”

我能从后视镜里看到她的表情——只见她笑着回答道：“女士，我从小就喜欢开车。工作不分高低贵贱，我只想找这么一份工作，给自己带来真正的满足感和成就感。我确实收到了几家大公司的录用书，但我还是更喜欢当司机——我现在梦想成真了！这一切都是值得的。”