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About ten years ago, a young and very successful manager named Josh was traveling down a Chicago
neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his expensive new car,1was only two months old.
He was2 for kids rushing out from between parked cars and3down when he thought he saw
something. As his car passed, no child rushed out,4a brick (砖) sailed out and-WHUMP!-it smashed
(砸向) into the Jaguar XKE's (美洲豹车) shiny black side door! SCREECH...!!!!
Josh became very 5 . He drove back to the place from where the brick had been thrown. Josh6
out of the car, caught hold of the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, 'What
was that all about and who are you? Just what7are you doing?!' Still angry, he went on. 'That's my
new car and that brick you threw is going to8you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?' 'Please,
mister, please... I'm sorry! I didn't know what else to do!' begged the boy. 'I threw the brick9no one
else would stop!' Tears were running down as he pointed around the parked cars.
'It's my brother, mister,' he said. 'He fell out of his wheelchair and I can't10him up.' Crying, the boy
asked the manager, 'Would you please help me get him back into his11? He's hurt and he's too12for
me.'
Deeply13by his words, the young manager tried hard to hide his feelings. With great effort (努力), he
lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief (手帕) and wiped the scs
and cuts (伤口),14to see that everything was going to be15 . He then watched the younger brother push
him down the sidewalk toward their16.
It was a long walk back to his expensive Jaguar XKE-a long and17walk. Josh never did18the side
door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent (痕迹) to19himself not to go through life so fast that someone has to
throw a brick at him to get his20...
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