雙語故事：征服挑戰

My friend Jerry was one of the mostpositive people I had ever known. He was always in a good mood and always hadsomething encouraging to say.

我的朋友Jerry 是我認識的朋友之中最樂觀的人之一。他總是正能量滿滿，還總是去鼓勵別人也正能量滿滿。

He was a manager at a restaurant. If hisemployee had a bad day, Jerry always helped him to look on the positive side ofthe situation.

他是一家餐廳的經理。倘若他的手下那天有什麼不順心，他總是幫助他們找到不順心裡面包含的積極要素。

Jerry‘s attitude truly amazed me. So oneday I asked him: „How can you be so positive all the time?“. He replied: „Yousee, every morning I tell myself, that I have two choses for that day – to bein a good mood or in a bad. I choose the good one. And when something wronghappens, I can be sad and angry or I can learn from it instead. I choose tolearn. Thus I choose the positive side of life“. I said: „It is not that easy“.He replied: „Yeas it is. Life is all about choses. You can choose how people orsituation will affect your mood, your life“.

Jerry的人生態度着實讓我驚奇。我於是有天問他，你怎麼能如此天天的保持樂觀呢？他回答說，你看，你每天早晨起來有兩個選擇，一個是春風滿面，一個是拉一張驢臉。那麼我會選擇春風滿面。當不好的事情發生時，我可以選擇沮喪、憤怒，也可以選擇從中學到什麼。我選擇從中學到什麼。你看，我就是這樣，只選擇積極的那一面。我回嘴說，好像不那麼簡單啊。他說，是，確實不那麼簡單。生活和生命就是一種選擇。人們和環境如何影響你完全是個人的選擇問題。

One morning Jerry left the restaurant‘sback door open and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. He tried toopen the safe, but his hands shaked due to nervousness and he slipped off thecombination. So the robbers shot him. Fortunately, Jerry was quickly found andbrought to the nearest hospital. After many hours of surgery and long intensivecare, Jerry was released home.

一個早上，Jerry忘了關餐廳的後門，以至於被三個持械的搶犯堵在了餐廳內。他試圖打開保險櫃，但是由於太緊張了，以至於保險櫃滑落到了地上。犯罪分子開槍射中了他。幸運的是，人們很快找到了Jerry並且快速的把他送我最近的醫院。在長達數小時的手術後和很長一段時間的修養後，Jerry返回了家裡。

When I met him, I asked, what were histhoughts durign the robbery. „I thought that I should have locked the backdoor“, he replied. „Then, when I laid on the floor, I remembered about mychoses in this case: a chose to live and a chose to die. I chose to live.“

我見着他的時候問他，面對那場恐怖的搶劫，他當時怎麼想。“我覺得，我應該把後門鎖好的”他說：“然後，當我躺在血泊之中時，我想起了，關於選擇的哲學：是生還是死，我選擇了生”。

I asked, if he were scared. Jerrycontinued: „When they wheeled me into emergency room and I looked at the facesof doctors, I got truly scared. I knew, that I need to do something. So whenthe nurse asked me, if I was allergic to anything, I replied „Yes“. Doctors andnurses stopped working as waited for my answer. I took a deep breath and yelled„Bullets“. They started laughing and I asked: „My chose is to live, operate meas I am alive, not dead“.

我又問他是否害怕。Jerry告訴我說，當我被推進急診室，我看到醫生們的一張緊張的臉，我確實害怕極了。我知道我得做點什麼。當護士問我，是否對什麼東西過敏時，我回答說：是的，醫生。醫生和護士於是停下來等我的答案。我深吸了一口氣，大聲喊到“子彈”！他們開始笑了起來，我請求說，我的選擇是生，所以把我當活人來做手術吧，可別當死人。

Now Jerry is alive owing to skills of hisdoctors, however his amazing attitude played an important role too. I learnedfrom him, that every day we should choose to live fully no matter what.

現在Jerry依靠醫生們高超的醫術活了下來。然而要知道他令人欽佩的態度幫了大忙。我跟他學到的道理是，我們應該選擇活着，無論面對怎樣的境遇。