喬什?森德奎斯特兒時因為癌癥被截掉了左腿，但是身體殘疾的他不改樂觀性格，用機智幽默活出了自己的精彩人生。如今，他不僅成為一名勵志演說家，還因為每年萬圣節驚艷眾人的“獨腿cos”成了社交媒體紅人。

　　Josh Sundquist was diagnosed with cancer when he was nine years old, and was told he had a 50% chance of surviving. He lost his left leg, despite chemotherapy, but by thirteen he was cancer-free, and by sixteen, he was ski-racing. Now, Sundquist is a motivational speaker that's become famous on social media for his clever, amputation-incorporating Halloween costumes.

　　喬什?森德奎斯特九歲時被診斷出癌癥，并得知自己只有50%的幸存希望。盡管接受了化療，他還是失去了自己的左腿，但13歲時，森德奎斯特的癌癥痊愈了。16歲時他開始滑雪。森德奎斯特如今成了一名勵志演說家，他因利用獨腿打造機智的萬圣節裝扮，而在社交媒體走紅。

　　"I've always dealt with the social discomfort of my disability by having a sense of humor," Sundquist explains. "But now I'm more comfortable with who I am and what I look like, and I guess with these Halloween costumes you could even say that I celebrate what makes me different. Which may be either weird or refreshing, depending on your perspective." He explains the inspiration for his costumes below:

　　森德奎斯特解釋說，“我經常會用一種幽默的方式來對待身體殘疾帶來的社交不適感。但，我對自己身份和樣子更加滿意，我想你甚至可以說，我用這些萬圣節服裝來展示自己的與眾不同。這也許會讓人覺得怪異或者新鮮，一切決于你怎么看。”他解釋了以下服裝的靈感來源于：

　　2010: "From Shrek. Not the gumdrop buttons!"

　　2010：“靈感來自《怪物史瑞克》。別動我的橡皮糖扣子！（注：電影臺詞）”

　　2012: "My wife Ashley suggested this idea, a reference to the movie A Christmas Story."

　　2012：“我的妻子艾什莉提供了這個點子，參考電影《圣誕故事》。”

　　2013: "I was just at the zoo one time and I noticed that flamingos look like me doing a crutch handstand. So yeah."

　　2013：“我有一次在動物園發現，火烈鳥很像拄著拐倒立的我。所以，你懂的。”

　　2014: "A YouTube subscriber suggested it to me at VidCon. I thought it was appropriate since last year I was also named to the US Amputee World Cup Team."

　　2014：“一位油管用戶在Vidcon大會上給我提了這個建議。我認為這非常適合我，因為去年我還被美國截肢者世界杯小組提名。

　　2015: “It's a classic amputee joke. This year I decided to anthropomorphize it” 2015年：“這是一個經典的截肢者段子（因為IHOP餐廳廣告牌的造型，它被戲稱為截肢者最喜歡的餐廳），今年我決定把這個段子演出來。”

　　"If my career as a motivational speaker doesn't work out, I could probably get a job at IHOP."

　　“萬一我的勵志演說家事業發展不順，我也許能在IHOP找到一份工作。”

　　2016: "Want to see my newest Halloween costume? Be our guest."

　　2016：“想要知道我的最新萬圣節裝扮？來看吧。”

　　Vocabulary

　　amputation: 截肢

　　gumdrop: 軟糖

　　anthropomorphize: 人格化

　　英文來源：BoredPanda

　　翻譯：董靜

　　編審：yaning

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