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Half Man & Half Price Store: Story of Peng Shuilin

半人半价店: 彭水林的故事

In life we keep complaining about what is or why we don't have.Half of the time we seem dissatisfied, though full-bodied and free to choose.Fat people say, "I want to be slim." Skinny people say, "I want to be fatter."
Poor people want to be rich and rich are never satisfied with what they have.

在生活中，我们经常抱怨，没有这样, 或没有那样。
多一半时间, 我们似乎不满意，虽然身体健全, 并且可以自由选择。
肥胖人说， " 我想要是瘦." 皮包骨头的人说， " 我想要是肥."
贫穷人想要富有，富有人从未满意他们拥有的财富。

PENG Shuilin (彭水林) is 78 cms high. He was born in Hunan Province, China. On March 9, 2004 in Shenzhen, a freight truck sliced his body in half. His lower body and legs were beyond repair.

2004年3月9日，46岁的湖南湘乡人彭水林在深圳布吉被一辆大货车拦腰撞伤，下腹、盆骨及两条大腿根部被轧碎，无法修复，只有截肢。深圳布吉医院用了7个月将他从死亡线上拉了回来，162厘米高的他只剩下78厘米的上身，体重33公斤，他也成了全国罕见的高截位存活者。

Surgeons sewed up his torso. At 43, Peng Shuilin spent nearly two years in hospital in Shenzhen, southern China, undergoing a series of operations to re-route nearly every major organ or system inside his body. Peng kept exercising his arms, building up strength, washing his face and brushing his teeth.

He survived against all odds. Now Peng Shulin has astounded doctors by learning to walk again after a decade.

In 2007, doctors at the China Rehabilitation Research Centre in Beijing devised an ingenious way to allow him to walk on his own, creating a sophisticated egg cup-like casing to hold his body, with two bionic legs attached.

2007年3月，彭水林到中国康复研究中心北京博爱医院接受康复治疗和训练，康复专家经过5个月的研究，为他研制了下半身假肢，为其生活自理，回归社会，打下了良好的基础。

It took careful consideration, skilled measurement and technical expertise. Peng has been walking the corridors of Beijing Rehabilitation Centre with the aid of his specially adapted legs and a re-sized walking frame.

RGO is a recipicating gait orthosis, attached to a prosthetic socket bucket. There is a cable attached to both legs so when one goes forward, the other goes backwards. Rock to the side, add a bit of a twist and the leg without the weight on it advances, while the other one stays still, giving a highly inefficient way of ambulation. Oh so satisfying to 'walk' again after ten years with half a body!

Hospital vice-president Lin Liu said: "We've just given him a checkup; he is fitter than most men his age."

Peng Shuilin has opened his own bargain supermarket, called the Half Man-Half Price Store. This inspirational amputee has now become a businessman and he serves as a role model for other amputees.

At just 2 ft 7ins tall, he moves around in a wheelchair giving lectures on recovery from disability. His attitude is amazing, he doesn't complain.

"He had good care, but his secret is cheerfulness. Nothing ever gets him down."

半人半价店
彭水林已开一个小店，名 <半人半价店>，他希望以后能靠自己的双手挣钱，要好好地活下去，活得更坚强一点。希望遭遇不幸的人，都不要轻易放弃生命。

You have a whole body. You have feet.

Now you have met a man who has no feet.

His life is a feat of endurance, a triumph of the human spirit in overcoming extreme adversity.

Next time you want to complain about something trivial, don't.

Remember Peng Shulin instead.

你有一个健全的身体，你有两条脚
现在你遇见一个没有脚的男人
他的生命是功绩在忍耐，胜利的人类精神，克服极端的逆境
下一次你要抱怨微不足道的事件，不要做

反而记住彭水林!