佚名/Anonymous
Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate.He was the type of perso n who was always in a good mood,always up,always had something positiv e to say.When someone would ask him how he was doing,he would reply,"If I were any better,I would be twins!"
I met Jerry when I was a young manager in the restaurant industry.H e was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed h im around from restaurant to restaurant.The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude.He was a natural motivator.If an emp loyee was having a bad day,Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious,so one day I went up to Je rry and asked him,"I don't get it!You can't be a positive,up perso n all the time.How do you do it?"
Jerry replied,"Each morning I wake up and say to myself,‘Jerry y ou have two choices today.You can choose to be in a good mood or you ca n choose to be in a bad mood.’ I choose to be in a good mood.Each tim e something bad happens,I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it.I choose to learn from it.Every time someone comes to me complaining,I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life.I choose the positive side of life.Life is a ll about choices."
I thought about what Jerry said.Soon,I left the restaurant busines s to pursue my own business.We lost touch,but I often thought about hi m when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to life.
Several years later,I heard that Jerry had done something you are n ever supposed to do in the restaurant business:he had left the back doo r open one morning and three armed robbers walked in,and held him up at gunpoint.While trying to open the safe,he got nervous and his hand sli pped off the combination.The robbers got nervous and blew a hole throug h his hand and then three right through the middle of his abdomen.He la y there on the floor dying as the paramedics were called.They rushed hi m to the local trauma center and he was in surgery for 18 hours and inte nsive cares for weeks,and finally emerged from the hospital a month lat er with fragments of the bullets still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months later.When I asked him how he was,he replied,"If I were any better,I'd be twins.Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds,but I did ask him what had gone through his mind when the robbery was happening.
"The first thing that went through my mind," Jerry replied,"was that I should have locked the back door.Then,as I was lying on the flo or,I was thinking that I had two choices:I could choose to live,or I could choose to die.I was choosing to live."
"Weren't you ever scared?Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
Jerry continued the story,"The paramedics were great.They kept te lling me I was going to be fine.But when they wheeled me into the emerg ency room,I got really scared when I saw the expressions on the doctors' and nurses' faces.They all looked like I was a dead man.I knew I n eeded to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well,there was a big,burly nurse shouting at me,‘Jerry,are yo u allergic to anything?’ ‘Yes,’ I shouted back.‘What?’ she asked.The doctors and nurses stopped and waited for my reply.I took a deep breath and yelled,‘Bullets!’ They all started laughing,and I told th em,‘Look,I am choosing to live.Operate on me as if I am a living man,not a dead man’."
Jerry lived in part because of his doctors,but in large part becaus e of his indomitable attitude.
傑裏真是個討厭的家夥，他是那種整天心情愉快、樂觀向上、能說會道的人。如果有人問他最近怎麽樣，他一定會說：“好極了，再好不過了。”
剛認識傑裏時，我還是一家餐飲公司的年輕管理員，而他已經是一位出色的經理了。因為他良好的態度，一些服務員甘願跟隨傑裏輾轉於各個公司。他天生善於激勵人，如果哪個員工心情不好，傑裏總能告訴他如何積極應對。
他的這種作風的確令人稱奇。於是，有一天，我問傑裏：“我不明白，你為什麽總能積極樂觀，你是如何做到的呢？”
傑裏答道：“每天早晨醒來，我都對自己說：‘傑裏，今天你有兩種選擇：心情愉快或是悶悶不樂。’我選擇愉快。每當有不幸的事情發生時，是選擇接受傷害，還是吸取教訓？我選擇後者。每次別人向我抱怨時，是接受牢騷，還是指出生活的積極麵？當然，我選擇後者，生活就是這些選擇。”
我思考著傑裏的話。不久，我離開餐飲業去尋找屬於自己的位置。盡管我們失去了聯係，但每當我選擇生活而不是應付生活時，就會想起他。
幾年後，我聽說傑裏遭遇了一件令人難以想象的事：一天早上，他沒有關後門，三個劫匪衝了進去，用槍口對準他，讓他打開保險箱。當時他因緊張，鎖從手上滑了下來。情急之下，劫匪打穿了他的手，又向他的腹部開了三槍。救護車來時，他躺在地上，已經奄奄一息。人們迅速把他送往當地的外傷中心，經過18個小時的手術和幾個星期的護理，傑裏終於在一個月後出院了，可是體內還殘留著子彈碎片。
大約六個月後，當我見到傑裏，詢問他的身體狀況時，他說：“好極了，再好不過了。想不想看看我的傷疤？”我沒看他的傷疤，隻是問了搶劫發生時他的想法。
“我首先想到的是，”傑裏答道，“應該把後門鎖好。後來，我倒在地上想，我有兩個選擇：活下去還是死亡？我選擇活下去。”
“難道你不害怕嗎？當時，你失去知覺了嗎？”我問。
傑裏繼續說道：“醫生們很好，他們不斷地告訴我，我會好起來。但當他們把我推進急診室時，我看到醫護人員的表情，不禁擔心起來。在他們眼裏，我完全是一個死人了。我知道，我必須有所行動。”
“你做了什麽？”我問。
“一個高大的護士衝我大喊：‘傑裏，你對什麽藥物過敏嗎？’‘有，’我回答道。‘什麽？’她問。醫護人員都停下來等我回答。我深深地吸了一口氣，喊道：‘子彈！’他們都笑了起來，我告訴他們：‘看，我選擇活下去，把我當活人而不是死人來做手術吧’。”
傑裏活了下來，部分歸功於他的醫生們，更主要的是因為他堅強的態度。
1.He was a____motivator.If an employee was having a____day,Jerry was there telling the employee____to look on the positiv e side of the situation.
2.Each time something bad____,I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to____from it.I choose to learn from it.Every____someone comes to me complaining,I can choose to accept their complai ning____I can point out the positive side of life.
3.Jerry____in part because of his doctors,but in large part____of his indomitable attitude.
1.他天生善於激勵人。
2.盡管我們失去了聯係，但每當我選擇生活而不是應付生活時，就會想起他。
3.傑裏活了下來，部分歸功於他的醫生們，更主要的是因為他堅強的態度。
1.If an employee was having a bad day,Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
look on：旁觀；觀看；看待
2.Operate on me as if I am a living man,not a dead man.
as if：好像；仿佛