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答案在你心中 作者:(美)乔治·斯托克


64.你和你深爱的人被困在不同的房间里,每人面前有一个按钮。一小时内,如果你按下按钮,你将被杀死,但对方会活下来。如果不按,谁都活不成,你会怎么做?

You and a person you love deeply are placed in separate rooms with a button next to each of you. You know that you will both be killed unless one of you presses your button before 60 minutes pass; furthermore, the first to press the button will save the other person, but will immediately be killed. What do you think you would do?

65.讲故事的时候,你会夸大其词、添油加醋吗?如果是,为什么?

When you tell a story, do you often exaggerate-ate or embellish it? If so, why?

66.你是否格外看重年长者的建议,是因为他们的经历较多吗?

Do you feel that advice from older people carries a special weight because of their greater experience?*

67.如果不捐献出自己的一个肾,你身边的一个人就会在一个月内死去。矛盾的是,捐肾手术的成功率只有50%,即使成功了也会影响你将来的日常生活,你愿意做这个手术吗?

Without your kidney as a transplant, someone close to you will die within one month. The odds that you will survive the operation are only 50 percent, but should you survive you would be certain of a normal life expectancy. Would you consent to the operation? *

68.什么时候你的生活因为外来因素而发生过重大改变?如果可以掌握生命的历程,你感觉如何?

When has your life dramatically changed as the result of some seemingly random external influence? How much do you feel in control of the course of your life?*

69..如果有个朋友老是迟到,你会不满吗?还是默不作声?有人要求过你守时吗?

If a friend were almost always late, would you resent it or simply allow for it? Can you be counted on to be on time?

70.你大声喝斥过别人吗?为什么?过后感到内疚吗?

When did you last yell at someone? Why? Did you later regret it?

71.如果做一整年的噩梦,你就会得到巨额财富,你愿不愿意?

Would you be willing to have horrible night-mares every night for a year if you would be rewarded with extraordinary wealth? *

72.如果五年内,你可以免费享受以下服务中的一种:高级厨师、熟练的司机、能干的管家、周到的按摩师、贴心的私人秘书,你会选择哪一种?

If you could have free, unlimited service for five years from an extremely good cook, chauffeur, housekeeper, masseuse, or personal secretary, which would you choose?

73.去屠宰场杀一头牛,你愿意吗?那吃肉呢?

Would you be willing to go to a slaughterhouse and kill a cow? Do you eat meat?


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