讀雙語故事,看百味人生。閱讀是一生的功課,無論順境逆境,我們總能在文字里找到共鳴。以下是小編整理的微笑 / Smile的內(nèi)容,讀一下吧,也許恰好是你喜歡的那一篇。
微笑 / Smile
No living creature can laugh except man. Trees may bleed when they are wounded, and beasts in the field will cry in pain and hunger, yet only I have the gift of laughter and I can laugh whenever I choose. From now on I will cultivate the habit of laughter.
I will smile and my digestion will improve; I will chuckle and my burdens will be lightened; I will laugh and my life will be lengthened for this is the great secret of long life and now it is mine.
I will paint this day with laughter; I will frame this night in song. Never will I labor to be happy; rather will I remain too busy to be sad. I will enjoy today’s happiness today. It is not grain to be stored in a box. It is not wine to be saved in a jar. It cannot be saved for the morrow. It must be sown and reaped on the same day and this I will do, from now on.
And with my laughter all things will be reduced to their proper size. I will laugh at my failure and it will vanish in clouds of new dreams; I will laugh at my success and it will shrink to its true value. I will laugh at evil and it will die untasted; I will laugh at goodness and it will thrive and abound. Each day will be triumphant only when my smiles bring forth smiles from others and this I do in selfishness, for those on whom I frown are those who purchase not my goods.
【日積月累】
digestion n. 消化力,領(lǐng)悟
morrow n. 次日
triumphant adj. 勝利的,成功的,狂歡的,洋洋得意的
【參考譯文】
微笑
除了人類之外,沒有生物會笑。樹木受傷的時候會流“血”,禽獸會因痛苦和饑餓而哭嚎哀鳴,但是,只有我才具備笑的天賦,我可以選擇任何時候開懷大笑。從今往后,我要培養(yǎng)笑的習(xí)慣。
我要笑,笑有助于消化;我要笑,笑能減輕我的壓力;我要笑,笑可以延長我的生命,因為這是長壽的秘方,而現(xiàn)在我擁有了它。
我要用笑聲來描繪今天,我要用歌聲照亮黑夜。我不會再苦苦地尋覓快樂,相反,我要在繁忙的工作中忘記悲傷。我要在今天享受今天的快樂,快樂不像谷物可以用箱子貯藏,也不像美酒可以用罐子盛裝,同時也不可為明日而保留??鞓繁仨氁谕惶觳シN和收獲,從今往后,我要做到。
笑聲中,所有的一切都會恢復(fù)它固有的面貌。我笑自己的失敗,它將化為夢的云彩;我笑自己的成功,它回復(fù)本來面目;我笑邪惡,它遠我而去;我笑善良,它會發(fā)揚光大。每一天都是成功的,只要我用我的笑容感染別人,雖然我的目的是自私的,因為皺起的眉頭會讓顧客棄我而去。
【人生啟迪】
有位哲人曾說:微笑是人類最美的表情。一個微笑就可以拉近兩顆心的距離。微笑不需要代價但給予卻是無價,它充實著接受者的生活卻不會讓給予者貧窮,它只是瞬間的發(fā)生但會延續(xù)永久。微笑讓人擺脫沮喪和失意,治愈了痛苦的心情。向著人們微笑吧,給予會讓他人快樂也會讓你從微笑中感受到尊重、肯定、接納、關(guān)懷、友善……