Belen sits at a small table in a café. Her job interview is at two o'clock. She is nervous, so she eats her pasta very fast. Then a red drop of tomato sauce jumps onto her white shirt.
贝伦坐在一家咖啡馆的小桌子旁。她的面试是两点钟。她很紧张，所以吃意大利面吃得特别快。然后，一滴红色的番茄酱溅到了她的白衬衫上。
"Oh no!" she says. She rubs the spot with a napkin. It only gets bigger.
“哎呀，不好！”她说。她用纸巾擦那个污渍。结果它只是变得更大了。
She looks at the clock. It is half past one. The office is ten minutes away, but her home is far. There is no time to change.
她看了看时钟。现在是一点半。办公室离这里有十分钟路程，可她家很远。没有时间换衣服了。
Belen thinks for a moment. She puts on her grey jacket and buttons it to the top. The red spot is gone. It is warm in the café, but she says nothing.
贝伦想了一会儿。她穿上灰色外套，把扣子一直扣到最上面。红色的污渍看不见了。咖啡馆里很暖和，可她什么也没说。
At the office, she shakes the manager's hand. He is a tall man with a kind face. They sit down at a big table. Then Belen sees something on his blue tie. It is a brown stain, the size of a coin.
到了办公室，她和经理握了手。他是一位高个子男人，面容和善。他们在一张大桌子旁坐下。然后贝伦看见他的蓝领带上有个东西。那是一块硬币大小的棕色污渍。
"Is that coffee?" she asks before she can stop herself.
“那是咖啡吗？”她没忍住就问了出来。
The manager looks down and laughs. "Yes. My cup fell this morning. Please, take off your jacket. It is hot in here."
经理低头一看，笑了。“是的。今天早上我的杯子掉了。请把外套脱了吧。这里很热。”
"No, thank you," Belen says. "I have my own problem under here."
“不用了，谢谢，”贝伦说，“我这里面也有我自己的麻烦。”
She opens the jacket a little and shows him the red spot. They both laugh for a long time.
她把外套稍微打开一点，给他看了那块红色的污渍。两人笑了很久。
After that, the talk is easy. She tells him about her old job and her best ideas. He asks good questions and writes some notes. At the end, he stands up. "Can you start on Monday?" he asks.
那之后，谈话就轻松了。她向他讲了自己以前的工作和她最好的想法。他问了一些很好的问题，还记了一些笔记。最后，他站了起来。“你星期一可以来上班吗？”他问。
