读双语故事学人生品质(txt+pdf+epub+mobi电子书下载)

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翻开这本双语故事书，就如同交上一位良师益友。它可以改变你人生的坐标，奏响生命的乐章；它能让你变得乐观、诚实、勇敢、自信；它虽不能改变你人生的起点，但可以改变你人生的终点。在悲伤和寂寞的日子里，它能给你慰藉；在寻常的日子里，它能给你智慧和快乐；最为重要的是它能帮助你学会许多重要的人生品质，提升自我。萤火虫发出的光虽然微弱，但它敢于在黑夜中闪亮；胡杨虽然没有风姿绰约的枝叶，但它却是沙漠中顽强的斗士。人生需要坚定的信念，让我们勇敢地面对生活，漠视所有的困难，在奋斗与搏击中体会生命的意义！

本书精选了79篇英文故事，短小精悍，滴水藏海，将许多人生哲理以最简单、最质朴的方式呈现给读者，寓情于理，催人上进。每一个故事，都是我们成长中最唯美的“知音”，每一个故事寓意，都深深地影响我们人格的塑造，每一个人生品质，都是我们一生中最能受益的。

全书内容积极向上，难度适中，轻松愉悦，诵读性极强。此外本书英汉对照，以助你加深对英语原文的进一步理解。短小精美的英文故事配上精准传神的译文，便于你在阅读诵记的同时，感悟人生，陶冶情操，提升品质，增强英语语感，提高欣赏水平和英语写作能力。

每个故事都非常的精炼、生动，每天只需要短短的几分钟。朗读完本书所有的精美故事之后，你会惊讶地发现，你有一种想把英语脱口而出的冲动。本书不仅是一本提高读者学习英语的兴趣与热情的故事读本，更是一本教授人生哲理，提升人生优良品质的精神指南。

每篇故事之前我们选配了与故事相符的故事寓意，以达到提升和点睛的作用；我们还为每篇文章配了词汇注释，以帮助读者理解、领悟原文。

我们都在寻找一本能正确传授知识的书籍，我们都在企及一本能引领人生道路，指导人生方向的精神指南。幸运的是，我们已经找到了。那么，请打开它，继续人生的漫漫旅途吧。编者2015年6月  第一章乐观01 A Pessimistic Dog 悲观的狗

There was once a farmer who devised a competition between his dog and his rabbit.He made a hole in one of his biggest fields, and hid a carrot and a bone in it.He wanted to see which animal would find them first.

The rabbit was very cheerful and optimistic, and he threw himself into looking for the carrot, digging here and there, totally convinced that he would find it. But the dog was pessimistic, and after sniffing around for a bit, he lay down on the ground and began to complain how difficult it was to find one bone in such a big field.

The rabbit dug for hours, and with every new hole the dog complained even more about how difficult this was, even for the rabbit. The rabbit, on the other hand, thought that each hole dug was one hole less that needed digging.When there was no place in the whole field left to dig, the rabbit dug a tunnel to right under where the dog had been lying all that time.There he found the carrot and the bone.

And this is how it was that the dog lost due to his pessimism. Because, thanks to his great instinct, he had already found the right place at the very beginning！

从前有一个农民，他为他的小狗和兔子设计了一场比赛。他在他最大的一块田地里挖了一个洞，并在里面藏了一个胡萝卜和一块骨头。他想看看小狗和兔子谁先找到他们。

兔子非常开心，也非常乐观。他开始全身心地寻找胡萝卜，到处挖坑。他完全相信自己能够找到它。但是小狗就比较悲观。他刚刚到处闻了一会儿就躺在地上，开始抱怨在这么一大块地里找一块骨头是多么困难。

兔子挖了好几个小时。兔子每挖一个新洞，小狗就抱怨得更厉害了，抱怨这有多难，甚至还为兔子抱怨起来。然而兔子却认为，每挖完一个洞，接下来就可以少挖一个。当整块田地里再也无处可挖的时候，兔子挖了一条隧道，通到了小狗一直躺着的地方。就在那里他找到了萝卜和骨头。

这就是小狗怎样因为悲观而输掉比赛的。因为，由于他的超级直觉，他在一开始就已经找对了地方。

Moral of the Story：

Many of our natural shortfalls can be replaced by a positive attitude and perseverance.

