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He had aspired so much for their respect, to become assimilated with them. The aspect of this experience that would stay with him the most, however, was the humiliation. But the day was not over yet. As he turned the corner to his home he began to see the ash in the air. When he looked up he saw that his house had been burned down. He was numb. Luckily the neighbors come over, put their arms around him and assisted him to a nearby home to rest. When the assessor came in to tell him that he didn’t have fire insurance, the young man went white. When he was found dead the next morning, the neighbors pooled together money to pay for his funeral. The association promptly forgot him. They only remember him 10 months later when the whole world saw with their own eyes that an asteroid was heading straight for earth.
他曾經(jīng)如此渴望獲得他們的尊重，如此想被他們同化。然而，這段經(jīng)歷最讓他銘心刻骨的方面是他說受的屈辱。但是這倒霉的一天還沒有結束。在他拐彎回家時，他開始發(fā)現(xiàn)空氣中有灰末。他抬起頭，發(fā)現(xiàn)到他家的房子已經(jīng)被燒毀。他驚呆了，幸好鄰居們走過來，他們伸出手來抓住并扶著他到一個附近的人家休息。當估價員過來告訴他說他沒有辦理火災險時，他的臉色唰地一下變白了。第二天早上人們發(fā)現(xiàn)他死了，鄰居們湊錢為他舉行葬禮。協(xié)會里那幫家伙很快就把他拋在了腦后。 十個月后，他們才又想起了這個年輕人，因為這時候全世界目睹了一顆小行星徑直朝地球撞來。