善行善举、大爱无疆。超爱这篇Random acts of kindness，也就是我们常说的予人玫瑰，手留余香。特别让人感触的是意大利那不勒斯城的caffe sospeso（suspended coffee)的慈善活动，国内也有了“待用快餐"待用餐点"的公益活动。期待这种善举的全球化，这个社会太需要发自内心的共情同理和关爱。
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Vocabulary：
unexpected 出乎意料的；unappreciated 不被感激的，没被领情的
random act of kindness 不经意的善举；altruism 利他主义
aid 帮助；generosity 慷慨；compassion 同情；dire 急切的；
callous 冷漠的，麻木不仁的；do someone a kindness 帮助某人
out of the goodness of someone's heart 出于某人的好意
selflessly 无私地；Good Samaritan 乐于助人的人
pay someone back in kind 回报某人的帮助
reciprocate 回报； It takes all kinds 世界之大，无奇不有
scripts：
It could happen anywhere at any time. It's often unexpected, but almost never unappreciated. Most people, at one time or another, have been on the receiving end of a random act of kindness - that moment of pure altruism when a complete stranger stops to offer aid, generosity or compassion. You may even be in a moment of dire need. In a sometimes callous world where people can be so focused on what they're doing, a random act of kindness can make all the difference.
They can be relatively insignificant. Hannah Bailey from London, for example, told the Metro newspaper about how she was given her fruit and vegetable shopping for free. The seller did her a kindness when it emerged she didn't have any change to pay. She was happy about it all day.
The city of Naples has long had a tradition called 'caffè sospeso'. When buying coffee, a person who has recently been lucky would purchase two cups but only drink one, leaving the second one anonymously, out of the goodness of their heart, for a poor person to claim for free. This tradition is now more common worldwide.
However, in some cases, these little acts can be a matter of life and death. Take, for example, the unnamed commuter, who in June 2018 fell off a station platform onto an electric railway track in Toronto, Canada. A quick-thinking, but even now unknown, bystander selflessly leapt down to pull him to safety.
Or Jonny Benjamin, who in London in 2008 was persuaded not to commit suicide by a passer-by. He had been considering jumping from a bridge. He later found the Good Samaritan and thanked him.He may one day find a way to pay him back in kind – though that's not the point.
So, why do it? Often, the acts aren't reciprocated. The people never meet again. According to UK charity The Mental Health Foundation, acts like these can "give our lives new purpose, show us other perspectives on our own problems and even make us feel euphoric."
So give it a try. Hold open a door for someone, deliver a compliment - even give up your seat on a bus. Help someone who is in need. It takes all kinds. It needn't be anything huge. One day, whether you need it or not, someone might help you in your hour of need.
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