故事寓意：

我们的一些天生不足可以用积极态度和坚持不懈来弥补。

词海拾贝

devise[diˈvaiz][dɪˈvaɪz]vt.设计；想出；发明

optimistic[ɒptɪˈmɪstɪk]adj.乐观的；乐观主义的

throw into 扔，扔进；使……（突然）陷入某一状态

convince[kənˈvɪns]vt.说服；使确信，使信服

pessimistic[ˌpesiˈmistik]adj.悲观的，厌世的

tunnel[ˈtʌnl]n.隧道；坑道

pessimism[ˈpesɪmɪz（ə）m]n.悲观，悲观情绪

instinct[ˈɪnstɪŋ（k）t]n.本能，直觉

shortfall[ˈʃɔːtfɔːl]n.差额；缺少

perseverance[pɜːsɪˈvɪər（ə）ns]n.坚持不懈；不屈不挠02 The Incredible Black Rain 难以置信的黑雨

Gus Grumplings was never happy with anything. He had lots of friends, and parents who loved him dearly, but all Gus could think about was what he didn't have, or things he did have which he was unhappy with.If someone gave him a car, it would be too big or too slow.If he went to the zoo, he'd come back disappointed because they hadn't let him feed the lions.If he played football with his friends, he would complain, saying there were too many of them for just one ball……

What caught Gus unaware was Chuckles, the prankster cloud. One day, Chuckles was drifting past, and heard all of Gus's complaining.Chuckles wafted over to see.When the cloud was right above Gus, he started dropping heavy black rain on him.That was Chuckles'favourite trick to play on grumpy little kids.

Gus wasn't at all impressed by this new development；it just made him complain even more. He was even angrier after he realised that the cloud was following him.

Well, this carried on for almost a week. Gus couldn't get away from the cloud, and he got more and more infuriated.

Gus had a little friend, a happy and generous girl called Gladys.Gladys was the only one who had been willing to hang around with Gus during all those black, rainy days.All the other children had run off to avoid getting soaked and ending up completely black.

One day, when Gus was at the end of his tether, she said to him："Cheer up！What you should realise is that you're the only one of us who has his very own cloud, and even better, its rain is black！We could play some fun games with a cloud like this, don't you reckon?"As Gladys was his only company these days, and he didn't want her to leave as the others had, Gus reluctantly agreed.

Gladys took him to the swimming pool, and left him there until all the pool water was black.Then she went and got other kids.They came and played in the pool.The water being black meant they could play hide and seek！Grudgingly, Gus had to admit it had been a lot of fun, but what was even more fun was playing Wet the Cat.

Gus would find cats and run alongside them. When the cats felt themselves getting wet they would jump about in the craziest way, and run off at top speed, with funny looks on their faces.Before long, all the children in town had gathered around Gus, thinking up new games they could play using the cloud.

For the first time ever, Gus started to see the positive side of things；even things which, at first, had seemed so bad. Chuckles, the prankster cloud, thought that he could now leave；his work had been done.But, before leaving, he gave Gus two days of multicoloured rain, with which the children invented the most fun games ever.

When Chuckles finally left, Gus didn't complain. Now he knew to focus on the good in life, and the good thing about Chuckles'departure was that no longer was Gus soaking wet all day.Now he could go and do dry things, and that's exactly what he did.

格斯·葛伦普林斯从来没有对任何事情感到满意过。他有很多的朋友，还有疼爱他的父母，可是他只想着他不曾拥有的东西，或者他拥有却不满意的东西。如果有人送他一辆车，他会觉得这辆车太大或者太慢。如果他去动物园，他会因为人家不让他喂狮子而失望。如果他和朋友们一起踢足球，他会抱怨说，那么多人只为抢一个球。

格斯突然遇上了查科尔斯——一朵喜欢恶作剧的云彩。一天，当查科尔斯从天上飘过时，他听到了格斯的抱怨，便飘过来看看。当查科尔斯正好飘到格斯头上时，他开始往格斯身上滴落黑雨。这是查科尔斯最喜欢跟坏脾气的小孩玩的恶作剧。

