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September 18 the third Henry- I
我现在住在Baltimore的黑人区,就在Hopkins医学院边上。网上评价的治安情况臭名昭著,可是我没有觉得很不安全。每天晚上从实验室回来,在门口台阶上
坐着的也是几个熟悉的老面孔。邻居们都听和善,虽然我不知道他们的正规职业是什么。他们会很友善的告诉我要把车趴正;因为街上会有孩子打football,
提醒我最好把车趴在后面小弄堂里面等。我们很少有机会交谈,但是如果我回家早,在门口碰到他们,也会聊上几句。
“Arsenal! That is my team, I used to watch their game every weekend. Hey, Man! You play football?" 某天傍晚,当我匆匆忙忙从实验室回来,换上我新买的Arsenal队服去Cooley Center健身的时候,一个声音从在邻居家门口一堆站着聊天的人群中传来。
” Sure!I used to play, but I could not find anybody playing here in baltimore.You like arsenal?"
" I lived in London."
我不相信和我说话的那个黑人邻居是来自伦敦的,他看起来和街边闲逛的人没什么不一样,而且也听不出来有British accent.
” Where do you play? I want to play with you. Tell me when you play next time!"
" Well, I am not sure. I just heard that there are people playing at homewoods campus. I have to go to the gym. I'll let'u know, man!"
后来我果然打听到了在Homewoods校区踢球的一帮学生,而且也经常去踢。不过我从来没有告诉过那个邻居,一是我后来就没有在门口碰到过他,二来我也不知道他住哪里,叫什么名字,三来我们也不缺人。大概一个月以后吧,我开车去Homewoods踢球的时候在街角又碰到他了。也许他认识我的挂着CT拍照的PT Cruiser,就冲着我的车喊。
“Man,are you playing football?" " Yeah, actually i am going to play right now." ” Oh, 他脸上流露出一种高兴又遗憾的表情。“I can't play today. Let me know next time!"
The next time was when I started to know the stories of that man and his name: Henry Langdon.
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