智慧背囊 超越自我-07-快乐与痛苦

[00:01.39]Up to You 快乐还是痛苦，有你来定
[00:05.32]Jerry was the kind of guy who was always in a good mood
[00:09.83]and always had something positive to say.
[00:12.55]One day I went up to Jerry and asked him,
[00:15.40]"I don’t get it! You can’t be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
[00:21.65]Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself,
[00:26.24]‘Jerry, you have two choices today.
[00:29.00]You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.’
[00:33.91]I choose to be in a good mood. "
[00:36.21]"Yeah, right, it’s not that easy," I protested¹.
[00:40.50]"Yes it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices.
[00:44.65]You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood.
[00:50.04]You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. It’s your choice how you live life."
[00:55.93]I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter², I changed my job. We lost touch.
[01:02.62]Several years later, I heard that Jerry was robbed and was shot.
[01:06.92]I saw Jerry about six months after the accident.
[01:10.41]When I asked him how he was, he replied, "I feel really good.”
[01:14.89]I asked him what had gone through his mind when he was taken to the hospital.
[01:19.40]Jerry replied, “The first thing came to my mind was that I should have closed the back door.
[01:25.62]Then I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die.
[01:32.09]I chose to live. ”
[01:34.17]Jerry continued, "The nurses kept telling me I was going to be fine.
[01:38.78]But when they wheeled me into the emergency room
[01:41.85]and the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses scared me.
[01:45.81]In their eyes, I read, ‘He’s a dead man. ‘I knew I needed to take action."
[01:51.82]"What did you do?" I asked.
[01:53.89]"Well, a nurse asked if I was allergic³ to anything," said Jerry,
[01:58.61]"‘Yes,’ I replied. The doctors and nurses were waiting for my reply...
[02:04.08]I took a deep breath and yelled⁴, ‘Bullets!’ Over their laughter, I told them,
[02:09.80]‘I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
[02:15.83]Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors,
[02:19.10]but also because of his amazing attitude.
[02:22.16]I learned⁵ from him that every day we have the choice to live positively⁶.

1 protested   

v.声明( protest的过去式和过去分词 )；坚决地表示；申辩

参考例句：

• He protested he was being cheated of his rightful share. 他提出抗议说他被人骗取了他依法应得的份额。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Amy protested she was being cheated of her rightful share. 艾米提出抗议，说有人骗取了她依法应得的份额。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 thereafter   

adv.此后，以后

参考例句：

• Thereafter they did not speak.此后他们就不再讲话了。
• On the opening day all tickets are a dollar, thereafter,they'll be two dollars.开张那天票价一元，以后两元。

3 allergic   

adj.过敏的，变态的

参考例句：

• Alice is allergic to the fur of cats.艾丽斯对猫的皮毛过敏。
• Many people are allergic to airborne pollutants such as pollen.许多人对空气传播的污染物过敏，比如花粉。

4 yelled   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He yelled at the other driver. 他冲着另一位司机大叫。
• The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him. 迷路的人大声喊着，希望林子里的人会听见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

6 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。