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英语故事欧亨利赶车人的乘客,From theCabbys Seat/by O.Henry1•The cabbyhas hisown specialplace fromwhich he looks atlife.2•His view of peopleis simpler,perhaps,than theviewofa manwhodoes anyother kindof work.3•From thehigh seatof his cab,helooksdown uponeverybody.4•People arenot importantto himunless theywish togosomewhere.5•Then theyare onlysomething tobe carriedfrom one place toanother.6•You maybe apresident oryou maybe no one,but toa cabbyyou are onlya fare-only someonewho ridesin hiscab foraprice.7•You getinto hiscab,he shakes youawhile,and heputs youdown.8•Then the time forpayment hasarrived.•But onthat facethey sawan expressionof loveof life,andthe queenswished that they couldlook the same.102•While shesat there,two hourspassed.103•The kingsand queensbegan toleave.104•Their cabsrolled away.105•The musicended.106•The waiterstook everythingoff tablesnear hers.107•She wassitting therealmost alone.108•Jerrys farestood upand heldout the numbered pieceofpaper.109n•Is someonegoing togive mesomething forthis sheasked.110•A waitertold herthat it was forher cab.in•He saidthat sheshould goto the door andgive itto themanthere.112•This mantook it and calledthenumber.113•Only threecabs stoodin linenow.•The driverof one of themwent andfound Jerryasleep insidehiscab.115•Jerry spokea fewwords in anger,and then went upto hisseat116•He turnedthe horseand the cab rolledto the door andstopped.117•His fareentered.118•The cabturned again,and wentthrough thecool darknessofthe park,following the street that would leadmost quicklyto thegate.119•At thegate,Jerry begansuddenly tothink.120•He wasstill half asleep,but therewas adoubt in his mind.121•There wereone ortwo thingshe hadto askabout.122•He stoppedhis horse,and his voice camedown through thehole in the back of the cab.123•I want to seefour dollarsbefore wego anyfarther.Have yougotthe money11•Four dollars!laughed thefare,softly.No.Fve onlygot afewcents withme.”125•Jerry madethe horserun.126•The animaTsfeet werevery loudon thestreet.127•But abovethe noiseof thehorses feet,Jerrys voicecould beheard.128•He wasfull ofanger.129•He shoutedat thestars in the sky.130•He shoutedat othercabs asthey passed.131•His wordswere sobad thatanother driver,hearing them,could notbelieve hisears.132•But Jerryknew whathe coulddo aboutthis farewithoutmoney.133•He knew where he was going.134•At thebuilding with the greenlights beside thedoorhepulled hishorse toa stop.•He openedthe cabdoor andhe jumpedto theground.136•Come on,you,he said,and hisvoice washard.137•His farecame outwith thedreaming smilestill onher plainface.138•Jerry tookher bythe armand ledher inside.139•He wasgoing totell thecops whathad happened.140•They woulddo somethingabout it.141•A gray-haired coplooked acrossthe table.He and the cabbywereno strangers.142•Jerry began,in hisloud,hard voice,Tve gota farehere that-143•Jerry stopped.144•He puthis hand,reddened bythe weather,to hisface.145•The drinkfrom McGarysRestaurant no longer cloudedhismind sodarkly.1461•A fare,sir/he continued,with awide smile,that Iwant youtomeet.•Its mywife thatI marriedat oldman Walshsthis evening.148•And awild timewe had,its true.1491•Shake handswith him,Norah,and wellgo home.150•Before steppinginto thecab again,Norah tooka longdeepbreath.151•Ive hada verynice time,Jerry,said she said.•If youpay himthe lawfulamount andno more,you caneasilysee whathe thinksof you.101•He thinksyou reless thannothing.ii•If youdiscover suddenlythat youhave nomoney withyou,you willwish youwere dead.12•It isprobably truethat thecabbys viewof lifeis formedbythe shapeof hiscab.13•He sitsup thereon hisseat,high asa god.14•The seatis small;nooneshares itwith him.15•While youare inhiscab your futureis inhis hands.z16•You arehelpless.17•The cabshakesyou.18•You cantget outuntil hestops hishorse.19•If youwanttospeak tohim,you musttalk througha littlehole in the backof thecab.20•In a cabyounolongerfeel like a person.