It was aroutinethat everybody knew. Sometimes the copswouldchasethese kidsawaybut they always came back a couple of hours later or the next day.

当时每个人都知道这个规矩。有时，会有警察把这些孩子们赶走，但每次他们都会在几个小时后或者第二天就回来。

Throughout the summer, one kid caught my eye. He was bigger than most of them but he was pushed away by even the smallest of all the other kids. He never pushed back. In fact, he would even step asidewhen others pushed forward. He was actually courteousin the midst of all these aggressive kids.

整个夏天，有一个孩子给我留下了深刻的印象。他在那群孩子中算个头比较高的，但即使最矮小的孩子也能把他推开。而且，他被推开时，从来没有还过手。事实上，当别人向前推搡时，他甚至会让开。他在这些积极的孩子中，显得太有礼貌了。

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16. Routine (noun) [r'tin] [计]

程序；日常工作；

17. Cops (noun) [kps] 警察（cop的复数）

18. Chase …away (phrasal verb, from: to chase someone away) 赶走，驱赶

19. Caught my eye (expression, from: to catch my/your etc. eye) 吸引了我的视线

20. Step aside (phrasal verb) 避开，回避；

21. Courteous (adj.) ['kts] 有礼貌的；谦恭的

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Each time my cab or any other cab drove up it was another chance for those kids to be the one to open the door and say, “Good luck Mister!” and maybe get a quarter. This kid never stopped trying. He would watch the cabapproach, figure out where it would stop along the sidewalk and then try his best to get to the door. He never made it. He always got pushed aside. But he never gave up. Then one day his chance arrived.

每当我的出租车或其他出租车驶来时，都是一次新的机会让这些孩子成为那个打开车门并说上一句“先生，祝您好运！”的人，或许还能得到一枚25分的硬币。那个孩子从来没有停止过这样的尝试。他会注视着出租车驶来，判断其将要停靠在人行道旁的位置，然后尽最大努力靠近车门。但他从来没成功过。他总是被推到一边。不过，他也从来没有放弃。终于有一天，他的机会来了。

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22. Approach (verb) ['prot] 接近；靠近

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As I waspulling upto the sidewalk all the kids were scramblingfor a cab that had arrived just ahead of mine. They didn’t notice me pulling up. Only the boy saw me and walked towards my taxi. As I pulled up I made sure to position the passenger door right beside him. He didn’t miss a beat. He opened the passenger door with a flourishand said to the man getting out, “Good luck at the track, Mister!”

当我要把我的出租车停在人行道旁时，所有孩子们都在争抢一辆刚刚在我之前到达的出租车的开门机会。他们没有注意到我的车要停下来。只有那个男孩看见了，并朝我的出租车走来。我故意把车停在了最靠近他的位置。他没错过机会。他用一个有点夸张的姿势打开了乘客门，对要下车的人说：“先生，祝您在赛马场好运！”

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23. Pulling up (phrasal verb) 停车

24. Scrambling (verb, from: to scramble) ['skrmbli] 争夺；

25. Didn’t miss a beat (idiom, from: to not miss a beat) 没有错过一个机会

26. flourish (expression) 优雅的，有些夸张的

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But the man who got out of my cab did not say thanks. He did not flip him a quarter. He said, “Get out of my waykid!” and he pushed him aside so hard that the boy fell on the sidewalk and I knew it hurt him bad. I was out of the cab in less than 10 seconds but I knew I would never find the man that pushed this boy down. He was gone in the crowd.