这件事并没让格斯意识到问题，只是让他抱怨得更多了。当格斯意识到那朵云一直跟着他时，他更加生气了。

这朵云跟了他将近一个星期。格斯无论如何也摆脱不掉它，结果他越来越愤怒。

格斯有一个既快乐又大方的小朋友，她的名字叫格拉迪斯。在格斯遭遇黑雨的那段日子里，格拉迪斯是唯一一个愿意和他玩的人。其他孩子都不想被淋湿，更不想全身被浇得乌黑，所以都跑得远远的。

一天，当格斯忍无可忍的时候，格拉迪斯对他说：“高兴点儿！你应该意识到，你是我们所有人当中唯一一个拥有一朵云的人，更好玩的是，这朵云还是黑色的！我们可以用这朵云玩点儿有意思的游戏，你不这么认为吗？”因为这些天格拉迪斯是他唯一的玩伴，格斯不希望她也像其他人一样离开他，所以勉强答应了。

格拉迪斯带格斯去游泳池，让他待在那，直到游泳池里的水都变黑了。然后她去把其他的孩子都叫来。孩子们来了，在游泳池里玩耍了起来。游泳池里的水都是黑的，就意味着他们可以在里面玩捉迷藏！虽然很勉强，但是格斯不得不承认，他玩得很开心，但是更有趣的是把猫弄湿的游戏。

格斯找来几只猫，并跟着猫一起跑。当猫咪们发现自己身上湿了的时候，它们就开始疯狂地跳来跳去，并且以最快的速度逃跑了，脸上的表情好笑极了。不久以后，小镇的孩子们都围着格斯转，琢磨着还可以利用这朵云玩什么新的游戏。

有生以来第一次，格斯开始看到事物积极的一面，即使是那些起初看起来非常坏的事情。查科尔斯——那朵喜欢恶作剧的云觉得是时候离开了，他的工作已经做完了。但是，在离开之前，他给格斯下了两天彩色的雨，孩子们用它发明了有史以来最有趣的游戏。当查科尔斯最终离开的时候，格斯并没有抱怨。现在他已经知道，应该关注生活中美好的一面了，而查科尔斯离开的好处就是，他再也不会整天全身都湿透了。现在，他可以去“干事”了，而这也正是他所希望的。

Moral of the Story：

Everything has its good and bad side. We are happiest when we look for the good in all things.

故事寓意：

凡事都有正反两方面，当我们看到事物好的一面的时候最开心。

词海拾贝

prankster[ˈpræŋkstə]n.爱开玩笑的人；恶作剧的人

drift[drɪft]vi.漂流，漂移

waft over[wɒft]飘荡

grumpy[ˈgrʌmpɪ]adj.脾气暴躁的；性情乖戾的

hang around 闲荡；徘徊

reckon[ˈrek（ə）n]vi.估计；计算

reluctantly[rɪˈlʌktəntlɪ]adv.不情愿地；嫌恶地

swimming pool 游泳池

grudgingly[ˈgrʌdʒiŋli]adv.勉强地；不情愿地

multicoloured[ˈmʌltiˌkʌləd]adj.多色彩的

soak[səʊk]vi.浸泡；渗透03 The Knight and the World 骑士与世界

There was once a heroic knight. He was one of the knights whose triumphant deeds are still recounted in the old stories, in all languages, everywhere.His bravery was great, and his sword was feared, but he was tired of hunting for dragons, ogres and monsters in story after story.He decided to abandon that fairytale world, and come and test out his bravery and skill in the real world.

However, when he arrived here, he found no terrible creatures, no evil wizards, not even a poor stepmother to wave his sword at.

It was very strange. All he saw were worried people, with the same looks on their faces as he had seen on the faces of people he was rescuing from dragons or ogres.

It didn't seem like there was anyone to put them in such fear, or to make them live in a state of such anxiety. Everyone hurried here and there, not speaking to anyone, as though something terrible was about to happen.

But, at the end of the day, nothing really bad had ever happened. And so it was, day after day.The knight thought that maybe this could turn out to be his most heroic adventure ever, and he decided to totally devote himself to finding the source of this mysterious worry in the real world.He searched, he inquired, he investigated, he sailed, he climbed……but he found nothing.

Not willing to give up, he returned to the fairytale world to speak to The Wise Old Man.

"Tell me, wise one. What is the great invisible enemy that strikes fear into the hearts of people in the real world?I still haven't found it, but I won't rest until I have defeated whatever it is, and freed everyone.Just like I did here, for so many cities.”

