绘◎也圆

①hop in 快进来；上车

②take off 起飞；脱下；离开

③all of a sudden 突然地，出乎意料地④ slam on one’s brakes 踩刹车

⑤ whip 英 [wɪp] 美 [wɪp]

vt. 抽打；搅打（蛋、奶油）；彻底击败

n. 鞭子；抽打；车夫；[机] 搅拌器

vi. 抽打；急走；拍击

⑥garbage truck 垃圾车

⑦ personally 英 ['pɜːs(ə)n(ə)lɪ]

adv. 亲自地；当面；个别地；就自己而言

⑧sixth sense 第六感

“开放使我们协会始终走在行业前列”，说这句话的时候，徐建国理事长语气中透着自豪。中国印工协成立于改革开放初期的1985年，创立之初，首任会长范慕韩就明确提出了“大印刷观”的理念，并有一个经典的比喻：印刷，印刷设备、印刷器材如同一架飞机的机身与两翼，三个领域应紧密连结在一起，协同发展，才能推动中国印刷产业的进步。“中国印刷及设备器材工业协会”的定名亦由之而来。可以说，这个跨部门、跨行业、全产业链的全国性行业协会自诞生之初，就承载了推进技术进步、促进产业升级的厚望与重托。

Sixteen years ago I learned an important life lesson in the back of a New York City taxi cab.

I hopped in①a taxi, and we took off②for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane when,all of a sudden③, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us.

My taxi driver slammed on his brakes④, skidded,and missed the other car by mere inches! The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident,whipped⑤his head around and started yelling bad words at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy.And I mean, he was actually friendly!

So, I asked him, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and could've sent us to the hospital!" And this is when my taxi driver told me about what I now call, "The Law of Garbage Trucks⑥."

十六年前我学到了人生中重要一课，那是在纽约市的出租车后座上。

我钻进了一辆出租车，出发去中央火车站。我们开在右侧道上，突然间，一辆黑车从我们前边的空车位闯过来。

我这辆车的司机猛踩刹车，车子打滑，和那辆车擦肩而过，只差几英寸！那辆车的司机，就是那个差点引起车祸的家伙，掉过头来对着我们破口大骂。我的司机只是微笑着，冲他挥挥手。我只想说，他那表现相当友好！

“许多人像垃圾车。他们满载着垃圾四处转悠，满载着挫败、愤怒和失望。他们的垃圾堆得像小山那么高，他们得找个地方倾倒，所以如果你由着他们，他们就把垃圾倒在你身上。当有人想往你身上倒垃圾的时候，你别往心里去。相反，就冲他们笑笑并挥挥手好了，祝愿他们好运，然后继续走你的路。你如果这么做了，会比较开心。”

"Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger,and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up,they need a place to dump it, and if you let them, they'll dump it on you. When someone wants to dump on you, don't take it personally⑦. Instead, just smile,wave, wish them well, and move on. You'll be happier because you did."

Wow. That really got me thinking about how often do I let garbage trucks run right over me?

And, how often do I then take their garbage and spread it onto other people: at work, at home, on the streets? It was that day I resolved, "I'm not going to do it anymore."

Since then, I have started to see garbage trucks everywhere. Just as the kid in the Sixth Sense⑧movie said, "I see dead people," I can now say, "I see garbage trucks."

I see the load they're carrying... I see them coming to drop it off. And like my taxi driver, I don't make it a personal thing; I just smile, wave, wish them well, and I move on.

哇，这还真的让我思索起来，有多少次我任由垃圾车向我驶来。

而且，有多少次我忍受了他们的垃圾，并且再倒给别人：同事，家人，路人。就是在那天我下定了决心，“我再也不这样做了”。

从那时起，我到处都看得见垃圾车。就好像电影《第六感》中的孩子说“我看见死人”那样，如今我说：“我看见垃圾车。”

我看见他们满载着那些东西……我看见他们打算卸下来。正像我的出租车司机那样，我不往心里去，我只是微笑，挥手，祝他们好运，然后我该干吗还干吗。