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本杰明·富兰克林《本杰明·富兰克林自传》· The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · 领导

Our city, tho' laid out with a beautiful regularity, the streets large, strait, and crossing each other at right angles, had the disgrace of suffering those streets to remain long unpav'd, and in wet weather the wheels of heavy carriages plough'd them into a quagmire, so that it was difficult to cross them; and in dry weather the dust was offensive. I had liv'd near what was call'd the Jersey Market, and saw with pain the inhabitants wading in mud while purchasing their provisions. A strip of ground down the middle of that market was at length pav'd with brick, so that, being once in the market, they had firm footing, but were often over shoes in dirt to get there. By talking and writing on the subject, I was at length instrumental in getting the street pav'd with stone between the market and the brick'd foot-pavement, that was on each side next the houses. This, for some time, gave an easy access to the market dry-shod; but, the rest of the street not being pav'd, whenever a carriage came out of the mud upon this pavement, it shook off and left its dirt upon it, and it was soon cover'd with mire, which was not remov'd, the city as yet having no scavengers.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/148
定位:Additional excerpt 146 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

富兰克林说,我们城市布局规整、街道宽阔笔直、直角相交,却长期没铺路面,雨天重型马车把路碾成泥潭,行人难走;晴天尘土又呛人。他住在泽西市场附近,痛心看到居民买食物时在泥里跋涉。后来市场中间一段铺了砖,进了市场有硬地,但走到那里常陷到脚踝。他通过谈论和写文章,终于促成市场与两侧砖砌人行道之间的街道铺上石头,一时可以干脚走到市场;但其余街道没铺,马车从泥里驶上石路就抖落泥土,很快又满是泥浆,而城市还没有清道夫。核心意思是:局部改善会被系统短板抵消;要解决问题得看整条链路。

上下文

富兰克林《自传》中讲述费城街道铺设与清洁问题的由来,以及他推动公共改善的早期努力。

今日一问

你身边有没有‘只改了一段、其余照旧’导致效果被抵消的事?整条链路里最该补的是哪一环?

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