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    差不多晚上九点钟的时候,他离开大厦。外面天色已经黑了好些时候,行人稀少。他等了一下,让几辆汽车过去,然后跨过街道,到了他那部老爷车停的地方。

    开始他并没有注意到那两位年轻女子,直到她们开口说话为止。

    “先生。”其中一位打招呼。

    他的视线越过老爷车的车顶望过去,见开口说话的是一位二十岁左右的金发女子,身高在一米六左右,在她身后的是一位消瘦的黑人女子,年龄和她差不多,只是个子比她高一些。两个人都穿着褪色的牛仔裤,白色的上衣。

    “有什么事吗?”他问,手在车门把手上停顿了一下。

    “你能搭载我们一程吗?”

    “你们要去哪儿?”他问。

    “圣路易斯。”金发女子回答。

    他本打算在回家途中,去一下圣路易斯旁边的超市。她们的目的地离他要走的路只有几条街。“当然可以,请上车。”他说。

    他上车,伸手打开了另一旁的车门。两人相互谦让谁坐到前座,最后两人都挤到前座。金发女子居中,她的双肩看上去非常光滑,左手肘上刺有一只小小的蝴蝶。

    他发动汽车开上马路,刚要拐弯进入一条黑暗的隧道时,金发女子突然喊道:“停车!”

    他刹住车靠在路边,发现金发女子正抓着一把猎刀,刀尖离他的喉咙大半尺。

    “把钱交出来。”她压低了声音,声音有点紧张。

    他一时手足无措。“我如果没有钱,还能活着离开这车子吗?”他问,“这是你们第一次出来试试运气,对不对?”

    “你怎么会那样想?”金发女子问。

    “因为你们不知道自己在干什么。”他说,有点自信。

    “对这种事你又懂什么?”黑人女子带着疑惑而不耐烦的表情。

    “什么都知道,内行得很。”他说着把脸转向金发女子,“就拿你持刀的方式来说吧,它离我的喉咙大半尺。你应该用力顶住我的喉咙或者我的腰部,并且你们应坐在车的后座,这样下手时不容易被发现。”

    金发女子仍举着刀,说:“有道理。”

    “当然有道理。”他有点得意,“还有两个问题。”

    “是吗?说来听听。”黑人女子语气缓和了不少。

    “你们俩的衣着不当。”

    “你是什么意思?”金发女子问。

    “你们的衣服太薄,颜色太浅。如果你们要用刀的话,必须离得非常近才行,这样容易沾一身血。你们若非用刀不可,得考虑万一碰到对方愚蠢的行为,衣服的颜色暗些容易掩饰血迹。”

    “还有呢?”黑人女子问,“你不是说有两个问题吗?”

    “是的,另一问题是,你们要的是钱,而不是来找人聊天。你们应尽可能地把钱拿到手,而不应和对方废话太多。你们只要刀一顶对方就告诉他,废话少说,否则白刀子进去,红刀子出来,让他交出所有值钱的东西,否则如何如何。只要你们做得好,他就会被吓得不敢吭声,不敢磨蹭,不敢做一些不该做的事。”

    这时黑人女子已经打开车门下车,金发女子也随着溜了下去,并且把刀收进了包里。

    他点点头,随之劝诫道:“年轻人,正儿八经做事赚钱,少惹是非。”

    “你也一样,别再随便让人搭便车。”金发女子回敬了一句。

    金发女子一关上车门,他就开车一溜烟地跑了。

    他按照原先的计划,在超市买完东西后开车回家,当他进家门时,情不自禁地吹起了口哨。

    他妻子从厨房里高声问道:“你听起来心情不错,你的小说写得怎么样了?”

    “我把最头疼的一部分写完了。”他回答。

    妻子从厨房里出来,递给他一杯酒。“是不是半途抢劫的那一章?那一章你总觉得不太符合现实。”

    他抿了一口酒,笑着说:“现在我认为够合乎现实了。实际上,我可以肯定,合乎现实。”

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    Today's workplace is unique in history.Never before have we seen people working together who represent such different backgrounds and experiences.This difference of age,race,gender,and work style makes it very difficult to organize and run a company.

    As a result,companies are looking for individuals who can manage a wide range of employees effectively. Increasingly,managers are discovering that age differences among workers are a major cause of concern.

    This has been an important realization.The management difficulties and challenges have led some experts to study intergenerational differences for an understanding of problems in the workplace.What they have discovered is interesting and may provide ways of improving working conditions in companies that employ individuals from different generations.

    The first thing to realize,they say,is that differences of opinion about the importance of work and how to get work done are not a coincidence.That is,it is not an accident that young employees will be different from older employees.In fact,if employers do not pay attention to these differences,it is possible that anger will build up between people and lead to difficulties in the company.

    Resentment(仇恨)between members of different generations,if not attended to(处理),can lead to extreme anger and unhappiness and even lasting enmity if people are not careful.That individuals from different generations should come to view each other as if they were from different sides of warring countries should not be surprising.

    It is natural for individuals from the same generation to form alliances(联盟),to come together for protection. Different generations represent different experiences in life,and these lead naturally to different opinions about oneself and one's approaches to work.

    If you were raised in a time of plenty,when products were readily available and relatively inexpensive,you would believe that prosperity is natural and expectable.If,on the other hand,you were raised in a time of scarcity,you would always be careful not to waste things for fear you would not have enough.You would make angry people who seem to believe that problems will always solve themselves.Such optimism in the face of difficulties would be a source of unhappiness between you and them.It is difficult,in such circumstances,to achieve a happy,agreeable atmosphere in the workplace.