美文赏析:咖啡厅里的故事
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Coffee">Coffee</span> <span word="Place">Place</span></p><p>咖啡厅</p><p><span word="I">I</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="courtesy">courtesy</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="thing">thing</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span>. <span word="Very">Very</span> <span word="seldom">seldom</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="encountered">encountered</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="courteous">courteous</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="era">era</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="Generation">Generation</span> <span word="X">X</span>.</p><p>我曾经一度认为礼节是过去才为人崇尚的事。在如今这个被称作“被遗忘的一代”的现代社会中，我已经很难碰到一个能被称作是“绅士”的人。</p><p><span word="Recently">Recently</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="thinking">thinking</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="being">being</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="gone">gone</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="happening">happening</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span> <span word="place">place</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="grown">grown</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="daughters">daughters</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="crowded">crowded</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="usual">usual</span> <span word="loud">loud</span> <span word="crowd">crowd</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="climb">climb</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="steep">steep</span> <span word="flight">flight</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="stairs">stairs</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="order">order</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="empty">empty</span> <span word="table">table</span>. <span word="After">After</span> <span word="enjoying">enjoying</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="snacks">snacks</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="steep">steep</span> <span word="descent">descent</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stairs">stairs</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="narrow">narrow</span> <span word="space">space</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="climbing">climbing</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="file">file</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="hardly">hardly</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="space">space</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="either">either</span> <span word="climb">climb</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="down">down</span>.</p><p>最近，在我遇到这样一个人后，我的想法改变了。我和两个已成年的女儿一起去了一家咖啡厅。但这家咖啡厅挤满了吵闹的人群，所以我们不得不爬上陡峭的楼梯才找到了空桌。在享用过咖啡和点心之后，我们走在陡峭的楼梯上准备下楼，在那样狭窄的空间里只能供一个人上下楼，几乎没有任何空间可以让另一个人爬上去或下来。</p>
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