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英语沙龙:A Place to Stand发现之美

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A Place to Stand

If you have ever gone through a toll booth, you know that your relationship to the person in the booth is not the most intimate you'll ever have. It is one of life's frequent non-encounters: You hand over some money; you might get change; you drive off. I have been through every one of the 17 toll booths on the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge on thousands of occasions, and never had an exchange worth remembering with anybody.

Late one morning in 1984, headed for lunch in San Francisco, I drove toward one of the booths. I heard loud music. It sounded like a party, or a Michael Jackson concert. I looked around. No other cars with their windows open. No sound trucks. I looked at the toll booth. Inside it, the man was dancing.

“What are you doing?” I asked. “I'm having a party.” he said. “What about the rest of these people?” I looked over at other booths; nothing moving there. “They're not invited.” I had a dozen other questions for him, but somebody in a big hurry to get somewhere started punching his horn behind me and I drove off. But I made a note to myself: Find this guy again. There's something in his eye that says there's magic in his toll booth.

Months later I did find him again, still with the loud music, still having a party. Again I asked:“What are you doing?” He said:“I remember you from the last time.I'm still dancing. I'm having the same party.” I said:“Look. What about the rest of the people?” He said:“Stop. What do those look like to you?”

He pointed down the row of toll booths. “They look like tool booths.” “No imagination!” I said:“Okay, I give up. What do they look like to you?” He said:“Vertical coffins.” “What are you talking about?” “I can prove it. At 8:30 every morning, live people get in. Then they die for eight hours.

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vertical ['və:tikəl]

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adj. 垂直的,顶点的,纵向的
n. 垂直物

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concert ['kɔnsət]

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n. 音乐会,一致,和谐
vt. 制定计划,通

 
horn [hɔ:n]

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n. 动物角,喇叭,触角,角状物,力量源泉

 
stroll [strəul]

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n. 闲逛,漫步
v. 闲逛,漫步

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boring ['bɔ:riŋ]

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adj. 令人厌烦的

 
frequent ['fri:kwənt]

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adj. 经常的,频繁的
vt. 常到,常去

 
exchange [iks'tʃeindʒ]

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n. 交换,兑换,交易所
v. 交换,兑换,交

 
mythology [mi'θɔlədʒi]

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n. 神话,神话学,神话集

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understand [.ʌndə'stænd]

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vt. 理解,懂,听说,获悉,将 ... 理解为,认为<

 
boredom ['bɔ:dəm]

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n. 厌烦,厌倦,令人厌烦的事物

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