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In a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a New York taxi driver? I began studying this question and fou
In a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a New York taxi driver? I began studying this question and fou
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2016-04-30
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问题
In a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a New York taxi driver? I began studying this question and found the answers interesting.
One morning I got into three different taxis and announced, "Well, it’s my first day back in New York in seven years. I’ve been in prison." Not a single driver replied, so I tried again. "Yeah, I shot a man in Reno." I explained, hoping the driver would ask me why, but nobody asked. The only response came from a Ghanaian driver, "Reno? That is in Nevada?"
Taxi drivers were uniformly sympathetic when I said I’d just been fired. "This is America," a Haitian driver said. "One door is closed. Another is open." He argued against my plan to burn down my boss’s house. A Pakistani driver even turned down a chance to profit from my loss of hope; he refused to take me to the middle of the George Washington Bridge—a $20 trip. "Why you want to go there? Go home and relax. Don’t worry. Take a new job."
One very hot weekday in July, while wearing a red ski mask and holding a stuffed pillowcase with the word "BANK" on it, I tried calling a taxi five times outside different banks. The driver picked me up every time. My ride with a Haitian driver was typical of the superb assistance I received.
"Let’s go across the park." I said. "I just robbed the bank there. I got $25,000."
"$25,000?" he asked.
"Yeah, you think it was wrong to take it?"
"No, man. I work 8 hours and I don’t make almost $70. If I can do that, I do it too."
As we approached 86th and Lexington, I pointed to the Chemical Bank.
"Hey, there’s another bank," I said, "Could you wait here a minute while I go inside?"
"No, I can’t wait Pay me now." His reluctance may have had something to do with money—taxi drivers think the rate for waiting time is too low—but I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can’t expect unconditional support.
Which of the following statements is true about New York taxi drivers?
选项
A、They are ready to help you do whatever you want to.
B、They refuse to pick up those who would kill themselves.
C、They are sympathetic with those who are out of work.
D、They work only for money.
答案
C
解析
推理判断题。答案可从第3段第1句话中找到,C是该句的同义替换。A中的do whatever you want to过于绝对;B不符合逻辑,因为司机不可能先问乘客是否要自杀才决定要不要载这个乘客;巴基斯坦司机的例子表明司机不都是只为了钱,因此D不正确。
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