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1、Unit 6 Section A The TrashmanSaturday, April 7Steve and I hauled trash for four solid hours continuously,except for about five minutes when we stopped to talk.My shoulder hurt wickedly each time I put another full barrel on it,and my legs occasionally trembled as I was heading to the street.But the
2、rest of me said,Go,trashman,go.I could not have imaged there would be joy in this.Dump.Lift.Walk.Lift.Walk.The hours flew by.Saturday meant most adults were at home on the route.So were school-age children.I thought this might mean more exchanges as I made the rounds today.Many people were out-doors
3、 working in their gardens or greenhouses.Most looked approachable enough.There wasnt time for lengthy talks but enough to exchange greetings that go with civilized ways.That is where I got my shock.I said hello in quite a few yards before the message registered that this wasnt normally done.Occasion
4、ally,I got a direct reply from someone who looked me in the eye,smiled,and asked How are you?or Isnt this a nice day? I felt human then.But most often the response was either nothing at all,or a surprised stare because I had spoken. One woman in a housecoat was startled as I came around the corner o
5、f her house.At the sound of my greeting, she gathered her housecoat tightly about her and retreated quickly indoors.I heard the lock click.Another woman had a huge, peculiar animal in her yard.I asked what it was. She stared at me.I thought she was deaf and spoke louder.She seemed frightened as she
6、turned coldly away.Steve raged spontaneously about these things on the long ride to the dump.The way most people look at you,youd think a trashman was a monster.Say hello and they stare at you in surprise.They dont realize were human. One lady put ashes in her trashcan.I said we couldnt take them.Sh
7、e said,Who are you to say what goes?Youre nothing but a trashman.I told her,Listen,lady,Ive got an I.Q.of 137,and I graduated near the top of my high school class.I do this for the money, not because its the only work I can do. I want to tell them,Look,I am as clean as you are,but it wouldnt help.I
8、dont tell anyone Im a garbageman.I say Im a truck driver.My family knows, but my wifes folks dont.If someone comes right out and asks,Do you drive for a garbage company?I say yes.I believe were doing a service people need, like being a police officer or a fire fighter.Im not ashamed of it,but I dont
9、 go around boasting about it either. A friend of my wife yelled at her kids one daywhen they ran out to meet a trash truck.Stay away from those trashmen. Theyre dirty. I was angry with her. Theyre as good as we are, I told her. You seem to have a lot of sympathy for them, she said.Yes, I do. But I n
10、ever told her why.I had originally planned to stay at this employment for only two daysbut now Im going to continue.The exercise is great;the lifting gets easier with every load,even if my shoulder muscle is sore.I become faster and neater each day.Im outdoors in clean air.And, contrary to what peop
11、le think, I dont get dirty on the job.I have decided, too, to keep saying hello in peoples yards.It doesnt do any harm, and it still feels right.Frankly, Im proud.Im 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 Ga
12、rdner wrote that a society which praises its philosophersand looks down on its plumbers is in for trouble.Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water, he warns.He might have gone a step further and called for respect for both our economists and our trashmen;otherwise, theyll both leave garbag
13、e behind.Unit6-A4 月 7 日，星期六 我和史蒂夫已拖运垃圾整整四个小时了，中间只停下来说了约五分钟的话。每次我将满满的一桶垃圾扛上肩，肩膀就痛得厉害，有时候扛着垃圾朝街上走，腿都打颤，可我心里却对自己说：“挺住，垃圾工，要挺住。 ”我原本就没有想过这工作会有什么快乐可言。倒、扛、走、扛、走。时间过得飞快。星期六意味着一路上大多数成年人会呆在家里。上学的孩子也一样。我心里琢磨，这可能意味着我挨家挨户收垃圾时可以和人们多搭上几句话了。很多人在花园里或花房里干活儿。多数人看上去是可以说说话的。虽没有工夫聊很久，但问候几句以示礼貌还是有时间的。但我吃惊地发现并不是这么回事。直到我在几
14、家院子里问候了几次以后，才意识到这么做是不常见的。偶尔，有人也会看着我，微笑一下，对我说一声“你好” ，或者 “今天天气真好”。这时，我还是感到有人情味儿。可多数情况下，人们的反应要么是不理我，要么是因为我这个垃圾工竟然也和他们说话而惊讶地盯着我看。一个身着家常便服的妇女见我绕过她家的拐角，脸上露出惊讶之色。听到我向她打招呼，她就赶紧用衣服把自己严严实实地遮了起来，并匆忙退回屋里。我还听到咔嗒一声门被锁上了。另一个妇女，院子里养了一只巨大古怪的动物。我问她那是什么动物，她两眼盯着我。我以为她耳背，所以提高了声音。她好像给吓着了似的，冷冷地转身走了。这儿离垃圾场有很长一段路，在驾车去垃圾场的路上
15、，史蒂夫气愤地叙说着这些事情。“从多数人看你的那种眼光，就知道在他们眼里垃圾工是怪物。如果你对他们问声好，他们就惊奇地看着你。他们根本没想到我们也是人。 ”“有个女人往垃圾箱里倒烟灰。我说，我们这样没法装运。她说， 我倒什么你管得着吗，你算什么东西? 你不过是个垃圾工罢了。 我说， 听着，太太，我的智商是 137，高中毕业时是班上的尖子生。我干这活是为了挣钱，不是因为我只能干这个。 ”“我真想对他们说， 你瞧瞧，我跟你们一样干净。 可这没用。我从不对任何人说我是垃圾工。我说我是卡车司机。我家里人知道，可我妻子的家人不知道。如果有人正好碰到，问你是给垃圾公司开车吗? 我就说是。我相信我们做的事是
16、人们所需要的，就像当警察或者消防队员一样。我并不为此而感到见不得人，可我也不会到处去吹嘘自己的工作。 ”“有一天，我妻子的一个朋友见到她孩子从家里跑出来看垃圾车，她就大声叫嚷起来， 离那些垃圾工远点，他们身上脏。我很生她的气。我说， 那些垃圾工和我们一样干净。 你好像很同情他们似的， 她说。 是的，我是很同情他们。 可我从没有告诉她这是为什么。 ”这活儿我原先只打算干两天，可现在我要干下去。这可锻炼人呢，虽然肩部肌肉酸痛，可我扛垃圾桶越扛越得心应手了。我越干越快，越干越利索。在室外干活还可以呼吸新鲜空气，而且完全不像人们认为的那样，我干的活儿其实很干净。我还决定继续在人家的院子里向人们说“你好” 。这不会有什么坏处，而且感觉依旧不错。说实话，我感到骄傲，我在做一项必不可少的工作。每晚工作结束时，我发现这个国家比早上更干净了。并不是许多人每晚都能这样说的。约翰?加德纳曾写道，一个只赞扬哲
