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彩色的荒漠
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从库尔勒出城不久，车子就离开国道，进入油田公路。新修的油田公路，像一支黑亮的箭镞直直地射向前方。前方，是茫茫的戈壁，是黄沙漫漫的塔克拉玛干沙漠，是举世闻名的西气东送的第一口气井。车子全速奔驰在戈壁上。在我们的视野里，地平线的远处，是无遮无拦的穹隆和淡淡升腾着的云朵。开阔的戈壁，像是一方棋盘，偶尔看见一团两团圆圆的草棵，像是刻意摆下的一局残棋。生存与死亡，在这里艰难地进行命运的博弈。我们来到这里，已是深秋时节，灰色，到处是灰色。
沿着公路，我们向塔中油田进发。这条路将劈开塔克拉玛干沙漠直通塔里木盆地的中心。那里，将是另一种风景，另一幅图画，另一样色彩。
塔里木河是一条河岸散乱的河流，夏季过去，汹涌的河水已变得平静和细瘦。河的两岸，是密密麻麻的胡杨树林。这些树，多数已经飘落了黄色的叶子，呈现出一种刚劲和苍凉。车子向前，茂密的树林，渐次变得稀疏。树的脚下，已经薄薄厚厚地铺上一片黄沙。独立的树木，有的如石铸，有的如铜铸。虽然，它们也许已经死去，年复一年的风沙，折断了树枝，剥开了树皮，可是树的残干依然挺立，像是一群强悍的舞者，向天空和大地顽强地倾诉着它们的意志和信念。我喜欢这些树，视它们为上天兆示给人类的精神榜样。和我一样，石油工人们也喜欢胡杨树，曾经为了保护26棵胡杨，他们七次挪动井位，多花费了200万元人民币。渐行渐远，塔里木河水显然已经无力哺育这些植物，塔克拉玛干高大的沙丘，已愈来愈稠密地拥挤在道路的两边。
可是，这一条沙漠公路却宽阔、平坦，不逊于我在内地看到的任何一条公路。笔直的道路随沙丘的起伏，上上下下。炎夏地表温度达到60℃一一70℃。你尽可以想象炎热、干燥、漠风会怎样折磨工人们的血肉之躯；但你无法想象，他们以怎样的智慧固定流沙，夯实路基，让这路像与生俱来地生长在沙漠中一样。
翻过几座沙山，眼前一亮，只见一片银灰色的油罐塔高耸着，巨大的弯弯折折的银灰色管道在塔间穿绕；还有一些雄伟的建筑和这些油塔管道比肩而立。阳光下，银色、金色、棕色，各种由建筑物放射出的光芒，让人顿时抖落了长途奔驰的困倦与疲惫。塔中油田到了。仰望那些建筑，那一瞬，脑海中突然闪现出唐僧师徒历尽波折．看到西天胜景时的那番惊讶和喜悦。明知一切都是真实的，你有时还不得不问自己：这会不会是幻觉？
在这一切色彩中，最鲜艳夺目的，是石油工人身上工装的红色。那是一种让人肃然起敬的颜色。红帽、红衣、红裤．有如朝霞，有如春花，更似共和国飘扬的旗帜，照耀着这一片沙漠。在油田，我看到最显眼、最有气势的两句话：“只有荒凉的沙漠，没有荒凉的人生。”这句话被写在墙壁上，刻在石头上，嵌在沙丘上。是心声。也是写照；是鼓动，更是诺言。
我们的终点是伟大的西气东送工程的起点一——克拉2号气井。和沙漠地貌截然不同，这里是犬牙交错、怪石林立的雅丹地貌。没有路．钻井的迁移甚至不得不动用直升机。石油工人硬是在这乱石中，打下了井，钻出了气。修成了路，铺下了管道。当我把耳朵贴近输气管道，听见丝丝的天然气奔走的急促喘息声，那一刻，真有点让人激动。它们翻山越岭，渡江跨河，要到数千里之遥的上海、北京。那一刻，我真想让北京的亲友知道，当你们为做午餐轻轻转动天然气灶的开关旋钮时，我能听见那清脆快活的声音，我的心跳正激荡在这离你们遥远而又亲近的地方。
虽说是深秋，草木尽枯，但我却看到了荒漠里最令人难忘的色彩。

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From the health point of view we are living in a marvelous age.We are immunized from birth against many of the most dangerous diseases.A large number of once fatal illnesses can now becured by modern drugs and surgery.It is almost certain that one day remedies will be found for the most stubborn remaining diseases，The expectation of life has increased enormously.But though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater than ever before，every day we witness the incredible slaughter of men，women and children on the roads.Man versus the motor ear!It is a never-ending battle which man is losing Thousands of people over the world are killed or horribly killed each year and we are quietly sitting back and letting it happen.
It has been rightly said that when a man is sitting behind a steering wheel，his car becomes the extension of his personality.There is no doubt that the motor car often brings out a man’s very worst qualities.People who are normally quiet and pleasant may become unrecognizable when they are be-hind a steering-wheel.They swear，they are ill-mannered and aggressive，willful as two-year-olds
and utterly selfish.All their hidden frustrations，disappointments and jealousies seem to be brought to the surface by the act of driving.
The surprising thing is that society smiles so benignly on the motorist and seems to condone his behaviour.Everything is done for his convenience.Cities are allowed to become almost uninhabitable because of heavy traffic；towns are made ugly by huge car parks；the countryside is desecrated by road networks；and the mass annual slaughter becomes nothing more than a statistic，to be conveniently forgotten.
It is high time a world code were created to reduce this senseless waste of human life.With regard to driving，the laws of some countries are notoriously lax and even the strictest are not strict enough.A code which was universally accepted could only have a dramatically beneficial effect on the accident rate.Here are a few examples of some of the things that might be done.The driving test should be standardized and made far more difficult than it is；all the drivers should be made to take a test every three years or so；the age at which young people are allowed to drive any vehicle should be raised to at least 21；all vehicles should be put through stringent annual tests for safety.Even the smallest amount of alcohol in the blood can impair a person’s driving ability.Present drinking and driving laws （where they exist）should be mad much stricter.Maximum and minimum speed limits should be imposed on all roads.Governments should lay down safety specifications for manufacturers，as has been done in the USA．All advertising stressing power and performance should be banned.These measures may sound inordinately harsh.But surely nothing should be considered as severe if it results in reducing the annual toll of human life.After all，the world is for human beings，not motor cars.