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新视野大学英语读写教程第一册unit6-c My Moving Experience

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Section C

My Moving Experience

Moving is bad — in the sense of carrying furniture, equipment and hundreds of boxes out of one place and into another. This is why you hardly ever meet nomads (游牧人)anymore, even though "nomad" is a great job name. Suppose you're at a party, someone asks what you do, and you announce 'nomad'. Immediately you're talking about camels(骆驼). And you can leave anytime. "Excuse me," you say, "but I must go now and seek water."
I prefer to stay put. Sometimes, like weekends, it takes huge control just to get out of a chair. 1. ______
Regardless, last Thursday we moved into a new house. Since I work at home, this also required moving my office; the buyers of our old house wouldn't like seeing me every day in one of their bedrooms.
My wife and I moved because as the kids kept getting bigger and bigger, the house kept getting smaller and smaller. It seemed the kids were eating the house. Moving seemed the wise thing to do even though, in the end, we decided to take the kids with us. 2. ______
In my 20s, moving was done by friends, but everyone secretly hated it. After six or seven hours of lifting chairs and chests, we'd take out our resentment on the furniture. Once we dropped a new refrigerator down a flight of stairs. 3. ______
Now I'm 47, so we hired movers. The idea of "movers" makes me nervous. A group of strong, muscular men come into your house, carry out all your possessions, and drive off in a truck. This can't be good.
I chose "Low Cost Movers", checking to make sure they had a permit and were insured(保险). The customer service person, Julie, was helpful with this. "I'm not going to say we never have accidents or even that we rarely have accidents. What I am going to say is if you have a computer, now would be a good time to back up your files(档案)."
The week before moving, Julie called twice to confirm(确定)our 8 a.m. appointment. I'm of two minds about confirming. The people doing the confirming always appear very professional, while seeming to say you're not. Obviously Julie knew she was dealing with someone with low mental power. I didn't mind. 4. ______
8 a.m. the day of the move, the moving company calls to say they'll be an hour late. What a relief (松口气). I'm feeling totally lacking in organization(杂乱无序), mainly because I am totally lacking in organization. It's my natural state. Having to have organization(有序), for me, is much too confusing.
Moving has taught me I need a better filing system (系统). I plan to have a better filing system in the new office. The old system was more of a piling system, meaning piling everything on my desk—a very good way of organization.
11 a.m. The moving company still hasn't arrived. I call Julie. She promises to have the president of the company, Max, personally call me in 10 minutes.
I'm impressed. "President" is a great job name, although, let's face it, not as great as "nomad."
I have no idea how big this moving company is. Maybe it's just a Mom and Pop operation. Maybe it's just Julie. Maybe Julie is the customer service department, the movers and now the president. It could be a long day.
11:10 a.m. The phone rings. "This is Max, president of Low Cost Moving." I check out the voice. It's not Julie. Max tells me he's upset with the delay. He's enraged at his own moving company. "I'm knocking $10 off the hourly rate," he says. 5. ______
I sympathize with the moving company: "Look," I say, "these things happen. Trucks break. Refrigerators fall down stairs. Workers develop several personalities."
3 p.m. Movers still haven't arrived. I call Max, who's more enraged than before. "This is unheard-of," he says. "I'm taking another $10 off the hourly charge."
If this keeps up, I'll be moving for free and going nowhere.
6 p.m. The movers finally arrive. I call Max. He's fit to be tied. I point out they're only 10 hours late. Max is not humored.
End of story: The move is finally over. Everything's in boxes. My office is completely without organization. I feel at home. 6. ______

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    我的搬家体验

    搬家苦,苦就苦在要将一件件家具、设备和数百个箱子从一个地方搬出来,又搬进另一个地方去。 这就是为什么现在很少再见到"游牧人"的原因,虽然"游牧"这个行业名称听起来挺不错。 假如你正出席一个宴会,有人问你是干哪一行的,你说是个"游牧者",马上你就会提到骆驼,而且你还可以随时离席。 "对不起,"你说,"我得走了,得找水去。"
    可我这人喜欢待在一个地方不动。有时侯,比如说在周末,要我离开椅子可得费好大的劲。
    尽管如此,上周四我们还是搬进了新居。由于我是在家里工作,也就需要我搬办公室:我们旧房的买主可不喜欢每天看到我还待在某个已属于他们的卧室里。
    我和我妻子之所以要搬家,是因为我们的孩子越长越大,而房子越住越小了。 好像孩子们在吞噬着房子似的。搬家似乎是明智之举,虽然我们最终还是决定把孩子带在身边。
    在我20多岁时,朋友帮忙搬家,但每个人都私下里憎恨此事。 在搬了六七个小时的椅子和柜子之后,我们把心中的怨恨全发泄到了家具上。 有一次,我们竟然将一台新买的冰箱顺着楼梯扔了下去。
    现在我47岁啦,所以就雇了搬家工。想到"搬家工",我就感到忐忑不安。 一群壮汉,满身的横肉,走进你的房子,把你的所有东西统统搬出来,放到卡车上开走。这怎么好得了。
    我选了"廉价搬家公司",还仔仔细细地查看了一番,为的是要弄清楚他们是确有执照并保了险的。 顾客服务员朱莉在这一点上帮了大忙。"我不敢说我们从没有出过意外,或者很少有意外, 可我要告诉你的是,如果你有台电脑,现在就是做好归挡的时候。"
    搬家的前一周,朱莉来了两次电话,将时间确定在上午八点。我对这种确定不太相信。 作出确定的人常常看上去很专业,可实际上又似乎在说:这可没有个准儿。 显然,朱莉以为她是在与一位低能儿打交道。我也不在乎。
    搬家那天上午八点,搬家公司来电话,说是要晚到一小时。 我大大松了一口气。我感到一切都杂乱无序,主要是因为我自己全然杂乱无序。 我天生这样子。对我来说,要做到有序实在太难了。
    搬家教育了我,使我知道我需要一个更好的文件归档系统。我计划在新的办公室里建立一个更好的归档系统。 那个说到底只是个堆积系统,就是把什么都堆放在我的桌子上--只是安排得还算不错。
    上午十一点。搬家公司还没有来。我给朱莉打电话。她保证十分钟后让公司的总裁马克斯亲自给我打电话。
    这话叫我忘不了。"总裁"可是个了不起的职务,虽然--让我们面对它吧-- 还不如"游牧者"那么好听。
    我不知道这个搬家公司有多大。也许只是家夫妻店吧,也许是朱莉开的吧, 或者朱莉既是顾客服务部的,又是搬家的,现在还兼了这公司总裁吧。我这搬家就可能要搬上一整天了。
    上午十一点十分。电话响了。"我是马克斯,廉价搬家公司的总裁。"我仔细辩别那声音。不是朱莉。 马克斯告诉我说,他对工作的延误感到不安。他对自己的搬家公司感到很恼火。"我决定从每小时的工钱中减去十美元,"他说。
    我同情这家搬家公司。"听我说,"我说,"这种事是常有的。卡车抛锚、冰箱从楼梯掉下去。搬运工的招儿可多着呢。"
    下午三点。搬运工还没到。我又给马克斯打电话。他比先前更生气。"真是闻所未闻,"他说,"我从每小时的工钱中再减去十美元。"
    要是再继续这样下去,我就不用付搬家费了,可家还是搬不成呀。
    下午六点。搬运工终于来了。我再给马克斯打电话。他气得要命。我告诉他搬运工只迟到了十个小时。这下马克斯幽默不起来了。
    故事结尾:家终于搬完了。东西都装在箱子里。我的办公室全然杂乱无序。可我还是觉得松了一口气。

 

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