Marguerite finished a budget report for a big client. The report showed the cost of a new project. She read through it one last time.
玛格丽特为一位大客户做完了一份预算报告。报告里列出了一个新项目的成本。她最后又从头读了一遍。
Something looked strange in the second table. A cost showed $45,000 instead of $4,500. A decimal point was in the wrong place.
第二张表里有个地方看起来不对劲。有一项成本写的是45,000美元，而不是4,500美元。小数点放错了位置。
Marguerite checked her original numbers again. The correct cost was clearly $4,500. She moved the decimal by mistake.
玛格丽特又核对了原始数据。正确的成本显然是4,500美元。是她不小心把小数点挪错了。
The report was due to the client in ten minutes. Marguerite's heart beat fast. She opened the file and fixed the number.
报告十分钟后就要交给客户了。玛格丽特的心怦怦直跳。她打开文件，改好了那个数字。
She checked every other number on the page. All the other numbers looked correct. She saved the file and took a breath.
她把这一页上的其他数字也逐个检查了一遍。其他数字看起来都没有问题。她保存了文件，深深吸了口气。
She sent the report right on time. Her manager walked by a few minutes later. "Did you send the report on time?" he asked.
她准时发出了报告。几分钟后，她的经理从旁边走过。“报告按时发出去了吗？”他问。
"Yes, I caught one small mistake first," Marguerite said. "I fixed a decimal point before sending it."
“发了，不过我先发现了一个小错误，”玛格丽特说，“发出去之前，我改了一个小数点。”
"Good work," her manager said. "That kind of thing happens to everyone."
“干得好，”经理说，“这种事每个人都会遇到。”
Marguerite smiled and opened her next task. She decided to always check decimals twice.
玛格丽特笑了笑，打开了下一项任务。她决定，以后小数点一定要检查两遍。
