本文讲述一位经济学教授在课堂上分享自己积极心态的故事。他的车在去上课途中抛锚，但他认为这是幸运日，因为故障发生在离学校步行可达之处，未耽误教学。他借此告诉学生，每天都可以选择以乐观态度面对生活。这个故事深深触动了学生们，传递了主动选择快乐、积极应对困境的人生态度。
I teach economics in a university three times per week.
我每周在大学里教三次经济学。
Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I asked my students how their weekend had been.
上周一，在上课开始时，我问学生们周末过得怎么样。
One young man said that his weekend had not been so good.
一个年轻人说他的周末过得不怎么好。
He had his wisdom teeth removed.
他拔了智齿。
Then he went on to ask me why I always seemed to be so cheerful.
接着他又问我，为什么我总是看起来那么快乐。
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 live that day.
他的问题让我想起以前在某处读过的一句话：每天早晨醒来时，你都可以选择如何度过这一天。
I said, “I choose to be cheerful.”
我说：“我选择快乐地生活。”
“Let me give you an example,” I continued.
“让我给你们举个例子吧，”我继续说道。
“Besides teaching here, I also teach at a college in Henderson, 17 miles down the freeway from where I live.”
“除了在这里教书，我还在亨德森的一所学院任教，从我家沿高速公路过去有17英里。”
“One day a few weeks ago, I exited the freeway and turned onto College Drive.”
“几周前的一天，我驶下高速公路，拐上了学院路。”
“I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college.”
“沿着这条路再开四分之一英里就到学院了。”
“But just then my car died.”
“可就在那时，我的车突然熄火了。”
“I tried to start it again but the engine wouldn’t work.”
“我试着重新启动，但发动机怎么也打不着。”
“So I put my flashes on, took my books, and walked down the road to the college.”
“于是我打开双闪灯，拿起书本，沿着路走到了学院。”
“As soon as I got there, I called AAA and asked for a tow truck to meet me at my car after class.”
“一到学校，我就打电话给汽车协会，请他们在课后派拖车到我的车那里去。”
“The secretary there asked me what had happened.”
“接线秘书问我发生了什么事。”
“‘This is my lucky day,’ I replied, smiling.”
“‘今天是我的幸运日，’我笑着回答。”
“‘Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day? What do you mean?'”
“‘你的车坏了，今天还是你的幸运日？这是什么意思？’”
“‘My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. It didn’t,’ I replied.”
“‘我的车本来可能在高速公路上的任何地方抛锚，但它没有，’我回答道。”
“‘Instead, it broke down at the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking distance of here.'”
“‘相反，它在一个最完美的地方坏了：下了高速，离这里只有步行可达的距离。’”
“‘I’m still able to teach my class, and I’ve been able to ask for the tow truck to meet me after class!'”
“‘我仍然能正常上课，而且还能安排拖车在课后来接应我的车！’”
“‘If my car was meant to break down today, it couldn’t have been arranged in a more convenient way.'”
“‘如果我的车注定要在今天坏掉，那恐怕再也找不到比这更方便的安排方式了。’”
I ended my story.
我讲完了这个故事。
In spite of the early hour, no one in my class seemed to be asleep.
尽管时间尚早，班上似乎没有一个人犯困。
Somehow, my story had touched them.
不知怎的，我的故事触动了他们。
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