The other morning I was cold, really cold, after waiting a long time for a bus. I sat down in a two-person seat by myself, relieved to be on the warm bus, but still shivering. A large man sat down beside me, and the sense of relief from his warmth was wonderful. I didn’t need to be ahead of anyone, and I wasn’t afraid of trailing[16] anyone. Being beside someone was grace, nothing more, nothing less.
Vocabulary
1. perfectly civil people behind a wheel: 坐在方向盘后面的绝对文明者,指生活在现代文明社会的驾车者,语带戏谑;compassion: 同情,怜悯。
2. be apt to: 易于……的。
3. bus pass: 公交票(卡);fare: 车费;in dire straits: 处于困境。
4. empathize with: 同情某人或某事,与……有共鸣;make it:〈口〉做成某事。
5. heckle: 责备,质问。
6. queue up: 排队。
7. commiserate: 同情,怜悯。
8. 即使我们彼此惹恼了对方,也能遏制自己的怒火。
9. entitlement: 应有的权利;zone: 地带,区域。
10. 一辆没能在变灯前冲过去的汽车司机马上按喇叭又骂人的行为完全是没必要的。
11. bizarre: 奇怪的。
12. at play: 起作用。
13. 因受一种(享有)主导权的错觉的驱使,孤立排他是开车(人)的天性?(难道驾车的本质是孤立排他的?驾车者普遍有能左右一切的错觉?obtain: 流行。)
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