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What should I do?
What should I do? At Debbie's school,students can write to the teacher counsellor about their problems as well as speak to her. Here are extracts from three letters she received recently. 1 One evening last month, I was visiting a close friend in her new high rise flat when she accidentally knocked a flower pot from her window. It smashed on the ground below,narrowly missing some children at play. However,we could see that no one was hurt, so we said nothing and left for the movies as planned. Returning home later that evening, my friend learned that the police had been to the flats and questioned all the tenants present. They had even taken the son of one tenant to the police station. After questioning him,they let him go temporarily. Frightened of losing her job in the civil service, my friend has said nothing to the police. Although no one was injured,I have a guilty conscience and ... 2 Late last night,while traveling home by train. I saw three tough guys enter my almost empty carriage. Sitting down beside a young boy who was travelling alone, they began to tease and bully him. Their behaviour was so bad that it made him move to another seat. That did no good. They just followed him and continued their bullying. The boy was obviously frightened. At this point,I got off at my station and walked home, feeling sorry for the boy. I wanted to help him, but not being Superman and hating violence,what could I do?Should I...? 3 The check out assistant at my usual supermarket is always rude and unhelpful. When I gave her a five-hundred dollar note to pay for an eight dollar purchase, she was so busy grumbling that she accidentally gave me an extra hundred-dollar note in my change. On discovering the error,I went back to tell her about it. 'Excuse me,'I said. But before I could continue,she barked, 'Can't you see there's a queue?Go to the end and wait your turn.' That did it!I left the shop with the hundred dollars and a clear conscience. I had done my best,before leaving,to correct the error. But ...
我该怎么办？ 在黛比的学校，学生可以写信给辅导员 跟辅导员聊聊他们遇到的问题。 以下是从辅导员近期受到的信件中抽出的三封。 1 上个月某一天的晚上， 我去一个好朋友家，她家住在一栋高楼大厦里 这时候她不小心把一个花盆从窗台推了下去。 这个花盆在地上砸得粉碎，差点就砸中了在旁边玩的小孩。 但是我们看得很清楚，没有人受伤， 所以我们说应该没什么事，然后就按计划去看电影了。 那天晚上回家的时候已经很晚了， 我的朋友得知警察来过大楼 并且询问了当时所有在场的住户。 他们甚至把一个住户的孩子带去了警察局。 在询问他之后，立马就让他离开了。 由于害怕丢了公务员的工作， 我朋友什么都没跟警察说。 虽然没人受伤，我还是感到内疚并且... 2 昨晚后半夜，在我坐火车回家的时候 我看到三个身材健壮的男人走进了我坐的那节几乎没人的车厢。 他们在一个独自旅行的年轻小伙身边坐下了， 之后他们就开始取消和威胁他。 他们的行为很过分，以致那个男孩不得不换了个座位。 但这没起到多大作用。 他们跟着他，继续欺负他。 那个男孩很明显吓坏了。 在这个时候，我离开了我的座位回家了， 我对那个男生感到深深的抱歉。 我想帮他 但是我又不是超人，也不喜欢暴力方式解决问题，我能怎么办？我该不该... 3 我经常去的超市的收银员总是很粗鲁而且没多大用处。 当我给她500美元来买一个80美元的商品时， 她却在忙着发牢骚 以致不小心多找了我100美元。 在发现这个错误之后，我便回去告诉她。 “打扰你一下，”我说。 但是在我刚想继续说的时候，她就大喊， “你看不到这里排了多长的队吗？到队伍最后排队去。” 就是这样！我怀着问心无愧的心情和多找的100美元离开了商店。 我已经尽力了，我在离开之前努力去纠正这个错误。但是...