The Wise Old Man was quiet for a long while, then finally said："You have neither the strength nor courage to win this battle. The enemy does not exist, yet it is powerful, and as numerous as the stars in the sky."

"What?！"protested the Knight，"Is that even possible?"

"In the real world, because they have no dragons or ogres, they invent their enemies, and they carry them inside. Each person there has an enemy made to measure, which lives inside their heart.For some it is called greed, for others envy, for others selfishness, pessimism, or desperation.They have sown the seeds of negativity in their souls, and take the fruits with them wherever they go.It is no easy task to uproot all that."

"I will do it，"answered the knight，"I will set them free."

And so the knight returned to the real world, bringing all his weapons with him. Everyone he met, he would offer to free them from their negative inner life.However, no one paid him the slightest attention, all he found was indifference and looks of surprise.

Finally, exhausted and confused, he threw down his weapons and went over to a rock at the side of the road to rest. On his way there he tripped over his sword, and fell to the ground, knocking his head against a cockerel which had been crowing in the vicinity.

A sad looking little man was passing by, and when he saw this he burst out laughing, so much so that he could hardly stay on his feet.The knight was angry, but on looking closely at the man, he could see in his eyes a joyful shine that he had never yet seen in the real world……

And so it was, that the knight finally found the solution to the deep sickness of the people in the real world.They only needed a smile, a laugh, a little help to banish their negative feelings, and to finally enjoy life……

From that day on, the knight, armed with a big smile, started recruiting an army of liberators：a large and growing group of people able to remind anyone of the joy that is life.

And what do you know！The knight won the battle just as impressively as he always had.

从前有一位英勇的骑士。很多骑士的成功事迹至今仍在世界各地广泛流传，人们以各种语言讲述着这些古老的故事。这位英勇的骑士就是这些骑士之一。他英勇无比，他手中的利剑让人畏惧。但是他厌倦了在一个接一个的故事中猎杀恶龙、食人魔鬼和怪物，于是他决定放弃童话世界，到现实世界中去检验他的英勇和本领。

然而，当他来到现实世界时，他发现那里根本没有可怕的生物，没有邪恶的巫师，甚至连一个可恶的继母都没有。他的剑完全没有用武之地。

真是太奇怪了。他看到的只是焦虑的人们，这些人的表情和他从恶龙或食人魔鬼口中救下的那些人一模一样。

可是好像没有人让他们如此恐惧，或者让他们生活得如此焦虑。每个人都匆匆地走来走去，不跟任何人说话，就好像有什么坏事即将发生一样。

但是，这一天就要过去了，还是没有什么非常不好的事发生。就这样，日子一天天地过去了。骑士想，也许这可能成为他最英勇的一次探险。于是他决定全身心地去寻找现实世界中神秘的焦虑之源。他到处寻找，四下打听，不断调查，甚至扬帆出海、翻山越岭……但是他什么也没有找到。

他始终不想放弃，于是他回到童话世界，去问智慧老人。“智者，请告诉我。在现实世界中，让人们从心底害怕的无形敌人是什么？我目前还没有找到，但是我不会放弃，我会继续寻找，直到我将它打败、解放所有人。就像我在童话世界里为许多城市所做的事迹一样。”

智慧老人沉默了许久，然后终于开口说道：“你既没有打赢这场仗的力量，也没有打赢这场仗的勇气。敌人虽然并不存在，但却十分强大，而且敌人的数量就如天空中无数的繁星一样多。”“什么？！”骑士抗议道。“这怎么可能？”“在现实世界中，根本没有恶龙，也没有食人恶魔。人们自己想象出自己的敌人，并把它们埋在心底。每个人心中都有自己的敌人。有些人的敌人是贪婪，有些人的敌人是嫉妒，有些是自私，有些是悲观，有些是绝望。他们在自己的灵魂中播撒消极的种子，并将恶果随时带在身边。要想将其根除绝非易事。”“我会的，”骑士答道。“我会解放他们的。”

说完，骑士就回到了现实世界，并带上他全部的武器。他每见到一个人，都会主动提出要将他们从消极的内心生活中解放出来。然而，根本没有人在意他。他所遭遇的只有冷漠和惊讶的表情。

