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1、英汉翻译与评论：AttitudeIsEverythingOriginal：Jerrywasthekindofguyyoulovetohate.Hewasalwaysinagoodmoodandalwayshadsomethingpositivetosay.Whensomeonewouldaskhowhewasdoing,hewouldreply, “IfIwereanybetter,Iwouldbetwins!”Hewasauniquemanagerbecausehehadseveralwaiterswhohadfollowedhimaroundfro
2、mrestrainttorestraint.ThereasonthewaitersfollowedJerrywasbecauseofhisattitude.Hewasanaturalmotivator.Ifanemployeewashavingabadday,Jerrywastheretellingtheemployeehowtolookonthepositivesideofthesituation. Seeingthisstylereallymademecurious,soonedayIwentuptojerryandaskedhim, “Idon'
3、tgetit！Youcan’tbeapositivepersonallofthetime.Howdoyoudoit?”Jerryreplied,“ EachmorningIwakeupandsaytomyself,jerry,youhavetwochoicestoday.Youcanchoosetobeinagoodmoodoryoucanchoosetobeinabadmood.Ichoosetobeinagood.Eachtimesomethingbadhappens,IcanchoosetobeavictimorIcanchoosetolearn
4、fromit.Ichoosetolearnfromit.Everytimesomeonecomestomecomplaining,IcanchoosetoaccepttheircomplainingorIcanpointoutthepositivesideofthelife.Ichoosethepositivesideoflife.”“Yeah,right,it'snotthateasy,” Iprotested.“Yes,itis,” Jerrysaid. “Lifeisallaboutchoices.Whenyoucutawayallthejunk
5、,everysituationisachoice.Youchoosehowtoreacttosituations.Youchoosehowpeoplewillaffectyourmood.Youchoosetobeinagoodorabadmood.Thebottomline:it'syourchoicehowyouliveyoulife.”Ireflectedonwhatjerrysaid.Soonthereafter,Ilefttherestraintindustrytostartmyownbusiness.Welosttouch,butIofte
6、nthoughtabouthimwhenImadeachoiceaboutlifeinsteadofreactingtoit.Severalyearslater,IheardthatJerrydidsomethingyouareneversupposedtodoinarestaurantbusiness:Heleftthebackdooropenonemorningandwasheldupatgunpointbythreearmedrobbers. Whiletryingtoopenthesafe,hishand,shakingfromnervousn
7、ess,slippedoffthecombination.Therobberspanickedandshothim.Luckily,Jerrywasfoundrelativelyandrushedtothehospital.After18hoursofsurgeryandweeksofintensivecare,Jerrywasreleasedfromthehospitalwithfragmentsofthebulletsstillinhisbody.IsawJerryaboutsixmonthsaftertheaccident.WhenIaskedh
8、imabouthowhewas,hereplied,“ IfIwereanybetter,I'
