人生之求06-积极带来的影响

[00:00.00]Positivity Makes a Difference 积极带来的影响
[00:05.75]Positivity makes the difference between heaven and hell.
[00:11.10]There is a Korean story that illustrates¹ this.
[00:14.71]Once upon a time there was a little boy
[00:17.89]who used to pray to God for an opportunity to see heaven and hell
[00:22.48]so that he could make up his mind on where to go.
[00:26.19]One day his prayers were answered.
[00:29.57]God deputed an angel to guide the boy on his excursion to heaven and hell.
[00:35.92]He was taken, first, to hell.
[00:39.31]What he saw there was different from all that he had heard about hell.
[00:44.58]He found a huge dining table piled up
[00:48.30]with excellent food and people sitting
[00:50.91]around the table looking famished² and miserable³.
[00:54.43]The reason for this was that they had to eat their food with chopsticks
[00:59.35]and they were given chopsticks bigger than walking sticks,
[01:02.95]with which they could not feed themselves.
[01:05.68]So they were all sitting in front of tasty and appetizing food,
[01:10.48]tortured by hunger but unable to eat.
[01:14.11]The boy decided⁴ then and there that hell was not the place for him.
[01:19.99]So he was taken to heaven.
[01:22.08]On arrival there,
[01:23.95]what he found truly astonished him.
[01:26.56]He found the same enormous table,
[01:29.31]the same fabulous⁵ menu and even the same huge chopsticks.
[01:34.67]But there was a glorious difference;
[01:37.39]the people sitting around the table were looking visibly happy.
[01:41.65]This surprised him no end.
[01:44.19]Then, in a moment, the difference dawned on him.
[01:47.56]Unlike the people in hell,
[01:49.55]these men and women were feeding each other
[01:52.70]across the table with the long chopsticks.
[01:55.68]In simple terms,
[01:57.30]they had the capacity to respond positively⁶ to each other
[02:01.01]and to the given problem.
[02:03.10]The huge chopsticks were a problem
[02:06.28]only in respect of feeding oneself,
[02:08.90]but they were a blessing⁷ in respect of feeding their neighbors
[02:12.94]sitting at a distance.
[02:14.37]Heaven, in short,
[02:16.01]is a place where people respond positively to each other.
[02:19.84]As a matter of fact,
[02:21.79]there are many “huge chopsticks” in our way to success.
[02:25.42]Only when we react positively to them
[02:29.13]can we transform the problems into driving force
[02:33.18]and finally achieve success.
[02:35.59]So you see, positivity also makes the difference
[02:39.63]between success and failure.

1 illustrates   

给…加插图( illustrate的第三人称单数 )； 说明； 表明； （用示例、图画等）说明

参考例句：

• This historical novel illustrates the breaking up of feudal society in microcosm. 这部历史小说是走向崩溃的封建社会的缩影。
• Alfred Adler, a famous doctor, had an experience which illustrates this. 阿尔弗莱德 - 阿德勒是一位著名的医生，他有过可以说明这点的经历。 来自中级百科部分

2 famished   

adj.饥饿的

参考例句：

• When's lunch?I'm famished!什么时候吃午饭？我饿得要死了！
• My feet are now killing me and I'm absolutely famished.我的脚现在筋疲力尽，我绝对是极饿了。

3 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 fabulous   

adj.极好的；极为巨大的；寓言中的，传说中的

参考例句：

• We had a fabulous time at the party.我们在晚会上玩得很痛快。
• This is a fabulous sum of money.这是一笔巨款。

6 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

7 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。