英语智慧背囊 07-快乐与痛苦
 音频下载[点击右键另存为][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 protested. [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 thereafter, 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 allergic 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 yelled, ‘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 learned from him that every day we have the choice to live positively. |
