英文报刊翻译：态度决定一切

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Attitude is everything
态度决定一切
译者：heye-smile

Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I'd be twins!" He was a natural motivator.

迈克尔是那种你总想恨一恨的家伙。他总是能保持良好的情绪，总是能说出很多积极的话来。如果有人问他近况怎样，他就会答道"如果我能再好点的话，那我一定还可以再分身成两个人呢！"他是天生的乐观派。

If an employee was having a bad day, Michael 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 Michael and asked him, "I don' t get it. You can' t be positive all the time. How do you do it?"

如果哪位雇员的一天过的并不如意的话，迈克尔就会告诉他怎样去从事情好的方面去看待问题。他处理事情的这种方式让我很是好奇，于是有一天，我找到迈克尔问道"我不太明白，你不可能一直这么乐观的吧？！你是怎样做到的？"

Michael replied, each morning I wake up and say to myself 'Mike, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or 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."

"Yeah, right. It isn't that easy." I protested.

"是这样没错，但却并不容易做到啊"我质疑道。

"Yes it is, " Michael said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line is: It's your choice how you live life. " I reflected on what Michael said.

"其实要做到并不难，"迈克尔说，"生活中充满了选择，当你把所有多余的东西删掉时，就只剩下选择了。你选择怎样去应对生活中的种种情形，你选择他人如何影响你的情绪，你选择要自己的心情好还是坏。说到底，最终还是你自己选择该去怎样生活。"我默默揣摩着迈克尔的这番话。

Soon thereafter, I left the big enterprise that I had worked in for years to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often though about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling off 60 feet from a communications tower.

不久之后，我离开工作了多年的大企业开始自己创业，我们便失去了联系。每当我对生活中的种种做出选择而不是去消极应对时，我时常会想起迈克尔。没过几年，我便听说他遭遇了一起很严重的事故-从一座通讯大楼的60英尺处摔了下来。

After l8 hours of surgery, and weeks of intensive care, Michael was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back. I saw Michael about six months after the accident. 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 did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.

在历时18小时的手术抢救以及随后数周的精心呵护之后，迈克尔出院了，他的后背被植入了钢棍。我问他感觉怎样，他回答我说"如果我能再好点的话，那我一定还可以再分身成两个人呢！想要见识一下我的疤痕吗？"我拒绝了，但却问了他在事故发生的那一刻脑中在想些什么。

"The first thing that went through my mind was the well being of my soon-to-born daughter," Michael replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, remembered I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live." "Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. Michael continued, "... the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the operation room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, l read 'He's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action." "What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me" said Michael. "She asked me if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I said. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled", 'Gravity'" Over their laughter, I told them, 'I'm choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead'."

"我所想的第一件事就是我即将出世的女儿以后的幸福生活，"迈克尔回答我说，"当我躺在地上的时候，我依然牢记我还有两种选择，我可以选择继续活下去，也可以选择就这样死去，我要活下去。""你当时不害怕吗，有没有失去知觉呢？"我问。迈克尔继续说道，"那些救护人员棒极了，他们不停的告诉我说我会好起来的。但当他们把我推进手术室时，我分明看见了那些医护人员脸上的表情，我很害怕。他们眼神里所流露出来的神情明明就是在说，‘这是一个死人'。我知道自己必须要有所行动才行。""你是怎样做的？"我问他，"哦，有一个人高马大的护士冲我问问题，"迈克尔回忆道，"她问我是否对什么东西过敏。‘是的'我说于是医生和护士们都停下手中的活儿等我回答。我深吸一口气，笑着说 "地心引力"，在他们的笑声中，我说"我选择继续活下去，希望你们为我做手术时把我看成是有生命的，而不是一具死尸。"

Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude.
I learned from him that every day we have a choice to live fully. Attitude is everything.
迈克尔活了下来，多亏了那些医术高明的医生，当然还有他自己那令人惊叹的态度。
迈克尔让我懂得了一个道理，那就是人生中的每一天我们都可以选择充实的活着，态度决定一切。

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