高中英语翻译!I teach economics at UNLV three times per week. Last

高中英语翻译!
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 proceeded to ask me why I always seemed to be so cheerful.
His question reminded me of something I‘d 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 sixty 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 another quarter mile down the road to the college. But just then my car died. I tried to start it again, but the engine wouldn‘t 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 at my car after class. The secretary in the Provost‘s 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 the freeway. It didn‘t. Instead, it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking distance of here. I‘m still able to teach my class, and I‘ve been able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class. If my car was meant to break down today, it couldn‘t have been arranged in a more convenient fashion.‘"
"The secretary‘s 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 wasn‘t the story at all. In fact, it had all started with a student‘s observation that I was cheerful.

我在拉斯维加斯的内华达大学每周教三次经济学.上个礼拜,在开始上课时,我乐呵呵地问我的学生,周末过得怎么样.一个年轻人说,他周末过得不怎么好,刚刚拔了他的几颗智齿.然后,他接着问我,为什么我总是那么开朗.
他的问题让我想起在某处读到过的一句话：“每天早晨起床时,你有一个选择,就是以何种方式去过那一天的生活,” 我说,“我选择要开朗.”
“让我给你举个例子,”面对全班60位学生,我继续说.“除了在内华达大学这里教学外,我也在恒基社区学院任教,离我家沿高速公路走需要17英里.几个星期前的一天,我开车17英里到这家学校,然后下了高速公路转入学院路.但是,我只在这条路上开了4分之1英里,车子就抛锚了.我试着再启动,但是发动机已经不再有反应.所以我打亮手电筒,拽过书本,沿着学院路走着去学校.
“我一到学校就给AAA拖车公司打电话,在课程结束后安排一辆拖车来.教务办公室的秘书问我发生了什么事.‘这是我的幸运的日子.’我面带微笑地回答说.”
“你的车坏了,今天是你的幸运日吗?” 她不解地问,”
“我住的地方离这儿17英里.”我回答说.“我的车在这条高速公路上的任何一处都有可能抛锚,但它却没有.相反,它在一个非常理想的地方抛锚了,这个地方是下了高速,离学院在步行的范围之内.我仍然能教我的课,又能够在课后安排拖车.如果我的车子势必要抛锚的话,没有比这种安排更理想的了.”
“秘书的眼睛睁得大大的,然后她微笑了.我同样以微笑回报,并走向教室.”我的故事是这样结束的.
我四顾了一下教室里的60 张面孔.尽管这么早上课,没有一个学生看起来有瞌睡样.无论如何,我的故事已深深打动了他们.或者说,这也许根本不是一个故事.事实上,我让所有学生都观察到了我是开朗的.
翻译于2011年8月14日 1:30AM