英语智慧背囊15-看不见的微笑
 音频下载[点击右键另存为][00:00.00]An invisible smile 看不见的微笑[00:04.42]Mr. Dawson was an old grouch, [00:09.44]and everyone in town knew it. [00:10.98]Kids dared not to go into his yard to pick a yummy apple, [00:14.80]because Dawson, they said, [00:16.68]would come after you with his BB gun. [00:19.07]When, one Friday, [00:20.61]Janet and Amy got close enough to his house, [00:23.46]Dawson looked up with his usual frown. [00:25.97]But when he saw it was Amy, [00:28.49]he put on a broad smile and said, [00:31.11]“Hello! Miss Amy. [00:32.98]I see you’ve got a little friend today.” [00:35.59]Amy smiled back and told him Janet was staying overnight [00:40.40]and they were going to listen to music and play games. [00:43.48]Dawson told them that sounded fun, [00:46.09]and offered them each a fresh apple picked off his tree. [00:49.28]They gladly accepted— [00:51.12]Dawson had the best apple in town. [00:53.65]When they got out of Dawson’s earshot, [00:56.92]Janet asked, [00:57.91]“Everyone says he’s the meanest man in town. [01:01.07]How come he was so nice to us?” [01:02.83]Amy explained that [01:05.24]when she first started walking past his house he wasn’t very friendly [01:09.07]and she was afraid of him, [01:10.49]but she pretended he was wearing an invisible smile [01:13.77]and so she always smiled back at him. [01:16.16]It took a while, [01:17.70]but one day he half-smiled back at her. [01:20.67]After some more time, he started smiling real smiles [01:24.38]and then started talking to her, [01:26.44]just a “hello” at first, [01:28.42]and then more. [01:29.63]She said he always offers her an apple now, [01:32.47]and is always very kind. [01:34.11]“An invisible smile?” [01:36.61]questioned Janet. [01:38.04]“Yes,” answered Amy, [01:39.80]“my grandma told me that if I pretended I wasn’t afraid [01:43.85]and pretended he was wearing an invisible smile at me [01:47.12]and I smiled back at him, [01:48.65]that sooner or later he really would smile. [01:51.51]Grandma says smiles are contagious.” [01:54.46]If we remember what Amy’s grandma said, [01:57.95]that everyone wears an invisible smile, [02:01.13]we too will find that most people can’t resist our smile after a while. [02:05.95]All it takes to uplift the day is to remember to give that smile away! [02:11.41]You can’t save them, you can’t store them. [02:13.81]The only way they are any good is to share. [02:17.11]Giving a smile away takes so little effort and time. [02:21.15]Let’s make sure that we are not the one [02:23.87]that others have to pretend is wearing an invisible smile. |
