英文原文

幸福的标准是什么?每一个人都会有不同的标准。有的人说:“我有一口饭吃就是幸福。”有的人说：“我有一份稳定的工作就是幸福。”有的人说：“全家平安就是幸福。”还有的人说：“与相爱的人白头偕老就是幸福。”幸福是种心理感受。同样不幸也是种心理感受。可是幸福与不幸福没有明显的界限，随着各自看待的标准不同而不同。

Up to You 快乐还是痛苦，有你来定

Jerry was the kind of guy who was always in a good mood
and always had something positive to say.

One day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don’t get it! You can’t be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"

Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, ‘Jerry, 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. "

"Yeah, right, it’s not that easy," I protested.
"Yes it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices.
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. It’s your choice how you live life."
I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I changed my job. We lost touch.
Several years later, I heard that Jerry was robbed and was shot.
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident.

When I asked him how he was, he replied, "I feel really good.”
I asked him what had gone through his mind when he was taken to the hospital.
Jerry replied, “The first thing came to my mind was that I should have closed the back door.

Then I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die.
I chose to live. ”
Jerry continued, "The nurses kept telling me I was going to be fine.
But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses scared me.

In their eyes, I read, ‘He’s a dead man. ‘I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.

"Well, a nurse asked if I was allergic to anything," said Jerry,
"‘Yes,’ I replied. The doctors and nurses were waiting for my reply...
I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘Bullets!’ Over their laughter, I told them, ‘I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude.

I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live positively.

重点词汇

1.protest vi. 抗议；断言

Now people marching in protest beset that city.
现在游行抗议的人群包围了城市。

It was an angry protest against the British tax.
波士顿茶会是对英国征税愤怒的抗议。

2. take action 采取行动；提出诉讼

You must take action every day! Never stop.
你必须每天都采取行动！永不停止！

3.allergic adj. 对…过敏的；对…极讨厌的

But for allergic reaction, skin test must be done before using.
由于易出现过敏反应，使用前必须做皮内试验。