A Turkish gym has won the hearts of a nation by offering Syrian refugee, 12, a free lifetime membership after a photo of him staring through its window went viral.
在一名12岁叙利亚难民隔着一家健身房的窗户张望的照片走红之后,该健身房向他提供了终身免费会员资格,这一举动赢得了全体国民的称赞。
Muhammet Halit was seen wearing sandals and carrying his shoe polishing gear gazing longingly at the equipment inside in the southeastern province of Adiyaman in a photograph that swept around Turkey.
近日,住在土耳其南部阿德亚曼省的穆罕默德·哈立德的一张穿着拖鞋、背着擦鞋箱站在健身房窗外、向里面久久凝视的照片迅速席卷了土耳其。
The owner of the gym saw the picture and offered the boy, who works as a shoe polisher, an all-access pass to use the facility.
这家健身房的老板在看到哈立德的照片之后,赠送了这位以擦皮鞋为生的小男孩使用这里健身器械的终生通行证。
The owner told Hurriyet News: 'A boy, looking through the gym window, wearing slippers in the middle of winter and carrying his backpack. Our aim was to find him and offer him a lifetime membership here. And, we did it. He is one of our members now.'
这个老板在接受《自由日报》采访时表示:“一个男孩,在隆冬里只穿着拖鞋,背着擦鞋箱,透过健身房窗户往里看。我们的目的是找到他,让他成为这里的终身会员。现在,我们做到了。他是我们的会员之一。”
The two posed up for a photograph together inside the fitness centre and Muhammet was pictured using the weights machines.
老板和男孩在健身中心合了影,穆罕默德还被拍到在使用健身器械。
The youngster was thrilled when reporters came down to the gym to interview the proprietor and his newest member.
当记者们蜂拥来到健身房来采访这位老板和他的最新小会员时,这位小男孩显得非常激动。
'He found me and helped me,' the teenager told the Turkish news outlet. 'I had always dreamed of losing weight and now I believe I can do that by working out.'
这个小男孩向土耳其媒体透露:“他找到了我,还帮助了我。一直以来我都梦想着减肥,现在我相信可以通过健身来实现了。”