新年沉思
<p><span word="Thoughts">Thoughts</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="year">year</span></p><p><span word="Most">Most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="pass">pass</span> <span word="strangers">strangers</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="expectional">expectional</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="stops">stops</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="woman">woman</span> <span word="maneuvering">maneuvering</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="kids">kids</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="groceries">groceries</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="staircase">staircase</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="rarely">rarely</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="subway">subway</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="bus">bus</span>. <span word="Locked">Locked</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="automobiles">automobiles</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="prefer">prefer</span> <span word="gridlock">gridlock</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="giving">giving</span> <span word="way">way</span>.</p><p>新年沉思</p><p>当我们与陌生人擦肩而过时，多数人往往把目光移开。要是有人停下来帮妇女哄她的小孩和帮她把食品搬上楼梯，反而会被人看成另类。无论是排队还是乘地铁或公共汽车，我们很少让位于他人。坐在自己的汽车里，我们宁愿堵塞交通也不愿给人让路。</p><p><span word="These">These</span> <span word="daily">daily</span> <span word="encounters">encounters</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="angry">angry</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="alien">alien</span>, <span word="diminish">diminish</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="lives">lives</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="pleasant">pleasant</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="feel">feel</span> <span word="buoyed">buoyed</span>. <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="sit">sit</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="resolutions">resolutions</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="accomplish">accomplish</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="private">private</span> <span word="spaces">spaces</span>：<span word="home">home</span>, <span word="work">work</span>. <span word="Too">Too</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="given">given</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="belief">belief</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shared">shared</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="world">world</span>.</p><p>这些日常接触，要是气冲冲的或是使人反感的，那便会减少我们生活的乐趣，要是它们令人愉快，那便会使我们精神振奋。然而，当我们坐在家里做出各种决定的时候，我们考虑的仅是在个人天地--家庭和工作里可以实现的目标。太多的人已经放弃了他们也管理着共享的、公共的世界这一信念。</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="individuals">individuals</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="contour">contour</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="day">day</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mood">mood</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="moment">moment</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="feel">feel</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="demolition">demolition</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="reconstruction">reconstruction</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="result">result</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="personal">personal</span> <span word="decisions">decisions</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="day">day</span>：<span word="the">the</span> <span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="seat">seat</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bus">bus</span>；<span word="the">the</span> <span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="patient">patient</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="pleasant">pleasant</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="odds">odds</span>；<span word="the">the</span> <span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="let">let</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="jerk">jerk</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="left">left</span>－<span word="hand">hand</span> <span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="right">right</span>－<span word="hand">hand</span> <span word="lane">lane</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="rolling">rolling</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="window">window</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="calling">calling</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="jerk">jerk</span>.</p>
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