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第28章 命中注定的拍档an unlikely her2（第1页）

herojectrequiredeachlabteamtodeveloahyothesis，setuanexerimenttotestthehyothesis，runthetests，dothestatisticalanalysisandresentthefindings。Whatevergradetheteamreceivedwouldbesharedbybothstudents。WhenmylabmateandImettodiscussourroject，Iwasuneasy。Herewasthischallengingstudentwhohadareutationforsingle-mindednessandgoodgrades—theexactoositeofme。Iwasoutmatched。Iactuallywantedtodrotheclassatoneoint，butstoedshortbecauseIdidn’twanttogivehimthesatisfactionofmychickeningout。IaskedmyfriendsatworkwhatIshoulddo，andtheoverallresonsewastostickitoutnomatterwhat。Afterlengthydiscussions，wesomehowagreedtodoastudyonthetactilekinestheticercetionofsace。Iwasn’tsurewhatitmeant，butatleastwehadatoic。Westartedtomeetregularlytoformulateourlans，andeverytimeIfelttherojectwasmorehisthanmine。Themorewemet，themoreIresentedhisintelligenceandhisabilitytocutthroughtothecoreissues。

AndIwasawarehewasmuchmoreadvancedthanme。Heknewtechnicalthingsandaroachedeverydetailwithgreatsingularityofurose。I，ontheotherhand，musthaveseemednaive，withlittletooffer。Atoneointlsummonedumycourageandaskedhimwhyheseemedsoutightandserious。Tomysurrise，hereliedthathedidn’thavetimeforsmalltalkorettyeoleandthingsthatwouldwastehistime。Heevenwentontosaythathedidn’thavemanyfriendsbecausemostso-calledfriendswerejustadistraction。But，headded，whenhedidchoosesomeonetobehisfriend，theywouldbeafriendforlife。Iwasflooredbyhiscoldandcynicalresonse。Rightthenandthere，Irealizedtheendofthesemestercouldn’tcomesoonenough。Asthesemesterworeon，wetriedtofashionasimleyetelegantexeriment。Partofourjobwastoselectstudentswhohadvolunteeredtobesubjectsforourroject。Idecidedtodevotemyselftothetaskofworkingwiththesubjects，whilehedeveloedthescientificmodel。

Iutinmytwocents’worthwheneverIcould，butIstillfelthewasthedrivingforce。ThenonedayIgotwordthathewasinthehosital。Aarently，hehadbeenadmittedforahemorrhagingulcer。Thestressofgettingthebestgrades，holdingdownajobandhelinghisgirlfriendthroughthemedicalcrisisshewasgoingthroughhadtakenitstollonhim。WhenIvisitedhiminthehosital，Inoticedforthefirsttimeasenseofvulnerabilityonthefaceofmystoiclabmate。IknewthathewasawarethatIcouldblowtheexeriment，andoursharedgradewouldshatterhisloftyG。P。A。andossiblyderailhischancesforgraduateschool。IassuredhimIwouldnotlethimdownandheshouldonlyconcentrateongettingbetter。Iwoulddomybest。WebothknewI’dhavetodobetterthanmybest。Ihadaformidabletaskaheadofme。Iwasinovermyhead，runningthestatisticaldata。

IouredmoretimeandenergyintothatrojectthanIhadeverdoneonanyassignmentinmylife。Iwasnotgoingtolethimseemefailandhaveitreflectonhim。Iwasworkingthegraveyardshiftatmyjob，soIusedwhateverquiettimefrommidnightto6:00A。M。toworkontheroject。Theworkconsumedme。Therewasasenseofchallengethatcomletelyovertookme。Thequestionremained:WasIutoit?Eventually，thesemestercametoaclose，andeachteamhadtoresentitsfindingsinfrontoftheassembledclass。Whenitwasourturn，Ididmylevelbesttoresenthisscientificmethodologywithmyshowmanshi。Tomyamazement，wewereawardedanA!WhenItoldmylabmateaboutoursharedtriumh，hesmiledandthankedmeforcarryingon。Somethingconnectedthen。Somethingsecial。Ithadtodowithtrustandtheexhilarationofsharingacommonrize。Wehavestayedclosethroughouttheyears。Hewentontoachieveadoctorate。Healsowentontomarryhiscollegegirlfriend。Ilearnedmorethanstatisticalanalysisandexerimentalroceduresthatsemester。Mylifehasbeenenhancedbyourencounterandchallengedbythisman，whobecamemyunlikelyhero。Andintheend，hewasright:wehavebecomefriendsforlife。