读点好英文:The Law of Garbage Trucks　垃圾车法则

The Law of Garbage Trucks　垃圾车法则

·Anonymous·

Sixteen years ago I learned an important life Iesson, in the back of a New York City taxi cab.

I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane when, all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us.

My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by mere inches！The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, whipped his head around and started yelling bad words at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy.And I mean, he was actually friendly！

So, I asked him，“Why did you just do that?This guy almost ruined your car and could've sent us to the hospital！”

And this is when my taxi driver told me about what I now call，“The Law of Garbage Trucks.”

“Many people are like Garbage Trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment.As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it, and if you let them, they'll dump it on you.When someone wants to dump on you, don't take it personally.Instead, just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on.You'll be happier because you did that.”

Wow. That really got me thinking about how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me?And, how often do I then take their garbage and spread it onto other people：at work, at home, on the streets?It was that day I resolved，“I'm not going to do it anymore.”

Since then, I have started to see Garbage Trucks everywhere. Just as the kid in The Sixth Sense movie said，“I see dead people.”I can now say，“I see Garbage Trucks.”

I see the load they're carrying……I see them coming to drop it off. And like my Taxi Driver, I don't make it a personaI thing；I just smile, wave, wish them well, and I move on.

逸名

十六年前我学到了人生中重要的一课，那是在纽约市的出租车后座上。

我钻进了一辆出租车，驶向中央火车站。我们行驶在右侧道上，突然，一辆黑色的车从我们前边的空车位闯了进来。

我这辆车的司机猛踩刹车，车子打滑，和那一辆车擦肩而过，只差几英寸！那辆车的司机，就是那个差点儿引起车祸的家伙，掉过头来对着我们破口大骂。我的司机只是微笑着，冲他挥挥手。我只想说，他那表现相当友好！

所以，我问他：“你干吗那样？那家伙差点儿撞毁你的车，还差点儿让我们都进了医院！”

然后这个司机给我讲了我现在称之为“垃圾车法则”的道理。

“许多人像垃圾车一样，他们满载着垃圾四处转悠，满载着挫败、愤怒和失望。他们的垃圾堆得像小山那么高，他们得找个地方倾倒，所以如果你由着他们，他们就把垃圾倒在你身上。当有人想往你身上倒垃圾的时候，你别往心里去，相反，你就冲他们笑笑并挥挥手好了，祝他们好运，然后继续走你的路。你如果这么做了，会比较开心。”

哇噢，这还真让我思索起来，有多少次我任由垃圾车向我驶来，而且，有多少次我忍受了他们的垃圾，并且再倒给别的人：同事、家人、路人。就是在那天我下定了决心：“我再也不这样做了。”

从那时起，我到处都看得见垃圾车。就好像电影《第六感》中的孩子说“我看得见死人”那样，如今我说：“我看得见垃圾车。”

我看见他们满载着那些东西……我看见他们打算卸下来。正像我的出租车司机那样，我不往心里去，我只是微笑，挥手，祝他们好运，然后我该干吗还干吗。

核心单词

Iesson['lesn]n.功课；课业；教训

mere[miə]adj.仅仅的，只不过的

frustration[frʌs'treiʃən]n.挫折，失败，挫败

spread[spred]v.使伸展，使延伸

personaI['pə：sənl]adj.个人的，私人的

实用句型

It was that day I resoIved，“I'm not going to do it anymore.”就是在那天我下定了决心：“我再也不这样做了。”

①这是一个强调句。

②anymore和any more 都表示“再也”。两者皆可用在句子结尾，但在做定语时只能用any more 而不能用anymore。

翻译练习

1.飞机马上就要起飞了。（take off）

2.我们的工作越积越多了。（pile up）

3.这家公司的生意日益清淡。（drop off）