Slowing Down慢下來

About ten years ago， a young and very successful executive1 named Josh wastraveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He sped along in his new BMWwhich he had bought only two months ago.

大約十年前，一位名叫喬希的年輕而非常成功的高管駕車經(jīng)過芝加哥附近的街道。他開著才買來兩個月的新寶馬汽車加速前行。

He was watching for some kids darting2 out from between parked3 cars andwould slow down when he thought he saw something.

他留意著從停著的車中間竄出來的孩子們，當(dāng)他覺得看到了什么時，他就會放慢速度。

As his car passed， no child darted out， but a brick sailed out and whump！—it smashed4 into the BMW’s shiny black side door！ He let out a scream andslammed on his brakes5！ Gears6 ground into reverse7， and tires madly spun thecar back to the spot from where the brick had been thrown.

當(dāng)他的車經(jīng)過時，孩子沒有竄出來，飛出來的是一塊磚頭，砰的一聲砸向?qū)汃R閃亮的黑色側(cè)門！他尖叫一聲，然后猛地剎車！檔位轉(zhuǎn)為倒車檔，輪胎瘋狂地旋轉(zhuǎn)著，車子倒回了磚頭被扔出來的地方。

Josh jumped out of the car， caught the kid and pushed him up against aparked car. He shouted at the kid， “What was that all about and who are you？Just what the heck are you doing？”Building up a head of steam， he went on.“That’s my new BMW， that brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of money.Why did you throw it？”

喬希跳下車，抓住那個孩子，把他頂在一輛停著的車上。他沖著那孩子大喊：“這是怎么回事？你是誰？你到底在干什么？”他氣得頭暈，繼續(xù)說道，“那是我的新寶馬，你扔的那塊磚頭要讓你花很多錢。你為什么要扔磚頭？”

“Please， Sir， please...I’m sorry！ I didn’t know what else to do！ ”pleadedthe kid.“I threw the brick because no one else would stop！ ”

“求求你，先生，求求你……對不起！我不知道還能怎么做！”那個孩子懇求道，“我扔磚頭是因為沒有人會停下來！”

Tears were dripping down the boy’s chin as he pointed around the parkedcars.“It’s my brother， Sir，”he said.“He rolled off the curb8 and fell out of hiswheelchair and I can’t lift him up.”Sobbing9， the boy asked Josh， “Would youplease help me get him back into his wheelchair？ He’s hurt and he’s too heavyfor me.”

當(dāng)男孩指著停著的汽車時，眼淚順著他的下巴流下來?！澳鞘俏腋绺纾壬?，”他說，“他從路邊滾了下來，從輪椅上摔了下來，我沒辦法把他抬起來。”男孩啜泣著問喬希，“你能幫我把他弄回輪椅上嗎？他受傷了，而且他對我來說太重了?！?/p>

Moved beyond words， the young executive tried desperately10 to swallow11the rapidly swelling12 lump13 in his throat. He tried his best to lift the youngman back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped thescrapes and cuts， checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He thenwatched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.

這些話讓這位年輕的主管深受感動，他拼命地忍住喉嚨里迅速形成的哽咽。他使勁把那個年輕人扶回輪椅上，拿出手帕擦拭他的擦傷和劃傷，看看他有無大礙。然后他看著弟弟推著哥哥沿著人行道回家。

It was a long walk back to the sleek， shining， black BMW—a long and slowwalk. Josh never did fix the side door of his car. He kept the dent14 to remindhim not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to gethis attention.

喬希走了一大段路才回到那輛光滑油亮、閃閃發(fā)光的黑色寶馬車邊——那是漫長而又緩慢的一路。喬希從沒修過他車的側(cè)門。他保留著車上的凹痕是為了提醒自己：在生活的道路上不要走得太匆忙，否則有人得朝他扔磚頭來引起他的注意。

Some bricks are softer than others. Feel for the bricks of life coming at you.In the fast speed of life， are you missing out some important things of thepresent moments.

有些磚比另一些更輕。你要覺察到生活朝你扔出的磚塊。在快節(jié)奏的生活中，你是否錯過了當(dāng)下一些重要的事情。

（英語原文選自：jybus.com）