作者：耿小辉
出版社：中国对外翻译出版公司
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找谁倚靠——找到让自己快乐的活法试读：
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时间在动，我们在动，总有那么一瞬我们在思考幸福在哪里，生命的意义是什么？这个亘古的哲学问题几千年来一直在缠绕着我们，无数的伟人大家也都对此阐述定义。可我们仍在追寻，因为我们知道只有自己找到答案，才能获得心灵的那份宁静。
此次出版的系列书都是精选的英语美文，它们凝结着先人的智慧，蕴含着深刻的哲理，令您久久地回味无穷。它们与我们的人生与幸福息息相关，它们是一篇篇经过时间考验与沉淀的文章，它们可以与我们相伴一生。在您旅途的空闲中，在您昏黄的灯光下，这些美丽的英文，这些动人的画面，随时都会撩动您的心弦，触动您深处那处柔软。
那份触动多久前曾发生过，您是否还记得？那份领悟是否让您找到与自己内心和谐的方式？本系列书望与您相伴，愿其不经意的某句话、某幅图，就能启迪您的灵感；愿与您共同寻找，寻找那个唯一的答案。
本书《每天读点美丽英文：找谁倚靠》分为学会感恩、与人分享、爱与微笑、坚守信念4大主题。每篇都是原版英文，配以唯美的中文翻译、精美的彩色插图，倾情的美音朗读，让您在优美的文字、生动的图画里细细体味故事的隽永。
学会感恩 感恩之心并不是与生俱来的，我们应该时刻提醒自己感激之情是多么的纯洁与美丽，以及如何表达感恩的心情。万事万物都有其内在的联系性，日常生活中我们往往忽略了真正重要的东西，甚至我们都没说声“你好”或“谢谢”。我们应该感恩，向身边的每一个人、每一棵树，每一朵花……
与人分享 一个人的快乐不是真正的快乐，大家的快乐才是最有感染力的快乐。每个人生命里的快乐都是有限的，不如我们现在就启程去分享彼此无尽的快乐吧。
爱与微笑 微微一笑很倾城，微笑是我们内心的洋溢，是我们爱的展现。心中充满爱是我们一生中最宝贵、最难得的财富，爱让我们身边的一切生辉。
坚守信念 信念是我们行动的力量，是我们不屈的坚守，是我们前行的指引。它就像天空上的北极星，永远地指引着北方，让我们认清方向，让我们不偏离航道，让我们到达自己追求的终点。
学会感恩、与人分享、爱与微笑、坚守信念这些是我们可倚靠的力量，这些使我们幸福的源泉。愿本书能让您找到，找到那份内心的倚靠。Chapter 1Of Gratitude
Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.——Ashley SmithChapter 1学会感恩
人生充满了美丽。去看看，看看大黄蜂、孩子和一张张笑脸。闻闻雨的味道，感受风的气息。全身心地生活，为梦想奋斗。——（阿什利·史密斯）1 Gifts From the Heart01.01According to legend, a young man while roamingthe desert came across a spring of delicious crystal-clear water. The water was so sweet. He filled his leather canteenso that he could bring some back to a tribalelder who had been his teacher. After a fourday journey he presented the water to the old man who took a deep drink, smiled warmly and thanked his student lavishly for the sweet water. The young man returned to his village with a happy heart.Later, the teacher let another student taste the water. He spatit out, saying it was awful. It apparently had become stalebecause of the old leather container. The student challenged his teacher,“Master, the water was foul. Why did you pretend to like it? ”The teacher replied, “You only tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of loving-kindness and nothing could be sweeter.”I think we understand this lesson best when we receive innocent gifts of love from young children. Whether it's a ceramictrayor a macaronibracelet, the natural and proper response is appreciation and expressed thankfulness because we love the idea within the gift.Gratitude doesn't always come naturally. Unfortunately, most children and many adults value only the thing given rather than the feeling embodiedin it. We should remind ourselves and teach our children about the beauty and purity of feelings and expressions of gratitude. After all, gifts from the heart are really gifts of the heart.1 来自内心的礼物
有这样一个传说：一个年轻人在沙漠里漫游时偶然发现了一眼清泉。泉水清冽甘甜，于是年轻人用随身的革制水壶盛了一壶，想要带回去送给部落里一位曾做过他老师的老人。四天跋涉后，他终于将水送给了老人。老人满满饮了一口，露出了使人如沐春风的笑容，他对泉水的甘冽赞不绝口，也毫不吝惜对学生的感谢之词。于是年轻人满心欢喜地回村去了。
后来，老师请另外一位学生尝了尝泉水。学生一喝便吐了出来，说难喝极了。显然，水因为装在老旧的革制水壶里而不新鲜了。于是学生找到老师，质疑地问道：“老师，水明明难以下咽，你为什么还假装很喜欢？”
老师说：“你尝到的仅仅是泉水，而我品到的则是馈赠。泉水不过是满盛着善举的容器罢了，没有什么比善举更能沁人心脾了。”
我想在我们收到孩子们充满爱心的、纯洁的礼物时可以很好地理解这个道理。不管那礼物是用陶瓷制的盘子还是用通心粉做的手镯，最自然和最合适的回应都是欣赏和表达谢意，因为我们喜欢这礼物所包含的心意。
感恩之心并不是与生俱来的。不幸的是，多数孩子和许多成人仅仅在乎所得的价值而不是礼物所承载的深情。我们应该时刻提醒自己，也要教育我们的子女，感激之情有多么美丽与纯洁，以及如何表达感恩的心情。不管怎样，发自内心的馈赠才是盛满了真心的礼物。
心存感激，品读心意，原来生活可以如此美丽。2 The Mendicant01.02When I think how long I have lived
I am struck by life's injustice:
Others have lived much less
Some have been given less than an hour of life.I recall my childhood
And the various stages of my growth.
I have been blessed, indeed, beyond anything
I expected or deserved!I think of the experiences that life has given me
— Happy ones that filled my heart,
Painful ones that helped me grow —Of the discoveries I have made...
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