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1、Afatherandason父子俩PassingthroughtheAtlantaairportonemorning,Icaughtoneofthosetrainsthattaketravelersfromthemainterminaltotheirboardinggates.Free,sterileandimpersonal,thetrainsrunbackandforthalldaylong.Notmanypeopleconsiderthemfun,butonthisSaturdayIheardlaughter.一天早晨去亚特兰大机场，我
2、看见一辆列车载载着旅客从航空集散站抵达登记处。这类免费列车每天单调、无味地往返其间，没人觉得有趣。但这个周六我却听到了笑声。Atthefrontofthefirstcar–lookingoutthewindowatthetrackthatlayahead–wereamanandhisson.在头节车厢的最前面，坐着一个男人和他的儿子。他们正透过窗户观赏着一直往前延伸的铁道。Wehadjuststoppedtoletoffpassengers,andthedoorsweeclosingagain.“Herewego!Holdontometigh
3、t!”thefathersaid.Theboy,aboutfiveyearsold,madesoundsofsheerdelight.我们停下来等候旅客下车，之后，车门关上了。“走吧。拉紧我！”父亲说。儿子大约5岁吧，一路喜不自禁。Iknowwe’resupposedtoavoidmakingracialdistinctionsthesedays,soIhopenoonewillmindifImentionthatmostpeopleonthetrainwerewhite,dressedforbusinesstripsorvacations–
4、andthatthefatherandsonwereblack,dressedinclothesthatwerejustaboutasinexpensiveasyoucanbuy.车上坐的多半是衣冠楚楚，或公差或度假的白人，只有这对黑人父子穿着朴素简单。我知道如今我们不该种族歧视，我希望我这样描述没人介意。“Lookoutthere!”thefathersaidtohisson.“Seethatpilot?Ibethe’swalkingtohisplane.”Thesoncranedhisnecktolook.“快看！”父亲对儿子说：“看见那
5、位飞行员了吗？我敢肯定是去开飞机的。”儿子伸长脖子看。AsIgotoff,IrememberedsomethingI’dwantedtobuyintheterminal.Iwasearlyformyflight,soIdecidedtogoback.下了车后我突然想起还得在航空集散站买点东西。离起飞时间还早，于是我决定再乘车回去。Idid–andjustasIwasabouttoreboardthetrainformygate,Isawthatthemanandhissonhadreturnedtoo.Irealizedthenthatthe
6、yhadn’tbeenheadingforaflight,buthadjustbeenridingtheshuttle.正准备上车的时候，我看到那对父子也来了。我意识到他们不是来乘飞机的，而是特意来坐区间列车的。“Iwanttoridesomemore!”“我还想再坐一会儿！”“More?”thefathersaid,mock-exasperatedbutclearlypleased.“You’renottired?”“再坐一会儿！”父亲嗔怪模仿着儿子的语调，“你还不累？”“Thisisfun!”hissonsaid.“真好玩！”儿子说。“A
7、llright,”thefatherreplied,andwhenadooropenedweallgoton.“好吧，”父亲说。车门开了，我们都上了车。ThereareparentswhocanaffordtosendtheirchildrentoEuropeorDisneyland,andthechildrenturnoutrotten.Thereareparentswholiveinmillion-dollarhousesandgivetheirchildrencarsandswimmingpools,yetsomethinggoeswr
8、ong.Richandpoor,blackandwhite,somuchgoeswrongsooften.我们很多父母有能力送孩子去欧洲，去狄斯尼乐园，可孩子还是堕
