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    有一天,我有机会跟他谈了一件事,我忘不了那一天。我对他说:“格斯拉先生,你晓得吗,上一双在城里散步的靴子咯吱咯吱地响了。”

    他看了我一下,没有做声,好像在盼望我撤回或重新考虑我的话;然后他说:“那双靴子不该咯吱咯吱地响呀。”

    “对不起,它响了。”

    “你是不是在靴子还经穿的时候把它弄湿了呢?”

    “我想没有吧。”

    他听了这句话以后,蹙蹙眉头,好像在搜寻对那双靴子的回忆;我提起了这件严重的事情,真觉得难过。

    “把靴子送回来!”他说,“我想看一看。”

    由于我的咯吱咯吱响的靴子,我内心里涌起了一阵怜悯的感情;我完全可以想象到他埋头细看那双靴子时的历久不停的悲伤心情。

    “有些靴子,”他慢慢地说,“做好的时候就是坏的。如果我不能把它修好,就不收你这双靴子的工钱。”

    有一次(也只有这一次),我穿着那双因为急需才在一家大公司买的靴子,漫不经心地走进他的店铺。他接受了我的定货,但没拿皮革给我看;我可以意识到他的眼睛在细看我脚上的次等皮革。他最后说:“那不是我做的靴子。”

    他的语调里没有愤怒,也没有悲哀,连鄙视的情绪也没有,不过那里面却隐藏着可以冰冻血液的潜在因素。为了讲究时髦,我的左脚上的靴子有一处使人很不舒服;他把手伸下去,用一个手指在那块地方压了一下。

    “这里痛吧,”他说,“这些大公司真不顾体面。可耻!”跟着,他心里好像有点儿沉不住气了,所以说了一连串的挖苦话。我听到他议论他的职业上的情况和艰难,这是唯一的一次。

    “他们把一切垄断去了,”他说,“他们利用广告而不靠工作把一切垄断去了。我们热爱靴子,但是他们抢去了我们的生意。事到如今——我很快就要失业了。生意一年年地清淡下去——过后你会明白的。”我看看他满是褶皱的面孔,看到了我以前未曾注意到的东西:惨痛的东西和惨痛的奋斗——他的红胡子好像突然添上好多花白须毛了!(节选自高尔斯华绥《品质》)

    “文化大革命”开始,默存不知怎么的一条腿走不得路了。我代他请了假,烦老王送他上医院。我自己不敢乘三轮,挤公共汽车到医院门口等待。老王帮我把默存扶下车,却坚决不肯拿钱。他说:“我送钱先生看病,不要钱。”我一定要给钱,他哑着嗓子悄悄问我:“你还有钱吗?”我笑说有钱,他拿了钱却还不大放心。

    我们从干校回来,载客三轮都取缔了。老王只好把他那辆三轮改成运货的平板三轮。他并没有力气运送什么货物。幸万有一位老先生愿把自己降格为“货”,让老王运送。老王欣然在三轮平板的周围装上半寸高的边缘,好像有了这半寸边缘,乘客就围住了不会掉落。我问老王凭这位主顾,是否能维持生活。他说可以凑合。可是过些时老王病了,不知什么病,花钱吃了不知什么药,总不见好。开始几个月他还能扶病到我家来,以后只好托他同院的老李来代他传话了。

    有一天,我在家听到打门,开门看见老王直僵僵地镶嵌在门框里。往常他坐在蹬三轮的座上,或抱着冰伛着身子进我家来,不显得那么高。也许他平时不那么瘦,也不那么直僵僵的。他面色死灰,两只眼上都结着一层翳,分不清哪一只瞎、哪一只不瞎。说得可笑些,他简直像棺材里倒出来的,就像我想象里的僵尸,骷髅上绷着一层枯黄的干皮,打上一棍就会散成一堆白骨。我吃惊地说:“啊呀,老王,你好些了吗?”

    他“嗯”了一声,直着脚往里走,对我伸出两手。他一手提着个瓶子,一手提着一包东西。

    我忙去接。瓶子里是香油,包裹里是鸡蛋。我记不清是十个还是二十个,因为在我记忆里多得数不完。我也记不起他是怎么说的,反正意思很明白,那是他送我们的。

    我强笑说:“老王,这么新鲜的大鸡蛋,都给我们吃?”

