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004、Protector 保護者
It had been a year since Susan, 34, had become blind.
蘇珊三十四歲時失明，已經過了一年了。
Owing to a medical misdiagnosis, she lost the sight of both her eyes.
由於醫療誤診，她失去了她的兩眼的視力。
Suddenly her world changed to total darkness, which made her angry and frustrated with life.
突然，她的世界變成了完全的黑暗，這讓她對於生命感到憤怒和沮喪。
The only one that she had to keep her from giving up was her husband, Mark.
唯一讓她堅持不放棄的就是她的丈夫馬克。
Mark was an army officer and loved Susan very much.
馬克是一位軍官，非常愛蘇珊。
When she first lost her sight, he watched her lose all hope and determined to help his wife gain the strength and confidence she needed to become independent again.
當她失去了她的視力之初，他看著她失去了所有的希望，所以決心要幫助他的妻子獲得她需要的力量和信心，以便再次獨立起來。
Finally Susan felt ready to return to her job, but how would she get there?
最後，蘇珊已經準備好回到她的工作，但她將如何去上班呢？
Susan was horrified at the idea of taking the bus alone.
蘇珊想著必須獨自坐公車非常驚嚇。
"I'm blind!" She responded bitterly.
「我瞎了！」她恨恨地說道。
Mark promised Susan that he would ride the bus with her, for as long as it took, until she felt comfortable to do it by herself.
馬克答應蘇珊，他會與她乘坐公共汽車，無論要花多久時間都無所謂，直到她感覺自己做這件事稱心為止。
For two weeks, Mark, in his military uniform, accompanied Susan to and from work each day.
兩個星期以來，馬克每天穿著他的軍裝，陪著蘇珊上下班。
He taught her how to rely on her hearing to determine where she was and how to adapt to her new environment.
他教她如何依靠她的聽力來確定她在何處以及如何去適應她的新環境。
Finally, Susan decided that she was ready to make the trip to work by herself.
最後，蘇珊決定她要自己去上班了。
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday…Each day on her own went perfectly, and Susan had never felt better.
週一，週二，週三，週四......每天她自己完美地完成了，蘇珊感覺太好了。
She was doing it!
她做到了！
She was going to work all by herself.
她將完全靠自己去上班了。
On Friday morning, Susan took the bus to work as usual.
週五早上，蘇珊像往常一樣搭公交車上班。
As she was paying the fare to exit the bus, the driver said, "Boy, I sure do envy you."
當她要付了錢要下車時，司機說，「老天，我真的很羨慕妳。」
She was quite surprised by his remark, so asked him, "What do you mean?"
她很驚訝他所說的話，所以問他，「你是什麼意思？」
The driver answered that he had noticed during the past week that a military man had especially been watching her as she got off the bus and went to her office each morning, then when he was assured that she was all right, he saluted and left.
司機回答說，他已經注意到在過去的一週裡，每天有一位軍人特別注意她，看著她下了車，走去她的辦公室，當他確定她沒事了，他敬了個禮，然後離開。
The driver thought she was "One lucky lady!"
司機覺得她是個幸運的姑娘！
Tears of happiness poured down Susan's cheeks.
幸福的淚水從蘇珊的臉頰傾瀉而下。
For although she couldn't physically see him, he had gone far beyond her expectations in watching over her.
因為雖然她不能實際看到他，他已經遠遠超出了她的預期的關注她。
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