辛泊平-《現(xiàn)代人的流行病》

把信息當(dāng)做知識，把知識當(dāng)做智慧。許多人日夜在網(wǎng)上泡著，四處收集新聞熱點，說起來滔滔不絕，仿佛天下大事盡在心中，聯(lián)合國秘書長就是給他打工的小馬仔?？墒侨绻阕屑?xì)聽聽，認(rèn)真想想，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)他嘴里沒有一句是他的話。他根本沒有興趣咀嚼和消化那些信息。他只是一個信息的販賣者，是一個廉價的傳聲筒。

把品牌當(dāng)做品位，把冷漠當(dāng)做修養(yǎng)。一身高檔的行頭，卻在大街上隨地吐痰、滿口臟話；捧著時尚雜志，卻不肯為老人讓一下座。
身體早熟，能力超低；物質(zhì)豐富，營養(yǎng)過剩。有的孩子上了大學(xué)竟然還不會疊被子、洗衣服，甚至不會系鞋帶。


瘋狂跳槽，一事無成?？傁胫疤焐也谋赜杏谩保傁胫按颂幉涣魻?，自有留爺處”，不是踏踏實實做人，扎扎實實做事，而是在哪里呆著都覺得委屈了自己，看什么都不順眼，做什么都不順心，這山望著那山高。跳槽成了習(xí)慣，甚至成了生活方式。


不怕丟丑，出名至上。人人都想在電視上露一回臉，搶不到這機(jī)會的就在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上曬自己，多難看的相貌、多丟人的事，也敢發(fā)布出去。只要能出名，什么都在所不惜?！白鲂恪币徽f，也走向了自我的反面，搖身一變，不再羞羞答答，而是風(fēng)光無限。


買房裝修給人看，身背包袱日子難。見面說不了三句話，就扯到房子上。沒有房的要買房，有了房的想換大的，有的大的還想買第二套。明明自己掏腰包已癟，可看見新樓盤開張，就渾身熱血沸騰，野心橫生。裝修也相互攀比，你裝修成皇宮模樣，我就裝修成總統(tǒng)套房。但收入就那么多，無奈只好節(jié)衣縮食，背負(fù)著巨大的精神壓力一日挨一日。


買車爭先恐后，哪管寸步難行。為了面子買車，人有我無，總怕遭人小瞧；女孩子更是把車當(dāng)作了婚姻的要素。開自己的車不如打車省錢，但人們還是爭先恐后地去買。結(jié)果車越來越多，城市道路越來越擁擠，開車常常不如步行快。


購物變?nèi)踔牵M落陷阱。眼睛不能看到“打折”兩個字，只要發(fā)現(xiàn)有商品打折，不管需要不需要，也要擠進(jìn)去買。這已成了一種嗜好，導(dǎo)致許多沒有用處的東西堆積如山，弄得家里恰似垃圾場。有時自己也知道，打折的大多沒好貨，也經(jīng)常發(fā)誓不再上當(dāng)，但每次看到打折的招牌，還是身不由己。



Modern people tend to equate information with knowledge, and knowledge with wisdom. That’s why many of them are mouse potatoes, searching for hot news day and night. They would rattle on and on once such people strike a conversation with you, as if they knew everything about all major events in the world and the secretary-general of UN were always at his beck and call! However, if you listen attentively and think carefully you will find they are but parrots that only repeat what others have said without a single word of their own. They never bother to chew and digest the information rounded up. They are no more than mongers of information or cheap megaphones.

They tend to take brand for taste and indifference for cultivation. They never open their mouths without dirty filthy language. They were well dressed but spit at will on the street. They always carry some vogue magazine in hand but would not even offer their seats to senior citizens on buses.

They are precocious physically but deficient mentally. As material affluence tend to cause over-nutrition, nowadays physically premature children are very common and many of them catch up with their parents in height in their teens. But many of them do not know how to make their bed, wash clothes, or even tie their shoestrings after they become college students!

Many of them become frequent job-hoppers upon graduation from college and will hardly make any achievement. They always hold that they were bestowed with genius and would sooner or later find some place to bring their genius into full play. As a result, they would not take a down-to-earth attitude in doing anything but feel wronged no matter what jobs they get. To them, nothing is right or satisfactory, just like the saying goes: “Distant mountains are always greener and taller.” Thus, job-hopping becomes

In modern peoples’ eyes, disgrace is nothing, whereas, fame is everything. Thus, everyone is overeager to show his face on the TV. He who can’t grasp such an opportunity rushes to “strip” himself online, no matter how ugly he might look, how disgraceful the thing might be, as long as he can fish for fame in return. “Show” swiftly goes to the reverse: no shyness, all showiness.

They buy houses only for the purpose of showing off, even if they are heavily burdened by mortgage. Housing is the inevitable topic of conversation no matter what you may talk about with them. Those who haven’t bought a flat want to buy one, those who already bought one want to buy a bigger one, and those who already have big ones want to buy a second one. Flat as their wallets are, their blood boils with sudden urges to buy whenever some new building opens for sale. When it comes to interior decoration, they will also strive to score off their neighbors. You make a palace of your flat? Well, I shall make a presidential suite of mine. However, as their salaries are limited, they cannot but save every penny in order to make ends meet. Thus, they drag out a miserable existence under heavy spiritual burden from day to day.

When it comes to the purchase of private cars, they also keep vying with each other, ignoring the already serious traffic jam. Many of them buy cares only to save their faces: they are afraid to be looked down upon if they don’t own cars when others do. Some girls even demand private cars as a must for marriage. Though driving one’s own car costs more than hiring a taxi, they still rush to buy. As a result, there are more and more cars to cram the already crowded streets, and very often walking proves to be quicker than driving.

Very often shopping reduces their wisdom and they fall into traps set up by businessmen. The mere sight of “discount” of any commodity will urge them to squeeze into the crowded store to buy it no matter whether they really need it or not, and this practice has become an obsession. As a result, heaps of unwanted things reduce their homes into dumping grounds. As a matter of fact, sometimes they know very well that no discounted goods is of high quality and they even swear not to be taken in any more. However, they cannot help themselves as soon they see signs of “discount” or “promotion”.


（陳德彰 譯）