    他只说:“我不吃。”

    我谢了他的好香油,谢了他的大鸡蛋,然后转身进屋去。他赶忙止住我说:“我不是要钱。”

    我也赶忙解释:“我知道,我知道——不过你既然来了,就免得托人捎了。”

    他也许觉得我这话有理,站着等我。

……

    过了十多天,我碰见老王同院的老李。我问:“老王怎么样了?好些没有?”

    “早埋了。”

    “呀,他什么时候……”

    “什么时候死的?就是到您那儿的第二天。”

(节选自杨绛《老王》,有删节)

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    Mrs. Brown was tired after her day's shopping in London, so she went into a restaurant for a cup of tea 1 catching the train home. When she had ordered her tea, she suddenly remembered that she had to buy some 2 for her husband, who had a cough.

    “Is there a chemist's near here?” she asked the waiter. “Yes, madam.” the waiter said. “It's only about three minutes' walk away. Turn right when you go out of the restaurant, then take the second turning to the left. You'll find a big chemist's about a hundred yards up the road on the right-hand side. It closes at five, but if you 3, you'll just get there in time.”

    Mrs. Brown followed the waiter's directions 4 and found the chemist's shop without any difficulty. She bought the cough mixture and started to 5 her way back to the restaurant. But after she had walked for about ten minutes and there was still no 6 of the restaurant, she realized that she must have made a mistake.

    “Oh! I am 7!” said Mrs. Brown. “I've left all my shopping in the restaurant and now I'm lost.”

    She was still wondering what to do when a policeman came 8 and asked if he could help. Mrs. Brown 9 what had happened.

    “Well, first of all,” said the policeman, “we had better go back as far as the chemist's”. “Now,” suggested the policeman, when they got to the chemist's, “let's go in this direction. It leads to the main road, where we shall probably find your restaurant.” When they reached the main road, the policeman said, “I think you'll find the restaurant you are looking for along there, on the opposite side of the road.” Mrs. Brown thanked the policeman for his help. “I can't 10 how I went wrong,” she said. The policeman smiled. “It's quite easy,” he said, “to get lost in a big city like London.”

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    The online takeaway industry is growing in China along with the rapid development of the Internet economy. But environmental activists complain that the huge volume of plastic utensils (用具), wrapping and containers presents a great challenge to the environment, and that the heavy use of throwaway wooden chopsticks is reducing natural resources.

    On September 1, the Beijing No.4 Intermediate People's Court accepted a lawsuit filed by the Chongqing Green Volunteer League, an environmental non-government organization (NGO), against the country's three largest food delivery platforms—Baidu Waimai, Ele.me and Meituan. The NGO stated that the companies failed to provide customers with the choice to not receive throwaway plastic utensils along with their food deliveries. Meanwhile, these utensils have created large amounts of rubbish and caused serious ecological damage.

    In response, both Meituan and Ele.me, which acquired Baidu Waimai in August, have promised to take measures to reduce plastic waste. Meituan announced that it would appoint a chief environmental officer to oversee environmental issues from plastic waste and upgrade its smartphone app to provide consumers with the option of ordering food without single-use chopsticks, spoons or napkins. Ele.me followed by offering a similar choice and putting forward a plan to introduce suppliers of degradable (可降解的) plastic utensils to restaurants in the long term.

    Is there a possible way out? Combined efforts by delivery platforms, consumers, restaurants and government departments are required to address plastic waste pollution.

    For platforms, promoting environmental protection and introducing this idea to consumers are a meaningful move. Moreover, in the future, they should also make strict rules on the use of plastic utensils. For example, no more than one plastic bag should be used to wrap soup dishes, and all plastic products should be degradable. It is a long and difficult task for them, and the recent reactions from Ele.me and Meituan are just beginnings.

    Considering most takeout food packaging is thrown into garbage bins and then taken away along with other household garbage, sorting of waste also becomes more important. Government departments could play a major role in this, and by recycling some materials, waste pollution could be reduced and resources saved. Furthermore, there have been growing calls that the government should also invest more in developing degradable plastic products or environmentally friendly alternatives.

    Though consumers enjoy the convenience yet also suffer exposure to the pollution, many of them have paid little attention to the plastic waste problem. Environmental groups suggest that consumers change their habits a little by using their own utensils and dishes and refusing unnecessary plastic containers.