英語短文：生活充滿選擇 2
"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. “其實(shí)很容易，”邁克爾說。“生活就是選擇。從每一事物剔除一切枝節(jié)后剩下的都是一種選擇。你選擇如何應(yīng)付生活中的種種情形。你選擇他人會(huì)怎樣影響你的情緒。你選擇是心情愉快還是心情惡劣。說到底：如何生活是你自己的選擇?！蔽易聊ブ~克爾的這席話。
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.
那以后不久，我離開了工作數(shù)年的大企業(yè)去創(chuàng)建自己的公司。我們失去了聯(lián)系，但當(dāng)我對(duì)生活做出一種選擇而非對(duì)它做出反應(yīng)時(shí)，我時(shí)常想起邁克爾。幾年之后，我聽說邁克爾遭遇一場(chǎng)惡性事故，從一座通訊大樓的60英尺高處掉了下來。
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.
在經(jīng)歷了18個(gè)小時(shí)的手術(shù)和數(shù)周的精心護(hù)理之后，邁克爾出院了，背部裝有金屬桿。大約事故半年之后，我見到了邁克爾。當(dāng)我問他怎么樣時(shí)，他回答，“如果我還能再好，我就成雙胞胎了。想看看我的傷疤嗎?”我拒絕看他的傷痕，但的確問了他事故發(fā)生時(shí)他是怎么想的。
"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. “其實(shí)很容易，”邁克爾說?！吧罹褪沁x擇。從每一事物剔除一切枝節(jié)后剩下的都是一種選擇。你選擇如何應(yīng)付生活中的種種情形。你選擇他人會(huì)怎樣影響你的情緒。你選擇是心情愉快還是心情惡劣。說到底：如何生活是你自己的選擇?！蔽易聊ブ~克爾的這席話。
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.
那以后不久，我離開了工作數(shù)年的大企業(yè)去創(chuàng)建自己的公司。我們失去了聯(lián)系，但當(dāng)我對(duì)生活做出一種選擇而非對(duì)它做出反應(yīng)時(shí)，我時(shí)常想起邁克爾。幾年之后，我聽說邁克爾遭遇一場(chǎng)惡性事故，從一座通訊大樓的60英尺高處掉了下來。
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.
在經(jīng)歷了18個(gè)小時(shí)的手術(shù)和數(shù)周的精心護(hù)理之后，邁克爾出院了，背部裝有金屬桿。大約事故半年之后，我見到了邁克爾。當(dāng)我問他怎么樣時(shí)，他回答，“如果我還能再好，我就成雙胞胎了。想看看我的傷疤嗎?”我拒絕看他的傷痕，但的確問了他事故發(fā)生時(shí)他是怎么想的。
