OnemorningmorethanthirtyyearsagoIenteredtheTrackKitchenarestaurantwhereeveryonefromthehumblest(卑微的)tothemostpowerfulcameforbreakfast.Inoticeanemptychairnexttoanelderlyunshavenmanwholookedsomewhatdisheveled.Hewaswearingaworn-outhatandwasalone.IaskedifImightjoinhim.HeagreedquietlyandIsatdowntohavemybreakfast.
Wecautiouslybeganaconversationandspokeaboutawiderangeofthings.Weneverintroducedourselves.Iwasconcernedthathemighthavenomoneyandnotbeabletoaffordsomethingtoeat.SoasIrosetogobacktothecounterandbuyasecondcupofcoffeeIasked.
“MayIgetyousomething?” “Acoffeewouldbenice.”
ThenIboughthimacupofcoffee.Wetalkedmoreandheacceptedanothercupofcoffee.FinallyIrosetoleavewishedhimwellandheadedfortheexit.AtthedoorImetoneofmyfriends.Heasked“HowdidyougettoknowMr.Galbreath?”
“Who?”“Themanyouweresittingwith.HeischairmanoftheBoardofChurchchillDowns.”
Icouldhardlybelieveit.Iwasbuyingofferingafreebreakfastandfeelingpityforoneoftheworld’srichestandmostpowerfulmen!
MyfewminuteswithMr.Galbreathchangedmylife.NowItrytotreateveryonewithrespectnomatterwhoIthinktheyareandtomeetanotherhumanbeingwithkindnessandsincerity.
小题1:Whatdoestheunderlinedword“disheveled”mean?