最后，骑士筋疲力尽，茫然失措，他扔掉武器，想到路边的石头上休息一下。就在他走向石头时，他被自己的剑绊倒了，跌倒在地上，他的头撞到了附近正在鸣叫的一只小公鸡。

这时，一个表情悲伤、身材矮小的人正巧路过，他看到这一幕，笑得前仰后合，几乎连站都站不住了。骑士非常生气，但是他仔细看了看这个人。骑士在他的眼中看到了一丝喜悦的光芒，这是他在现实世界中从未见到的。

就这样，骑士终于找到了祛除现实世界中人们心里的顽疾的方法。他们需要的仅仅是一个微笑、一声大笑、一点帮助，这样就能驱除他们的消极情感并让他们享受生活。

从那天起，骑士面带微笑，开始征募一支解放者军队。这支强大的队伍能够提醒人们生活的快乐，而且这支队伍在不断地壮大。

你知道的！骑士赢得了这场战斗，就像他以前经常赢的那样漂亮。

Moral of the Story：

Our greatest obstacle to happiness is our own self, with its fears, vain preoccupations, and negative patterns of thought.

故事寓意：

阻碍我们获得幸福的最大障碍其实是我们自己，因为我们会恐惧，会想一些没有意义的事情，会有消极的想法。

词海拾贝：

triumphant[traɪˈʌmf（ə）nt]adj.成功的；得意洋洋的；狂欢的

recount[rɪˈkaʊnt]vt.叙述；重新计算

desperation[despəˈreɪʃn]n.绝望的境地；不顾一切拼命

negativity[ˌnegəˈtɪvɪtɪ]n.否定性；消极性

uproot[ʌpˈruːt]vt.根除，连根拔起；迫使某人离开出生地或定居处

cockerel[ˈkɒk（ə）r（ə）l]n.（未满一年的）小公鸡；好斗的年轻人

vicinity[vɪˈsɪnɪtɪ]n.邻近，附近；近处

banish[ˈbænɪʃ]vt.放逐；驱逐

obstacle[ˈɒbstək（ə）l]n.障碍，干扰；妨害物

preoccupation[prɪˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃ（ə）n]n.全神贯注，入神；当务之急

读书笔记__________________________________04 Johnny the Lizard 蜥蜴强尼

Johnny the Lizard lived between some rocks out in the country. Like all lizards he loved to quietly sunbathe, laid out on some flat stone.He felt so relaxed doing so, that more than once he had fallen asleep, and that's exactly what happened on the day he lost his tail：some kids caught him, and Johnny could only escape by losing his tail and running to hide.

Shocked and frightened, he listened to how the children laughed at seeing his tail continue moving about, even though it was no longer attached to his body.After a while they threw the tail away.When the children had gone, Johnny started looking everywhere for his tail, wanting to reattach it to its rightful place.However, the countryside was very big, and as much as he searched for it, Johnny could find no sign of his tail.He left everything else in his life, devoting himself to the search.He forgot about his home, his possessions, his friends.Days and months passed, and Johnny kept looking, asking everyone he met whether they had seen his tail.

One day, someone he asked surprisedly replied，"Why do you need two tails?"

Johnny turned and saw that after so much time searching he had grown a new tail. What's more, his new tail looked stronger and better than his old tail.Seeing this, he realised how silly it had been to dedicate so much time to a problem for which there was no solution.Johnny turned back and headed for home.

On his way home he found his old tail at the side of the way. It was dry and dusty, and looked really bad.However, Johnny, having spent so much time looking for it, was happy to find it, and he picked it up and resumed his journey.Soon he met a frog.The frog, surprised, asked Johnny：

-“Why are you carrying such a horrible old tail when you already have such a lovely tail of your own?”

-“Because I spent months looking for it，”replied Johnny.

-“You really spent months looking for something so ugly and dirty?”said the frog.

-“Well，”Johnny explained，“previously it wasn't as ugly as this……”

-“Hmm, but now it is, wouldn't you agree?……How strange you lizards are！”said the frog before jumping off into the distance.

The frog was right. Johnny still thought of his tail as though it was the same tail he used to have, but in reality it was now disgusting.Now Johnny understood, so he decided to drop his old tail there, leaving with it all his past worries.As he continued his journey all he took with him were thoughts of the future.

