英语学习
The Story of a Passenger
Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living.
One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM.
When I arrived there, I walked to the door and knocked.
"Just a minute," answered a weak, elderly voice.
After a long pause, the door opened. An old man in his eighties stood before me. By his side was a small suitcase.
When we got into the taxi, he gave me an address, and then asked, "Could you drive through downtown?"
"It's not the shortest way," I answered quickly.
"Oh, I'm in no hurry," he said. "I'm on my way to a hospice. I don't have any family left. The doctor says I don't have very long."
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter.
For the next two hours, we drove through the city.
He showed me the building where he had once worked and the neighborhood where he had lived.
Sometimes he'd ask me to slow down in front of a special building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
一个乘客的故事
二十年前,我以开出租车为生。
一天晚上2:30我去接一个乘客。
当我到达那里时,我走到门口敲门。
“等一下,”一个虚弱的老人的声音回答。
停了很久,门开了。一位八十多岁的老人站在我面前。他身边有一个小箱子。
我们上了出租车,他给了我一个地址,然后问:“你能开车穿过市区吗?”
“这不是最短的路,”我很快回答。
“哦,我不着急,”他说我在去疗养院的路上。我没有家人了。医生说我没多久了。”
我悄悄地把手伸过去,关掉了计价器。
在接下来的两个小时里,我们开车穿过城市。
他给我看了他曾经工作过的大楼和他住过的小区。
有时他会让我在一座特殊的建筑前放慢脚步,坐在那里凝视着黑暗,什么也不说。
In the early morning, he suddenly said, "I'm tired. Let's go now."
We drove in silence to the address he had given me.
"How much do I pay you?" he asked.
"Nothing." I said.
"You have to make a living," he answered.
"Oh, there are other passengers," I answered.
Almost without thinking, I gave him a hug. He held on to me and said, "You gave an old man a little moment of joy."
一大早,他突然说:“我累了。我们现在走吧。”
我们默默地开车去他给我的地址。
“我付你多少钱?”他问道。
“没什么。”我说。
他回答说:“为了谋生。
“哦,还有其他乘客,”我回答。
我不假思索地给了他一个拥抱。他抓住我说:“你给了一个老人一点欢乐。”
美文阅读
㈠人生来是精神所附丽的物质,免不掉物质所常有的惰性。要克服惰性,我们必须动员坚强的意志力,不怕朝抵抗力最大的路径走。走通了,抵抗力就算被征服,要做的事也算是成功了。
我们涉身处世,眼前随时随地都横着两条路径:一条是抵抗力最低的,一条是抵抗力最大的。比如当学生时,不死心塌地去做学问,只敷衍功课,混分数文凭;毕业后开始做事时,又不把事当事,只一味因循苟且,敷衍公事,甚至贪污淫逸,遇钱即抓,不管来路正当不正当。这都是放弃抵抗力最大的路径,选择走抵抗力最低的路径。这种心理会使一个人逐渐走向堕落。
生命就是一种奋斗,不能奋斗,就失去了生命的意义与价值;能奋斗,则世间很少有不能征服的困难。
一个人的生命之强弱,以能否朝抵抗力最大的路径走为准,一个国家或一个民族也是如此。
㈡总是喷涌、喷涌,却抑制着过度的倾泻,使回旋的激流,保持着持续的深情。
并非深不可测,连地球的直径都早已计算出来了,我们面对的深渊巨壑,其深几何、其宽几多,在数学上都不是难题。但它的喷涌,的确有着更复杂的起源和深度。或许起因于地质深处断裂的阵痛,一种无法治愈的创伤,成为思想的源头。
总是在我已倦于跋涉的群山深处,突然,我看见盈盈水光。我跪在它的面前,用双手掬起,这远道而来的倾诉慰藉了我。
那看不见的心,因找不到停靠的胸膛而一直摸黑行走,直到看见突然敞开的伤口……
㈢所以说有一个安妮这样浪漫的朋友至关重要。浪漫不是说对方能陪你看星星看月亮,从诗词歌赋谈到人生哲学,而是她能够越过六便士看到月亮。
一个清爽的、独立的、浪漫的人一定是让人快乐的。
他们能够让人放松,同时也有力量,时光里有清馨不绝如缕,令人心旷神怡,甚至能感觉到多巴胺的生成,让你坦然面对人生的难,最终实现整体性的上升。然而,这样的人实在太难找到。
喜欢的人,也不可能一生一世居家旅行都陪伴在你身边,运气好的话,他(她)陪你一段,运气不好的话,可能转瞬即逝。