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indomitable [in'dmitbl] adj. 不屈不挠的;不服输的;好胜的

A great man is one who has a strong will and an indomitable spirit.

一个大人物是一个具有坚强意志和不屈不挠精神的人。

他天生善于激励人。

尽管我们失去了联系,但每当我选择生活而不是应付生活时,就会想起他。

杰里活了下来,部分归功于他的医生们,更主要的是因为他坚强的态度。

If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

look on:旁观;观看;看待

Operate on me as if I am a living man, not a dead man.

as if:好像;仿佛

最伟大的信任

The Greatest Trust

佚名 / Anonymous

Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, Pa, a dis-tance of about eighty miles. It was late. I was late and if anyone asked me how fast I was driving, I'd have to plead the Fifth Amendment to avoid self-incrimination. Several times I got stuck behind a slow — moving truck on a narrow road with a solid white line on my left, and I was clinching my fists with impatience.

At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroads with a traffic light, I was alone on the road by now, but as I approached the light, it turned red and I braked to a halt. I looked left, tight and behind me. Nothing. Not a ear, no suggestion of headlights, but there I sat, waiting for the light to change, the only human being for at least a mile in any direction.

I started wondering why I refused to run the light. I was not afraid of being arrested, because there was obviously no cop around, and there certainly would have been no danger in going through it.

Much later that night, after I'd met with a group in Lewisburg and had climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I'd stopped for that light came back to me. I think I stopped because it's part of a contract we all have with each other. It's not only the law, but it's an arrangement we have, and we trust each other to honor it: we don't go through red lights. Like most of us, I'm more apt to be restrained from doing something bad by the social convention that disapproves of it than by any law against it.