•You maybe someonevery important22•But inacabyoure nomore thansomething ina box,beingcarried fromoneplaceto another.23•One nightthere weresounds ofpleasure andjoy in the bighousebeside McGarysFamily Restaurant.24•The soundsseemed tocome fromthe roomsof theWalshfamily.25•A crowdof interestedneighbors stoodoutside thedoor.26•Again andagain awaiter camebringing foodor drinkfromthe restaurant.27•The neighborsstood asideevery timeto lethim pass.28•Then theywould movenear thedoor again.29•And allthetimethey weretalking aboutwhat washappeninginside.30•Anyone wholistened wouldhave learnedquickly andeasilythat NorahWalsh wasbeing married.•After sometime hadgone by,the happypeople startedcomingout thedoor.32•They mixedat oncewiththeneighbors whowere standingthere.33•Joyful criesand laughingvoices roseinthenight air.34•All thisnoise wasborn ofthe drinksfrom McGarysRestaurant.35•At theedge ofthestreetstood JerryODonovarTs cab.36•No cleaneror moreshining cabcould befound.37•And Jerryshorse!I tellyou hewas fatwith goodfood.38•Among themoving crowdJerrys highhat couldnow andthenbe seen.39•His nose,too,could beseen;itwas thick andred,for ithadbeen beatenby fareswho wantedto fight.40•And alsonow and then,his finegreen coatappeared.41•It waseasy tosee thatJerry hadhad morethan enoughtodrink.Everyone hadnoticed it.•Out ofthe crowdon thestreet orperhaps fromamong thepeoplewalking pastthe house,came ayoung woman.43•She stoppedbesidethecab.Jerry saw her there.44•A fare!He madea suddenmove,and threeor fourpeoplenear himfell down.45•He himself-No!He caughthimself intime anddid notfall.46•Quickly hewent upto hisseat.47•When hewas there,hewassafe.48•All ofMcGarys drinkcould notthrow himdown fromthere.49•Step in,lady,said Jerry.50•The youngwoman steppedinto thecab.51•The doorclosed.52•The crowdinthestreet jumpedaway.53The horsestarted andthe finecab rolleddown thestreet.•The horse went fastat first,but aftera littletime hewentmore slowly.55•Then Jerrycalled downthrough theholeinthebackof thecab.56•He tried to makehisvoicesoft;he wishedto please.57•Where willyou begoing to581•Any placeyou wish/was theanswer.The voicewas happy.It soundedlike music.591•Shes ridingfor pleasure/thought Jerry.60•And thenhesaid:Take atrip inthe park,lady.It willbe cool11and fine.611•Just asyou wish/answered thefare,pleasantly.62•The cabturned towardFifth Avenue,thenwentnorth onthatperfect street.63•Jerry wasmoved upand downinhisseat,and fromone sideto the other.•McGarys drinksmoved atthesametime,and seemedto riseinsidehis head.65•He beganto sing.66•Inside thecab thefare satup straighton theseat67•She looked to theright andtotheleft atthe lightsand thehouses.68•It wasdark insidethecab,and hereyes wereshining likestars.69•When theycame toFifty-Ninth Street,Jerry washalfasleep.70•But hishorsewentthroughthe park gate.71•The horseknewwherethey were.72•The horsepulled thecab intotheparkevery night.73•And thefare satthere,as ifinahappy dream.74•She couldsmell theclean freshsmell ofgreen leavesandflowers.75•And thewise animalpulling thecab movedas usual.•He was at homehere.77•Jerry tootriedtodo ashe didevery night.78•His voicewasthick,but heasked thequestions thatcabbiesalways askinthepark.79•You wantto stop attheCasino Restaurant,lady Havesomethingto eatListen tothe musicEveryone stops.80n1•I thinkthatwouldbe nice/said thefare.81•They madea suddenstopatthedooroftherestaurant.82•The cabdoor opened.The farestepped out.83•At onceshe seemedcaught bythe wonderfulmusic.84•The lightsandthecolors werebright,almost blinding.85•Someone puta pieceof paperinto herhand.86•On itwasanumber-
34.She lookedaround andsawhercab.87•It was20yards away,taking itsplace ina linewith otherwaitingcabs.88•She wasled inside,and soonshe wasseated ata table.She realizedthat shewas expectedto buysomething.90•She hada littlemoney.91•She counteditandfound enoughto buysomething coldandfresh todrink.92•There shesat,drinking slowlyand lookingat every-thingaround her.93•Life herehad newcolor,a newshape.94•It didnot seemreal.95•It waslikeabeautiful dream.96•At50tables satpeople wholookedtoher likekings andqueens.97•She thoughttheir clothesand jewelswere wonderfullyrich.98•And nowandthenoneofthese peoplewould lookat her.99•They sawa smallwoman ina simpledress.100They sawa plainface.。