【Weweredrivingintherightlanewhenallofasuddenablackcarjumpedoutofaparkingspacerightinfrontofus.Mytaxidriverslammedonhisbraksskiddedandmissedtheothercar’sbackendbyjustinches!Thedriveroftheother】
Weweredrivingintherightlanewhenallofasuddenablackcarjumpedoutofaparkingspacerightinfrontofus.Mytaxidriverslammedonhisbraksskiddedandmissedtheothercar’sbackendbyjustinches!Thedriveroftheothercartheguywhoalmostcausedabigaccidentturnedhisheadangrilyand startedyellingbadwordsatus.
Mytaxidriverjustsmiledandwavedattheguy.AndImeanhewasfriendly.SoIsaid“Whydidyoujustdothat?Thisguyalmostruinedyourcarandsentustothehospital!”AndthiswaswhatmytaxidrivertoldmewhichIcall‘TheLawoftheGarbageTruck.’
Manypeoplearelikegarbagetrucks.Theyrunaroundfullofgarbagefulloffrustrationfullofangerandfullofdisappointment.Astheirgarbagepilesuptheyneedaplacetodump(倾卸)it.Andifyouletthemthey’lldumpitonyou.Whensomeonewantstodumponyoudon’ttakeitpersonally.Youjustsmilewavewishthemwellandmoveon.You’llbehappyyoudid.
Sothiswasit:“TheLawoftheGarbageTruck.”IstartedthinkinghowoftendoIletGarbageTrucksrunrightoverme?AndhowoftendoItaketheirgarbageandspreadittootherpeople:atworkathomeonthestreets? ItwasthatdayIsaid“I’mnotgoingtodoitanymore.”
Ibegantoseegarbagetrucks.Iseetheloadthey’recarrying.Iseethemcomingtodropitoff.AndlikemyTaxiDriverIdon’tmakeitapersonalthing;Ijustsmilewaveandmoveon.
Goodleadersknowtheyhavetobereadyfortheirnextmeeting.Goodparentsknowthattheyhavetowelcometheirchildrenhomefromschoolwithhugsandkisses.Whataboutyou?Themarkofasuccessfulpersonishowquicklytheycangetbacktheirfocusonwhat’simportant.
1.Thedriveroftheblackcargotangrybecause .
A.hecouldn’tcontrolhiscar B.hewasinabadmood
C.hemetwithagarbagetruck D.thetaxidrivermadeamistake
2.Whoactedlikeagarbagetruckintheincidentdescribedinthefirsttwoparagraphs?
A.Thewriter. B.Thetaxidriver.
C.Theblackcardriver. D.Noneofthem.
3.Thesentence“You’llbehappy youdid”attheendofthe3rdparagraphmeansyou’ll
.
A.beashappyasyouusedtobe