熟悉的陌生人 failiar tranr (第2/5頁)
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eimortantmarkersinthelandscaeofourlives。Theyaddweighttooursenseoflaceandbelonging。
Thinkaboutit。If,whilewalkingtowork,wemarkwherewearebyassingacertainbuilding,whyshouldwenotmarkwherewearewhenweassafamiliar,thoughunnamed,erson?
Afterall,ifartofbeingatouristisseeingnothingandnoonefamiliartoyou,thencanwenotsaythatseeingthefamiliarjoggerorshoerisartofwhatmakesuscitizensofourcommunity?
Thisisonethinganimmigrantlongsfor,Isuose:thesightofthefamiliarstranger:theshokeeerwhonodstoyou。Thebusdriverwhodrivesyoutoworkeachday;thewomanyouseewalkingherchildtoschool。
SometimesIwonder:amIafamiliarstrangertosomeone?
PerhasashoeratthesuermarketseesmethereeverySaturdaywithoutreallynotingmyresence。OrmaybesomeoneatthedrugstorecounterwhereIhavebreakfastwouldnoticeifIstoedshowingu。
Onceinawhileyoumightactuallymeetoneofthesefamiliarstrangers,asIdidafewmonthsago。Iwasstandinginacoffeeshowhenawomansaidhello。“DoyouknowwhoIam?”sheasked。AndIdid。ShewasaatientIhadseenmanytimesin