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My friend told me he often went to the same little corner grocery store in his neighborhood.
我的朋友告诉我，他经常去自家小区附近的一家杂货店。
One day he realized that though was usually the same woman working there each time, he hardly ever noticed much about her.
有一天，他意识到虽然总是同一位女士在那儿工作，但自己几乎没注意过她的一举一动。
He felt shocked at himself and thought “for all I really pay attention to her, she might as well be a cash register with arms.”
他对此感到震惊，心想：“如果我真的注意过她，她也可能只是一个长着手的收银机。”
So he went into the store, determined to actually pay full attention to her.
所以，他进了这家商店，并决定好好地注意一下这位收银员。
The first thing he noticed was that she was singing along to something playing on the radio, and that she had a really beautiful voice.
他注意到的第一件事是，她正唱着广播里播放的歌，歌声悦耳。
When he said that to her, she responded with a wide, radiant smile.
当他这么说时，收银员回以灿烂的笑容。
As soon as he told me that story, I realized that I too often went into the same store.
当朋友告诉我这个故事，我意识到自己也经常进入同一家商店。
And also had hardly noticed that women, except for maybe a vague sense that perhaps she was a little grim.
而且我也几乎没有注意到这位女士，除了隐隐约约地感觉她有点严肃。
I made a plan.
我做了一项计划。
I’m going to go into the store, say to her “I heard you have a really beautiful voice” and watch her get really happy and give me a beautiful smile.
我要进入这家商店，对她说：“听说你的歌声非常美妙” ，并看着她因此而开心，笑成一朵花。
解析在这里哦！
1. pay attention to，动词词组，表示“注意、重视”，比如：In doing our work, we must pay attention to ways and means. （做工作应注意方式方法。）
2. a cash register，名词词组，表示“收银机”。
3. radiant，形容词，表示“容光焕发的”，比如：On her wedding day the bride looked truly radiant. （在她婚礼那天，新娘看起来真的是容光焕发。）
4. vague，形容词，表示“模糊的”，比如：They have only a vague idea of the amount of water available. （他们对于可用水量只有一点模糊的了解。）
5. grim，形容词，表示“严酷的”，比如：They painted a grim picture of growing crime. （他们描绘了一个犯罪增长的严酷局面。）
