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开始练这一级 →Our city put three new buses on the road last year.我们城市去年让三辆新公交车上路。 They run on hydrogen, so their only output is water.它们烧「氢」跑,唯一的排出物是水。 The garage looks the same, but the work inside changed.车库看着没变,但里面的活儿变了。 A young mechanic named Leo learned the new parts in a week.一位年轻的「技工」一周就学会了新零件。
One morning he stopped near a bus and stood still.一天早上他在一辆车旁停下,站着一动不动。 He said his instinct told him something was wrong.他说他的「直觉」告诉他哪里不对。 He could not explain it, but he trusted that feeling.他讲不清原因,但他信了那种感觉。 Later he found a leak where friction had worn the line.后来他发现一处泄漏,是「摩擦」把管线磨坏了。
The company called it an incident and wrote a full page about it.公司把这称为一次「事故」,还写了满满一页。 He then made a plan to check the lines often.他随后定了一个计划,要经常检查管线。 The team agreed on a short interval, and Leo kept some flexibility.团队同意把「间隔」定得很短,而利奥保留了一些「灵活性」。 That change cut the incidence of small leaks.这个改变降低了小泄漏的「发生率」。
Months later a mechanical problem appeared in the same place.几个月后,同一个地方出现了「机械的」问题。 The interval had already grown long again.检查的间隔又已经变得很长了。 That moment was profound for Leo.那一刻对他很「深刻」。 A rule on paper is only a promise until someone follows it every day.纸上的规则只是一个承诺,除非有人天天照做。
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