Sitting, or more likely standing, in the “tube” (as London’s Underground is affectionately known), one never ceases to be amazed at the ease with which Jewish mothers and Muslim men, West Indian youngsters and South Asian businessmen, and many others endure the same stressful conditions and try to lighten its impact by being civil to one another. The terror attacks demonstrated not only how particular people helped each other, but also how the whole city, with all the ingredients of its human mixture, displayed a common spirit of resilience.
坐在，或更确切地说是站在“试管”（正如人们对伦敦地铁的爱称）中，人们不绝惊讶于犹太母亲与穆斯林男人、西印第安年轻人和南亚商人、以及许多其他同样忍受着紧张局势的人们之间的和平相处，他们彼此以礼相待以缓解紧张局势所带来的影响。恐怖袭击不仅使人们看到特定人群间如何相互帮助，也揭示出包含各人种成份的整个城市如何表现出共同的乐观精神风貌。