蜥蜴强尼住在偏远的乡下的岩石中间。像其他蜥蜴一样，他喜欢昏昏沉沉地躺在平石上安静地沐浴日光。他觉得这样很放松，他不止一次地睡着了。他丢掉尾巴那天就是这样的：几个孩子抓住了他，强尼只能丢掉尾巴逃脱并藏起来。

听到孩子们因为看到他的尾巴还在四处摆动大笑，强尼既害怕又震惊，尽管尾巴已经不属于自己的身体了。过了一会儿，孩子们把尾巴扔掉了。孩子们走后，强尼开始四处寻找他的尾巴，想把它重新接到原来的位置上。然而乡村太大了，强尼差不多找遍了，也没有找到他尾巴的任何踪迹。他舍弃了生活中的一切，全身心地去寻找。他忘记了家，忘记了财产，忘记了朋友。随着时间一天天过去，强尼还在继续找着，每碰到一个人都会问人家是否看到过他的尾巴。

一天，他问过的一个人惊奇地回答，“你为什么需要两条尾巴呢？”

强尼转动了一下，看到在花费了如此多的时间寻找后，他已经长出了一条新尾巴。更重要的是，他的新尾巴看起来比他以前的尾巴更强大更好。看到这些，他意识到把这么多的时间浪费在一个没有解决办法的问题上是多么的愚蠢。强尼转身往家走。

在他回家的路上，他发现他以前的尾巴在路边。尾巴已经干枯并且满是灰尘，看起来非常不好。在花费了这么长时间寻找后，强尼非常高兴能找到它。他捡起他的尾巴，重新踏上旅途。一会儿，他遇上了一只青蛙。青蛙很惊奇地问强尼：“为什么你已经有了一条属于自己的美丽的尾巴，还要拿着一条这么糟糕的旧尾巴呢？”“因为我用了好几个月寻找它。”“你真的花费几个月来寻找这么丑和脏的东西？”青蛙问。“嗯，”强尼解释到，“以前没有这么丑。”“嗯，但现在很丑，你不同意吗？你们蜥蜴真奇怪！”青蛙说着向远方跳去。

青蛙是对的。强尼一直想象着他的尾巴，好像它还是他曾经拥有的一样，而实际上它现在非常令人厌恶。现在强尼明白了，所以他决定把尾巴丢在那儿，连同他过去的担忧也一起留下了。当他继续旅程的时候，他所携带的全都是对未来的期待。

Moral of the Story：

If we're forever thinking about the past we can miss the fact that the future can always be better than what went before.

故事寓意：

如果我们永远都在思考过去，我们就可能忽视未来总是比往事更美好的事实。

词海拾贝：

attached to 附属于；系于；爱慕

reattach[riːəˈtætʃ]vt.（断肢）重新接上；再附着

possessions[pəˈzeʃənz]n.[经]财产；所有物

dedicate[ˈdedɪkeɪt]vt.致力；献身；题献

head for home 回家，往家走

resume[rɪˈzjuːm]vt.重新开始，继续

previously[ˈpriviəsli]adv.以前；预先

in reality 实际上；事实上

disgusting[dɪsˈgʌstɪŋ]adj.令人厌恶的

读书笔记__________________________________05 Art Town 艺术城

Mickey was a nice, cheerful, optimistic boy. No one could remember ever having seen him angry；he didn't mind whatever people said to him.He seemed incapable of insulting anyone.Even his teachers admired his good disposition, which was so unusual that a rumour was going round that Mickey´s goodness must be due to some special secret.The fact that there was a supposed secret meant that no one could think about anything else.They interrogated Mickey so much that, one afternoon, he invited his favourite teacher, Mr.Anthony, to tea.When they had finished, Mickey showed Mr.Anthony around the house.When Mickey opened his bedroom door, the teacher froze, and a big smile spread across his face.

The huge far wall was a unique collage of thousands of colours and shapes！It was the loveliest decoration Mr. Anthony had ever seen.

"Some people at school think I never think badly of anyone，"Mickey started to explain，"and that nothing at all bothers me, and that I never want to insult anyone, but that's not true at all. I'm just like anyone else.I used to get angrier than all the other kids.But years ago, with the help of my parents, I started a small collage.I could use any kind of material and colour for it.With every little piece I stuck on I added some bad thought or act.”

