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 房间里的大象

刘瑜

    ①“房间里的大象”，在英文里，意指所有那些触目惊心地存在却被明目张胆地忽略甚至否定的事实或者感受，就是那些“我们知道，但是我们清楚地知道自己不该知道”的事。

    ②有些时候，沉默也许是起源于善意和礼貌，比如和一个口吃的人聊天，我们假装注意不到他的口吃。有些时候，人们害怕权力，害怕高压，害怕失去眼前的利益，于是沉默成了一种自我保护。

    ③拒绝发声并不奇怪，因为发声不但需要勇气，而且意味着承担。比如，谈论全球变暖意味着我们要去寻找解决问题的方案，意味着我们可能要选择不买车、少开暖气和空调、刻意节约用水。所以为了逃避责任和不安，还是不谈这些为好。但是大象并不会因为你不谈论而消失，全球还会继续变暖……

    ④沉默的人越多，打破沉默就越难——因为当越来越多的人卷入沉默的漩涡，从这个漩涡中挣脱出来需要的力气就越大。面对第一个站出来大喊“屋子里有大象”的人，人们往往不会顺着他的手指去看有没有一只大象，而是怒斥他为什么吵醒了自己的好梦。房间里的大象就这样在“合群”的人们中越长越大。

    ⑤随着大象越长越大，它被戳破的可能性也随之加大﹣﹣因为随着大象越来越大，掩盖这只大象所花费的成本也会越来越高，并且，目击者的增多也意味着出现“叛徒”的可能性在增大。

    ⑥直视我们生活中的沉默，直视生活中不被阳光照耀的角落和我们自己的软弱。

    Last Sunday, I sat with Tony, my college classmate, in a well-known coffee shop in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As we1our coffee, two men entered and sat on an empty table beside us.

    They2the waiter and ordered three cups of 3, two on the table and one on the wall. We heard this order with great4and observed that they were served with two cups of coffee5they paid for three. As soon as they6, the waiter pasted (粘贴) a piece of paper on the wall saying A Cup of Coffee.

    It 7that the matter was normal at this place. However, it was something8for Tony and me. Since we had nothing to do with the matter, we 9our coffee, paid the bill and left.

    After a few days, we again had a10to go to this coffee shop. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man entered. The way this man was dressed did not 11the standard nor the atmosphere of this coffee shop. Poverty was12from the looks on his face. As he13himself, he looked at the14and said, “One cup of coffee from the wall.” The waiter served coffee to this man with15, politeness and warmth.

    After a few minutes, the man finished his coffee and left16paying. We were amazed to watch all this when the waiter 17a piece of paper from the wall and18it in the dustbin.

    Now it was no 19for us because the matter was very clear. Although the man didn't know about the one who was giving this cup of coffee to him, he would have a better understanding of the wall which had a great role between the 20and receiver.