Last fall, before Thanksgiving, I was making my way in my car out of the shopping center parking lot. I was bored in the car. I 1 a woman heavily loaded with 2 and her two boys, one carrying a pumpkin and the other another bag.

    They were headed, I3 to the bus stop across the major road.4 it was too far to walk with all those 5 to any of the nearby bus stops, on a random impulse（冲动），I rolled down my window and asked if they were indeed headed to the6. “Yes,” the mother 7 I asked, “Would you like a 8? “Oh, yes!” was their 9reaction.

    I was also delighted，and，after driving out of the way of other10 I stopped and the boys piled into the back seat . The mother started to push 11beside them. I 12her by saying, “Oh, you come on up here 13 me. I'm not a taxi driver!” So off we went.

    Right away, I decided to take them a mile and a half to their home, since I had 14and they had bags. All the way, I had just a fine time listening and talking with all of them. It felt so good to be able to do this little 15 and showed that with such a small 16 I could make a big difference to a tired mother. I'm not sure 17got the most out of it.

    18this was special for me 19 as a disabled person, I often receive help and now I know how especially good it feels to be 20

议论文阅读

阅读危机是心灵缺氧

    ①培根曾经说，阅读是一种消遣。从大众文化的层面上理解，以前大部分普通中国人 也是为了消遣才读书。在被称为“文化热”的上世纪 80 年代，人们印象最深的就是门庭若市 的新华书店和各类书摊，阅读是那个相对匮乏同时也相对悠闲时代的精神消遣。但这种热 情并不专属于阅读，而是一种对精神生活丰富性的渴求，随后以《渴望》为代表的电视连 续剧就以新的形式抢占了人们晚饭后的时光。

    ②因此，信息时代所谓的阅读危机多少被夸大了，只不过是新的文化形式和消遣方式 取代了传统的读书而已。从整体上看，人们的精神生活更丰富了而不是更贫瘠了，获取知 识的渠道更方便了而不是更封闭了。100 多年前，尼采也曾对报纸的出现忧心忡忡，认为 这种快速折损的消耗品将会干扰人们对经典阅读的兴趣，后来证明他多虑了。

    ③这么说并不意味着阅读危机不存在，而是说它需要被更清晰地表达。当我们说自己 不读书时，意思常常是没有读书的时间或心情，而不是说无书可读，这背后是一种时间焦 虑。中国社会在上世纪 90 年代中期以后，就逐渐进入了一个加速奔跑的时代，时间成了稀 缺资源。尤其到了信息和时间都碎片化的网络时代，人们在不停的快速切换中，表现得像 某种焦虑症患者。

    ④因此，阅读危机的实质是，人们由于缺乏以专注阅读为主要形式的精神深呼吸，而 陷入被大量信息垃圾围困的心灵缺氧状态。刚看了五分钟电子书，就被弹出的新闻链接吸 引了注意力；这一分钟还在为某一公共事件激愤不已，下一分钟可能就因为某个段子开怀 大笑。照这个趋势，未来人类的心智结构或将改变，变得像金鱼一样只有 7 秒钟的记忆。 同时，由于缺乏深度的内心体验，网络时代人们的精神气质开始变得雷同。

    ⑤慢下来，读读书，不仅仅以阅读的名义进行，更应该站在保护一颗健全心灵的高度， 站在人文危机的高度来看待。如果说社会发展是一匹骏马，阅读及其代表的人文精神就应 该是驾驭它的缰绳，不应该任由它在我们手上滑落。

—— 选自《人民日报》 有删改