评论
打印
Quick Fix Society
寻求捷径的社会
Janet Mendell Goldstein
詹妮特·门德尔·戈尔茨坦
My husband and I just got back from a week's vacation in West Virginia. Of course, we couldn't wait to get there, so we took the Pennsylvania Turnpike and a couple of interstates. "Look at those gorgeous farms!" my husband exclaimed as pastoral scenery slid by us at 55 mph. "Did you see those cows?" But at 55 mph, it's difficult to see anything; the gorgeous farms look like moving green checkerboards, and the herd of cows is reduced to a few dots in the rear-view mirror. For four hours, our only real amusement consisted of counting exit signs and wondering what it would feel like to hold still again. Getting there certainly didn't seem like half the fun; in fact, getting there wasn't any fun at all.
我和丈夫刚刚结束了在西弗吉尼亚州一周的度假回来。去的时候，我们当然是急于到达，因此走的是宾夕法尼亚州的收费高速公路和几条州际公路。“看那些美丽的农场！”当田园风光以每小时55英里的速度从我们身旁闪过时，我丈夫高声喊道。“你看见那些奶牛了吗？”但 是以每小时55英里的速度前行，很难看清任何事物；美丽的农场看起来像移动的绿色棋盘，在后视镜里，成群的奶牛也缩小成一些圆点。四小时的车程中，我们唯一的乐趣就是数高速公路的出口标志，想象车再次停住时是什么感觉。可以说，在去程中我们享受到的乐趣连想象中的一半都不到；事实上，去程中一点儿乐趣也没有。
