Today, a man alone at the restaurant I work at
我在一家餐廳工作，今天，有一位獨(dú)身前來(lái)的男客

took care of a bill for a party of 17 next to him
為鄰桌17個(gè)人的聚餐買(mǎi)了賬單

that was mostly kids and 5 or 6 adults.
那座客人中大多數(shù)都是孩子，只有五六個(gè)成年人

He was not in my section
他并沒(méi)有坐在我負(fù)責(zé)的區(qū)域?

but I figured I’d help out my coworker
但我還是決定去幫一把負(fù)責(zé)那個(gè)區(qū)域的同事

and see if he wanted to pay
去看看他是否想要買(mǎi)單

since she was very busy.
因?yàn)槟菚r(shí)她非常忙

I asked if he was ready for the bill after his meal
我問(wèn)那位客人，他是否準(zhǔn)備結(jié)賬買(mǎi)單了?

and he said "Can you keep a secret?
他對(duì)我說(shuō)，“你能幫我保守一個(gè)秘密嗎？

Give me that tables bill
請(qǐng)把那一座的賬單也交給我

and don’t tell them until I leave that I paid it
"并且，請(qǐng)?jiān)谖译x開(kāi)之后再告訴他們，我已經(jīng)結(jié)過(guò)賬了

I was taken aback
男人的話讓我大吃一驚?

because I knew their bill had come out to $400+.
因?yàn)槲抑滥且蛔赖馁M(fèi)用高達(dá)400多美元?

I asked him if he was sure
我問(wèn)他，您確定要這樣嗎

and he just asked me to bring it.
他說(shuō)，你拿來(lái)就是了

I brought his bill and the other tables bill
我把兩份賬單都拿來(lái)交給了男人

and he just handed me his credit card
他只是把信用卡遞給了我

without even looking at the bills.
甚至沒(méi)有看一眼賬單

He had no clue how big either of the checks were.
對(duì)兩份賬單到底需要多少錢(qián)，他一無(wú)所知

He ended up leaving a $100 tip on the $400 bill and a $20 tip on his $50 bill.
最后，男人不僅支付了400美元的賬單，還另付了100美元的小費(fèi)；對(duì)他自己的那份50美元的賬單，他也留下了20美元的小費(fèi)

?Before leaving, he asked me to do him one favor:
離開(kāi)之前，他請(qǐng)我?guī)退粋€(gè)忙?

tell the adults at the table
讓我轉(zhuǎn)告那一桌的大人?

to please teach their kids to do one act of random kindness a day.
請(qǐng)他們教導(dǎo)孩子們，每天都要做一件小小的好事

He walked out
男人說(shuō)完就走了

and the party was absolutely shocked by what had happened when they later found out.
那桌的一眾人隨后才知道發(fā)生了什么，他們都震驚不已

Made my entire week.
一整個(gè)星期以來(lái)，想到這件事，都讓我感到幸福