那里风景如画

74.你愿意过一个月的世外桃源生活吗?那里风景如画,有充足的食物,而且很安全,只是杳无人烟。

Would you enjoy spending a month of solitude in a beautiful natural setting? Food and shelter would be provided but you would not see another person.

75.一次体检后,医生一脸肃穆地告诉你,你患上了一种罕见的淋巴癌,只能活几个月了。五天后,她再一次通知你,是化验室弄错了,你没有任何问题。在这几天的煎熬中,你获得了许多宝贵的见识。你认为这些值得用痛苦去换取吗?

After a medical examination, your doctor calls and gravely says you have a rare lymphatic cancer and only a few months to live. Five days later, she informs you that the lab tests were mislabeled; you are perfectly healthy. Forced for a moment to look death in the face, you have been allowed to turn and go on. During those difficult days you would certainly have gained some insights about yourself. Do you think they would be worth the pain?

76.一个夏日炎炎的午后,你在一辆锁好的车子里发现了一只快要热死的狗,你会怎么做?

One hot summer afternoon, while walking through a parking lot at a large shopping center, you notice a dog suffering badly from the heat inside a locked car. What would you do?

77.一个人用餐或看电影时,你是否心神不宁、局促不安?一个人去度假呢?

Do you feel ill at ease going alone to either dinner or a movie? What about going on a vacation by yourself?

78.如果知道自己一年后会突然死去,你会改变现有的生活方式吗?

If you knew that in one year you would die suddenly, would you change anything about the way you are now living?

79.为了两万美元,你愿意两个月不洗澡,不刷牙,不使用任何除臭剂吗?而且你还不能对任何人解释这么做的原因。当然了,这不会影响你的事业。

For $20,000 would you go for three months without washing, brushing your teeth, or using deodorant? Assume you could not explain your reasons to anyone, and that there would be no long-tem effect on your career.*

80.你愿意五十岁时在友爱中平静死去,还是八十岁时孤独离世?假设你后来三十年的生活大都如意。

Would you rather die peacefully among friends at age 50, or painfully and alone at age 80? Assume that most of the last 30 years would be good ones.

81.发现自己最好的朋友居然贩毒,你会怎么做?

If you were to discover that your closest friend was a heroin dealer, what would you do?

82.当你需要援手时,你愿意接受帮助吗?你会开口求助吗?

Is it easy for you to accept help when you need it? Will you ask for help?

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