空杯子

那是佩德罗在新公司的第一天。他提前二十分钟到达。办公室在河边一栋楼的四楼。有人带他到他的办公桌前，递给他一台笔记本电脑，然后就去开会了。

It was Pedro's first day at his new job. He arrived twenty minutes early. The office was on the fourth floor of a building near the river. Someone showed him his desk and gave him a laptop. Then they disappeared into a meeting.

佩德罗坐了下来。桌面很干净。桌角放着一个陶瓷杯子，里面是空的。他想这也许是一份欢迎礼物。他不喝咖啡，但他有点渴。

Pedro sat down. The desk was clean. There was a single ceramic mug on the corner, empty. He thought it was a welcome gift, maybe. He didn't drink coffee, but he was thirsty.

他走到小厨房，往杯子里倒了水。回到座位时，一位留着胡子的男士出现在他工位的门口。那位男士看着那个杯子看了好一会儿。

He walked to the small kitchen and filled the mug with water. When he sat back down, a man with a beard appeared at the door of his cubicle. The man looked at the mug for a long second.

"那是我的杯子，"他说，"我以前坐在这里。"他笑了笑。"没关系，欢迎你加入。我叫迭戈。"

"That was my mug," he said. "I sat there before." He smiled. "It's fine. Welcome. I'm Diego."

佩德罗脸都红了。他连忙道歉，把杯子递回去。迭戈笑着说："留着吧，就当是欢迎礼物。不过下次记得先问一下咖啡的事。那台咖啡机比看起来要复杂得多。"

Pedro turned red. He apologized and offered the mug back. Diego laughed. "Keep it. Consider it your welcome gift. But ask first about the coffee. The machine is more complicated than it looks."

后来，迭戈花了十分钟教他怎么用咖啡机。

Later, Diego showed him how the coffee machine worked. It took ten minutes.