When I said hello to them, most often the response was either nothing at all, or a surprising stare because I had spoken.
One woman in a housecoat was startled as I came around the corner of her house. At the sound of my greeting, she gathered her housecoat tightly about her and retreated quickly to the door. I heard the lock click.
Steve complained angrily on the long ride to the dump:“They don't realize we're humans.”
I had originally planned to stay at this employment for only two days but now I'm going to continue. I have decided, too, to keep saying hello in people's yards. It doesn't do any harm, and it still feels right. Frankly, I'm doing an essential task. I left this country a little cleaner than I found it this morning. Not many people can say that tonight.
John Gardner wrote that a society which praises its philosophers and looks down on its plumbers (管子工) is in trouble. “Neither_its_pipes_nor_its_theories_will_hold_water,” he warned. He might have gone a step further and called for respect for both our economists and our trashmen; otherwise, they'll both leave rubbish behind.
语篇解读:本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者是一名垃圾清理工,他以前对自己的工作不认同,后来逐渐以自己的工作为荣。
4.How did the woman feel when she heard the author's greeting?
A.Doubtful. B.Embarrassed.
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