A glass of water at a restaurant is usually free, but one generous diner decided that two glasses of water called for a generous tip.

通常来说，餐厅的水都是免费提供给客人饮用，但一位慷慨的客人却因为两杯白开水出手阔绰，给出巨额小费。

Generous：慷慨的

A mysterious patron later identified as a popular YouTube vlogger left a $US10,000 ($NZ15,260) gratuity at Sup Dogs in Greenville, North Carolina on Saturday.

这位神秘的资助人之后被认出是YouTube广受欢迎的视频播客主。周六在北卡罗来纳Greenwille的Sup Dogs，他给出1万美元（约15260纽币）作为小费。

Patraon：资助人

Gratuity：小费，赏钱

The customer walked in, ordered two glasses of water, and then abruptly left.

The waitress, Alaina Custer, was shocked to return to the table and find $10,000 in cash.

当时客人走进店里，叫了两杯水，而后突然起身离开。当服务生Alaina Custer返回餐桌时，惊讶发现客人竟留下10000现金。

Abruptly：突然地

Custer kept most of the cash while the rest was split up among the other waitresses at the restaurant.

Custer留下了大部分，剩余小费则分给餐厅其他服务生。

Split up：分裂，分离

"Good people are still doing good things these days so I thought it was pretty cool." said owner Bret Oliverio.

“在这个年代，还是有好人在坚持做好事，这太酷了！”老板Bret Oliverio评价道。

"I've seen some really big tips but not $10,000 this was out of the blue, once in a lifetime, it'll never happen again in my lifetime."

“我确实见过有些人出手大方，但突如其来的1万块还是生平第一次，我想这辈子再也不会遇见这种事情了。"

Out of the blue：突然地

Locals later determined the identity of the mystery diner - Jimmy Donaldson, who is also known by his online persona, MrBeast.

当地人随后确认这名神秘顾客就是Jimmy Donaldson，不过他更为人所熟知的是其网络身份，MrBeast。

Persona：人物角色

MrBeast is a YouTube personality who has nearly 9 million subscribers.

MrBeast是一位拥有900万订阅者的Youtube网红。

His YouTube videos - usually zany stunts designed to get a reaction - routinely generate tens of millions of views, according to Business North Carolina.

根据Business North Carolina的数据，其视频内容通常是为了抓取旁人反应而精心设计的滑稽噱头，并因此创造了数千万阅览量。

Zany：滑稽的，古怪的

Stunt：绝技，惊人表演

Last December, MrBeast posted a video in which he is shown handing his mother $100,000.

去年12月，MrBeast上传了一则交给他母亲10万美元的视频。

The video generated more than 5 million hits.

总共收获超过500万次的点击。

Another popular video showed MrBeast tip a pizza deliveryman $10,000 - just as he did the waitress at Sup Dogs.

另一则热门视频中，MrBeast向一位披萨外卖员给出了1万美金消费，就跟他在Sup Dogs所做的一样。

Deliveryman：外卖员

Last May, he reached a milestone - 500 million total views of his videos.

去年五月，他的视频迎来5亿次观看总数的个人里程碑。

Milestone：里程碑

YouTube personalities with millions of subscribers earn millions of dollars a year thanks to their large following and the desire of advertisers to broaden their audience.

据悉，拥有百万订阅者的Youtube网红每年可以赚取数百万美元。而这都要归功于他们庞大的粉丝群以及广告商想要扩大受众群体的需求。

Broaden：扩大

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