基本介紹
內容簡介
《美麗英文8:快樂是自己給的(解壓卷)》編輯推薦：最新、最權威的雙語閱讀精品，最美、最動人的心靈成長讀物。800個拓展知識+1000篇權威美文+2000句經典語錄+3000個重點辭彙。生活其實就是一種態度，能知足常樂，內心充溢著快樂，那么所有的過程都是美妙的，一切也都是最好的安排。本書精選的篇章有的幽默風趣，有的引人深思，有的感人肺腑，有的犀利諷刺；它道盡了快樂的真諦，告訴我們，只要用心發現並勇敢創造，就能找到最快樂的自己，塑造最值得擁有的人生。
三大特色：
1.內容經典、主題分明：強大的作家陣容、精闢的名篇佳作，主題劃分清晰明了、章節敘述絲絲入扣。
2.類型全面、學習性強：涵蓋幽默風趣的故事、引人深思的哲理、犀利諷刺的箴言等，在精緻美文中記英文單詞、誦智慧佳句、讀文化背景。
3.形式新穎、享受閱讀：左右開雙語對照、雙色閱讀；每一篇美文，都帶來了快樂的元素；每一句名言，都播灑出幸福的曙光。
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每一篇美文，都是一次成長的機會；每一句名言，都是一場美麗的遇見。我們很高興能將這些至純至美的英文佳作、至真至善的心靈經典呈現給你，帶你走進一座美麗的英文殿堂……在本套《美麗英文》（升級版·典藏）叢書中，我們將諸多經典名著、潮流英文、權威讀物、心靈美文凝萃成15大主題，加入“名人課堂”、“美麗語錄”、“課外閱讀”、“經典諺語”等元素，輔以重點辭彙釋義和文化背景知識等更豐富的拓展閱讀，意在以最好的姿態，將這一句句掩卷難忘的妙語佳言、一篇篇震撼心靈的永恆經典呈現給你。365天享受閱讀，從美麗英文開始……這就是我們為你精心送上的禮物。如果你的心在此刻被觸動，請帶著久違的心情，坐下來細細品讀一番，讓靈魂沉浸在此刻的靜謐，讓生命感受這永不消逝的美麗！
作者簡介
胡瀟俊，自由翻譯者，譯作有《快樂是自找的》，擅長散文、說明、實用類翻譯。
彭芳，英語翻譯員，五年翻譯經驗，擅長商務、文學、社科類圖書翻譯，譯作有《擁抱此刻的陽光》等。
圖書目錄
Chapter 1 The Time You Enjoy Wasting
享受的時光並非虛度
Every Day Is a Gift02
Girls of Summer08
Rainy Days Can Be Good Days14
Admire Their Glow20
The Time You Enjoy Wasting Isn't Wasted Time24
Boost Your Feeling by Eight Strategies28
On Solitude34
What I Have Lived for38
Relish the Moment42
Ten Reasons to Smile—Health Benefits of Smiling46
How to Spend the Life You Have Left52
每一天都是一份禮物02
夏日女孩08
雨天也是好日子14
珍視愛的光輝20
享受的時光並非虛度24
八條迅速快樂法則28
享受孤獨34
我為何而生38
擁抱此刻的陽光42
我們該微笑的十個理由46
如何度過餘下時光52
Chapter 2 Accidental Blessings and Gifts
生命種種意外的恩賜
A Doll From Santa60
Flowers on the Bus66
Jessie's Glove72
Roses for a Dime76
The Smile84
A Homeless Man's Gift90
Love Is in the Moment94
Life Needs Gratefulness100
The Hardest Work You Will Ever Do106
Reasons to Make Laughter a Priority Every Day110
來自聖誕老人的洋娃娃60
巴士上的鮮花66
傑西的手套72
售價十美分的玫瑰76
微笑的力量84
流浪漢的禮物90
愛在此時此刻94
生活需要感動100
最難做的事106
把笑作為每天的首要任務110
Chapter 3 The Good That We Can Give
我們可以給予的美好
All in a Day's Work118
How Selfless Real Love Is122
The Art of Giving128
The Circle of Love136
Tiny Wisdom： The Good That We Can Give142
Carnations With a Smile at a Supermarket146
My Mom's First Truly Anonymous Kind Act150
The Villager and the Happy Man156
The Goodness of Life160
溫柔的觸碰118
真愛無私122
奉獻的藝術128
愛的循環136
小智慧：我們可以給予的美好142
超市里微笑的康乃馨146
一件無形的禮物150
快樂之源156
生命中的美好160
Chapter 4 Stop Complaining and Enjoy Living
不抱怨，才會更快樂
Playing a Violin With Three Strings166
An Incomplete Circle170
The Most Beautiful Heart172
Finding Happiness After a Diagnosis176
A Complaint Free， Happier Life180
On Motes and Beams184
Five Balls of Life188
I Believe That I Always Have a Choice192
Finding Happiness in the Midst of Grief196