It was true. The teacher looked closely at the wall.In each one of the small pieces he could read, in tiny letters，'fool'，'idiot'，'pain'，'bore'，and a thousand other negative things.

"This is how I started turning all my bad times into an opportunity to add to my collage. Now I like the collage so much that, each time someone makes me angry, I couldn't be happier.They've given me a new piece for my work of art."

That day they discussed many things, but what the teacher never forgot was how an ordinary boy had shown him that the secret to a cheerful and optimistic character is to convert the bad times into a chance to smile.

Without telling anyone, on that very day, Mr. Anthony began his own collage.He would recommend it so often to his students that, years later, they called that neighbourhood“Art Town”.Each house contained its own magnificent works of art, made by those cheerful and optimistic children.

米基是一个友好、开朗、乐观的男孩。没有人记得见过他生气，他从不介意别人对他说什么。他好像从不会冒犯别人。米基的良好性情是如此不同寻常，以致于有谣言传米基的善良肯定是有什么独家秘方。即使他的老师也钦佩他良好的性情。有假定秘密的事实意味着没有人能想到别的东西。他们问了米基很多。一天下午，米基邀请了最喜欢的安东尼老师一起喝茶。他们喝完茶，米基带着安东尼老师参观他的房子。当米基打开他卧室的门时，老师震惊了，脸上露出灿烂的笑容。

这面大墙是一幅独一无二的数以千计颜色和形状的拼图。这是安东尼见过的最漂亮的装饰。“学校的一些人认为我从来不会讨厌别人，”米基开始解释，“根本没有什么东西使我烦恼。并且我从来也不想冒犯别人。但事实并非如此。我也像其他人一样。我过去比其他任何孩子都更容易生气。但是几年前，在我父母的帮助下，我开始了一个小的拼贴画。我可以使用任何材料和颜色来拼贴。在我粘贴的每小块上我加上一些坏的想法或行为。”

这是真的。老师仔细地看着墙。在他能读懂的每一块上都用小字写着“傻瓜”“白痴”“疼痛”“令人讨厌的人”还有上千种类似的负面东西。“这就是我如何把所有不愉快的时刻转换成增添抽象拼贴画的机会的。现在我非常喜欢抽象拼贴画，每次别人让我生气的时候，我都高兴得不能再高兴了。他们给了我的艺术品新的东西。”

那天他们讨论了很多事情，但是令老师永生难忘的是，一个普通的小男孩怎么向他说明拥有乐观开朗性格的秘密是把不愉快的时刻转变成微笑的的机会。

那天，没有告诉任何人，安东尼老师开始了他自己的抽象拼贴画。他经常把他的拼贴画推荐给他的学生们，以致于多年以后，学生们都称附近带为“艺术城”。由这些乐观开朗的孩子建造的每所房子都有自己壮丽的艺术作品。

Moral of the Story：

Idea for everyone, to help see the positive aspect in all experiences.

故事寓意：

帮助别人看到以往经历的积极方面是很有用的。

词海拾贝：

optimistic[ɒptɪˈmɪstɪk]adj.乐观的；乐观主义的

insult[ɪnˈsʌlt]vt.侮辱；辱骂

disposition[dɪspəˈzɪʃ（ə）n]n.处置；[心理]性情

interrogate[ɪnˈterəgeɪt]vt.审问；质问

collage[ˈkɒlɑːʒ]n.抽象拼贴画

convert[kənˈvɜːt]vt.使转变；转换……

magnificent[mægˈnɪfɪs（ə）nt]adj.高尚的；壮丽的

读书笔记__________________________________  第二章诚实01 The Boy Who Always Won 常胜将军

There was once a boy who liked nothing more in the world than to win. He loved winning at whatever it may be：football, cards, video games……everything.And because he couldn't stand losing, he had become an expert in all kinds of tricks and cheating.He could play tricks in practically every situation, without being noticed；even in video games or playing alone.He could win without ever being caught.

He won so many times that everyone saw him as the champion.It meant that almost no one wanted to play with him, he was just too far ahead of everyone.One person who did play with him was a poor boy, who was a bit younger.The champion really enjoyed himself at the poor boy's expense, always making the boy look ridiculous.

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