英文短篇故事（纽约）125 A Loyal Customer

 　　Lily walked into Macy's on 34th Street. She needed some Dior skin cream. She went over to the cosmetics¹ section. All the employees were busy with customers. Lily stood there. After a few minutes, one employee came over to Lily. "Hi, I'm Bev. I'll be with you in about five minutes," she said. "Is that okay?" Lily smiled and nodded. Bev went back to her customer. Lily took a chair. About five minutes later, Bev returned. She helped Lily find the items she needed. Lily paid for the items, thanked Bev, and left Macy's. "I will do business only with Bev from now on," Lily told her husband. "I was dressed in shorts and a T-shirt. Maybe the other workers thought that I didn't have much money. They didn't offer to help me. But Bev did. She will always have my loyalty². She treated me right. I'll treat her right."

1 cosmetics   

n.化妆品

参考例句：

• We sell a wide range of cosmetics at a very reasonable price. 我们以公道的价格出售各种化妆品。
• Cosmetics do not always cover up the deficiencies of nature. 化妆品未能掩饰天生的缺陷。

2 loyalty   

n.忠诚，忠心

参考例句：

• She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
• His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。