Things You Should Give up to Be Happy202
“There” Is No Better Than “Here”212
斷弦的小提琴166
不完整的圓圈170
最美麗的心172
在病痛中尋找幸福176
不抱怨，生活會更快樂180
細小如塵，高大如梁184
生命中的“五個球”188
我相信我總能選擇192
悲傷瀰漫之處，仍覓幸福蹤跡196
若想幸福，你需要放下十五件事202
知足者常樂212
Chapter 5 Everything Is Arranged Perfectly
一切都是最好的安排
The Most Important Thing in Your Life220
Each Life Has Its Place224
When “Good Enough” Is Better Than Perfect230
This Moment Is Worth Savoring234
Your Mind Is a Garden238
Never Too Late244
Rules of Life252
Simplify Your Life258
Happiness270
生命中最重要的東西220
每個生命都有自己的價值224
完美不美，知足最美230
品味每一刻，且行且珍惜234
心如花園238
為時未晚244
生命中必修的人生法則252
簡化你的生活258
幸福九部曲270
Chapter 6 Embrace the Sunshine of This Moment
擁抱此時此刻的陽光
Work With the “Now”280
How to Grow Happiness286
I Make My Home a Heaven of Peace and Harmony290
Have You Ever Experienced a “Sacred Moment”294
Power of Passion302
Giving Life Meaning308
Twenty—one Habits of Happy People312
Accept the World and You'll Be Happy322
You Are the Only One Who Can Make You Happy326
活在當下280
種植幸福三步驟286
家如天堂，平靜祥和290
你是否經歷過“神聖時刻”294
激情的力量302
賦予生命意義308
邁向幸福的二十一個習慣312
接受這世界，你會快樂322
你的快樂你負責326
序言
快樂之門
The Happy Door
Mildred Cram/米爾德里德·克拉姆
Happiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples. As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty.
Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend. But staying happy is an accomplishment, a triumph of soul and character. It is not selfish to strive for it. It is, indeed, a duty to ourselves and others.
Being unhappy is like an infectious disease. It causes people to shrink away from the sufferer. He soon finds himself alone, miserable and embittered. There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem, at first glance, ridiculous; if you don’t feel happy, pretend to be!
It works. Before long you will find that instead of repelling people, you attract them. You discover how deeply rewarding it is to be the center of wider and wider circles of good will.
Then the make-believe becomes a reality. You possess the secret of peace of mind, and can forget yourself in being of service to others.
Being happy, once it is realized as a duty and established as a habit, opens doors into unimaginable gardens thronged with grateful friends.
快樂就像一塊為了激起陣陣漣漪而扔進池塘的鵝卵石。正如斯蒂文森所說，快樂是一種責任。
快樂是一種意外的收穫。但保持快樂是一種修養，一種靈性的勝利。努力追尋快樂並不自私，實際上，這是我們對自己和他人應盡的責任。
鬱鬱寡歡就像一種傳染病。它使人唯恐避之不及。不快樂的人很快就會發現自己處於孤獨、悲慘和痛苦的境地。然而，有一種簡單得看似荒謬的治病良方：如果你不快樂，就假裝快樂吧！
這很有效。不久你就會發現，別人不再躲著你，相反，你開始吸引他們。你會發覺，做一塊能激起好意漣漪的小石頭是多么值得。
然後，假裝就變成了現實。你擁有了使心靈平和的秘訣，會因幫助他人而忘我。
一旦你認識到快樂是一種責任，並使快樂成為習慣，通向不可思議的樂園之大門就會向你敞開，那裡滿是感激你的朋友。
