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1、Unit10GoingHomeIfirstheardthisstoryafewyearsagofromagirlIhadmetinNewYork'sGreenwichVillage.Probablythestoryisoneofthosemysteriousbitsoffolklorethatreappeareveryfewyear,tobetoldanewinoneformoranother.However,Istillliketothinkthatitreallydidhappen,somewhere,some
2、time.TheyweregoingtoFortLauderdale--threeboysandthreegirls--andwhentheyboardedthebus,theywerecarryingsandwichesandwineinpaperbags,dreamingofgoldenbeachesandseatidesasthegray,coldspringofNowYorkvanishedbehindthem.AsthebuspassedthroughNewJersey,theybegantonotice
3、Vingo.Hesatinfrontofthem,dressedinaplain,ill-fittingsuit,nevermoving,hisdustyfacemaskinghisage.Hekeptchewingtheinsideofhislipalot,frozenintocompletesilence.Deepintothenight,outsideWashington,thebuspulledintoHowardJohnson's,andeverybodygotoffexceptVingo.Hesatro
4、otedinhisseat,andtheyoungpeoplebegantowonderabouthim,tryingtoimaginehislife:perhapshewasaseacaptain,arunawayfromhiswife,anoldsoldiergoinghome.Whentheywentbacktothebus,oneofthegirlssatbesidehimandintroducedherself."We'regoingtoFlorida,"shesaidbrightly."Ihearit'
5、sreallybeautiful.""Itis,"hesaidquietly,asifrememberingsomethinghehadtriedtoforget."Wantsomewine?"shesaid.Hesmiledandtookaswigfromthebottle.Hethankedherandretreatedagainintohissilence.Afterawhile,shewentbacktotheothers,andVingonoddedinsleep.Inthemorning,theyawo
6、keoutsideanotherHowardJohnson's,andthistimeVingowentin.Thegirlinsistedthathejointhem.Heseemedveryshy,andorderedblackcoffeeandsmokednervouslyastheyoungpeoplechatteredaboutsleepingonbeaches.Whentheyreturnedtothebus,thegirlsatwithVingoagain,andafterawhile,slowlya
7、ndpainfully,hebegangotellhisstory.HehadbeeninjailinNewYorkforthepastfouryears,andnowhewasgoinghome."Areyoumarried?""Idon'tknow.""Youdon'tknow?"shesaid."Well,whenIwasinjailIwrotetomywife,"hesaid."ItoldherthatIwasgoingtobeawayalongtime,andthatifshecouldn'tstandi
8、t,ifthekidskeptaskin'questions,ifithurthertoomuch,well,shecouldjusforgetme.I'dunderstand.Getanewguy,Isaid--she'sawonderfulwoman,reallysomething--andforgetaboutme.Itoldhershedidn'th