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Today, we seem to behave worse to one another than we ever have before. What used to be common decency has become uncommon now. It seems that we have become a society where lack of consideration is the norm, where it is entirely legitimate to care only about oneself. This is a grim picture. Yet as members of society, couldn't we do something to make a change?
現在，我們彼此之間的行為表現似乎不如以前了。以前那些常見的禮節，現在已經很少了。缺乏關愛已經成為我們社會的常態。在這樣的社會里，只在乎自己是完全合理的。這是一幅可怕的圖景。然而，作為這個社會的一員，我們是不是需要做點什么來改變這個現狀。
Uncommon Decency
非同尋常的禮儀
Harry Stein
哈里·斯坦
It was one of those days that mercifully seem to come to New York just once each spring, a day of rain so heavy that it obscured vision and rushed over gutters onto sidewalks.
那天正是那種每年春天幸虧只光顧紐約一次的天氣：暴雨下了一整天，模糊了視線，雨水灌滿了排水溝，沖到了人行道。
I was late, and more than a little annoyed; there was no shelter at the Seventy-sixth Street and Lexington Avenue bus stop, where I waited, and my umbrella, too, was threatening to collapse.
我遲到了，已經非常惱火，我在76街和列克星頓大道交界處的汽車站等車，那里沒有候車棚，而我的傘也有點要撐不住的樣子了。
Finally the bus arrived. I handed the driver my transfer, wiped the water from my glasses, and began to move toward the rear.
公共汽車終于來了。我把轉乘車票遞給司機，擦掉眼鏡上的水，朝車尾走去。
Hey buddy, came the shout.
“嘿，老兄，”傳來一聲大喊。
I continued walking.
我繼續走著。
Hey, you, get back here!
“嘿，說你呢，回來！”
I noticed a few pairs of eyes staring my way. "Are you talking to me?" I asked.
我注意到幾雙眼睛在朝我這邊瞪過來?！澳闶窃诟艺f話嗎？”我問。
