在我们的周围有很多貌似平凡却无意 中忽略的人。但是这些人也应该得到我 们的尊重，因为每个人都很重要！
During my second month of nursing school， our professor gave us a sudden quiz.
I was a careful student and had fin- ished the questions quickly until I read the last one：“What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school？”
Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall， dark-haired and in her 50s， but how could I know her name？ I handed in my paper， leaving the last ques- tion blank.
Before class ended， one student asked if the last question would count to- ward our quiz grade.“ Absolutely，”said the professor.“In your careers you will meet many people. All are important. They deserve your attention and care， even if all you do is smile and say‘hello’.”
I‘ve never forgotten that lesson. I lat-er learned her name was Dorothy.
