Yes Man 好好先生
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已过而立之年的卡尔·阿伦虽然衣食无忧,但他的人生可谓失败透顶,三年前和妻子离婚,始终过着单身生活。他在银行工作,不过基本是混吃等死、升迁无望的状态。生活中他拒绝和他人交往,反而更愿意窝在家里看电影,整个人生仿佛被灰色的浓雾所笼罩。在朋友的建议下,卡尔来到一家名为“好好先生”的机构作咨询,在导师泰伦斯的指引下,他尝试对生活中每一个问题都以肯定的方式回答。这小小的改变令卡尔的人生天翻地覆,荣誉、金钱、机遇、爱情接踵而来,正当他信心满满之时,却发现人生并非像他想得如此简单……
Woman:Excuse me. I’d like to apply for a small-business loan.
Carl:And what’s your business?
Woman:I bake cakes in the shape of different celebrities’ faces.
Carl:Oh, wow, Mickey Rourke.
Woman:No. It’s Bono.
Carl:Oh. Yeah, right. Let’s hope it doesn’t taste like Mickey Rourke.
Woman:So, what do you think?
Carl:I think yes.
Norman:Interesting. Cakes, huh?
Carl:Yeah. I just kind of went with my gut on it, Norm.
Norman:You called me Norm.
Carl:Yeah.
Norman:Could that, like, be my nickname?
Carl:Yeah. I guess.
Norman:Oh, nice. I like your style. Car that could be yours.
Carl:Yeah. Carl’s pretty short already, but.
Norman:But it’s the kind of dazzle we need around here.
女:打扰,我想申请小额贷款。
卡尔:请问你是做什么生意?
女:我专门烘焙名人脸形蛋糕。
卡尔:哦,哇喔,米基·洛克!
女:不对,这是波诺·鲍诺。
卡尔:对哦。希望吃起来不像米基·洛克。
女:你觉得怎样?
卡尔:我觉得没问题。
诺曼:有点儿意思,蛋糕?
卡尔:是的,我完全是凭直觉,诺。
诺曼:你叫我诺。
卡尔:是啊。
诺曼:能不能当我的小名?
卡尔:我想没问题吧。
诺曼:哦,太好了,我喜欢你的幽默感。你的小名就是小卡。
卡尔:好,虽然卡尔已经算是小名。
诺曼:我认为在这大家都需要一个小名。
Manager:Every two months, the typical loan officer approves 35 to 40 loans. You have given out ... 561.
Carl:A little more than average, then.
Manager:What’s even more unusual are the amounts. A $250 loan for a mountain bike, $600 for windsurfing lessons ...
Carl:Have you ever tried that? It’s fun.
Manager:Carl, this bank traditionally has never given out small loans.
Carl:If I can explain ...
Manager:Sit down, Carl. At first I thought you might be raiding our coffers.
Carl:I would never do that.
Manager:I would if I could, so why wouldn’t you? But then I looked closer. These people are so grateful to have their needs met ... more than 98 percent of them are following through with payments. And because you’ve given out so many of them ... we’re actually making a lot of money.
经理:每两个月,一般借贷员会批准35到40项贷款,你却批准……561项贷款。
卡尔:比平均值高一点而已。
经理:更不寻常的是贷款金额,250元买一辆越野单车,600元上帆板的教学课……
卡尔:你试过吗?很有趣的。
经理:卡尔,本银行一向不处理小额贷款。
卡尔:请让我解释……
经理:坐下。我一开始以为你在揩油……
卡尔:我不会做这种事。
经理:如果可以的话我会,你凭什么不会?不过后来我仔细研究发现,这些人很感激你批准他们的贷款,百分之九十八以上都会按时还贷,而且你批准这么多项贷款,反而让公司赚了不少钱。
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I wish I could escape to one of these places. Somewhere where it’s warm. I believe you will. But you’ll have to work hard. You have to accept that we’ve been left here by our families to fend for ourselves. If you take advantage of the education here, if you are not too rebellious, and if you are patient, then you will find your way out.
——《简·爱》