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1、WordLine is better than words 行胜于言 i teach economics at unlv three times per week. last monday, at the beginning of class, i cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. one young man said that his weekend had not been so good. he had his wisdom teeth removed. the young man then proceede

2、d to ask me why i always seemed to be so cheerful. his question reminded me of something id read somewhere before: every morning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to approach life that day, i said. i choose to be cheerful. let me give you an example, i continued, addressing all s

3、ixty students in the class. in addition to teaching here at unlv, i also teach out at the community college in henderson, 17 miles down the freeway from where i live. one day a few weeks ago i drove those 17 miles to henderson. i exited the freeway and turned onto college drive. i only had to drive

4、another quarter mile down the road to the college. but just then my car died. i tried to start it again, but the engine wouldnt turn over. so i put my flashers on, grabbed my books, and marched down the road to the college. as soon as i got there i called aaa and arranged for a tow truck to meet me

5、at my car after class. the secretary in the provosts office asked me what has happened. this is my lucky day, i replied, smiling. your car breaks down and today is your lucky day? she was puzzled. what do you mean? i live 17 miles from here. i replied. my car could have broken down anywhere along th

6、e freeway. it didnt. instead, it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking distance of here. im still able to teach my class, and ive been able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class. if my car was meant to break down today, it couldnt have been arranged in a more

7、 convenient fashion. the secretarys eyes opened wide, and then she smiled. i smiled back and headed for class. so ended my story. i scanned the sixty faces in my economics class at unlv. despite the early hour, no one seemed to be asleep. somehow, my story had touched them. or maybe it wasnt the sto

8、ry at all. in fact, it had all started with a students observation that i was cheerful. deepak chopra has quoted an indian wise man as saying, who you are speaks louder to me than anything you can say. i suppose it must be so. 参考译文 我在内华达高校拉斯维加斯分校教经济学，每周上三次课。上周一，在刚开头上课的时候，我兴致勃勃地问同学们周末过得怎么样。一个男生说，他的周末

9、不太开心，由于他的智齿被拔掉了，结果让他痛了一成天。然后，他又问我为何我总能保持那么欢乐的心情。 他的问题使我想起了一句不知出处的话：每天早上，当你起床的时候，你可以选择如何面对一天的生活，我说：我选择欢乐。 我给你们举个例子吧，我对着全班六十个同学连续说道，除了在这儿上课，我还在一所社区高校任教，那儿离我家17英里。几周前的一天，我驾车前往那所学校，驶离高速大路后，我转入了校内区。在只差400多米就到学校的时候，我的汽车抛锚了。我努力重新发动引擎，但就是不行。我只好把指示灯打亮，然后抓起课本直奔学校。 我一到学校就立刻打电话给汽车协会，让他们在我下课后开辆拖车过来。院长办公室的秘书问我发生了

10、什么事。今日我真走运。我笑着答道。 你的车坏了，你还说今日走运？她一脸的困惑。你什么意思啊？ 我回答到：我住在离这儿17英里的地方。其实我的车有可能在高速大路上的什么地方就坏掉了的，但庆幸的是，没有。相反，汽车是在离开了高速大路后才抛锚，而且距离学校很近。我还赶得及上课，还能够支配拖车在课后来处理。假如我的汽车是注定了要在今日抛锚的，那在这个位置抛锚已经是特别幸运了。 那个秘书听得目瞪口呆地，然后她笑了。我也冲她笑了一下，便上课去了。这就是我的故事。 我扫视了一下全班六十张脸。虽然是在大清早，但没有一个同学在打盹儿。不知道为什么，他们似乎被我的故事触动了。或许触动他们的并不是故事本身。其实，从一开头有同学发觉我兴致昂扬的时候，他们便已经被我的欢乐感染了。 闻名的印度作家乔布拉，曾经引述过一位印度智者的名言：你为人行事的本身，比你的语言更具劝说力。我认为这的确是真理。 4