清晨许个愿(心如花园双语悦读)

这是一本读五分钟就能让你享用一生的书！她可以帮助我们以感恩的积极心态，面对那些阴雨连绵、没有鲜花和掌声的生命时光。

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《清晨许个愿》（心如花园双语悦读）收录了数十篇经典优美、百读不厌的英语短文，震撼心灵，耐人寻味。读者在欣赏文章的同时既可提高英语阅读水平，亦可陶冶情操，感悟人生。优美的短文通过平凡小事挖掘普通人的精神力量与人性之美，彰显爱心、希望、鼓励和信念。书中每篇英语短文均配有汉语对照译文，还有相应的词汇讲解。

Bells of an Ice-cream Cart 冰激凌车的铃声
The Blessed Dress 那件记忆中最美的婚纱
Don’t Miss out on Life 生命，不要错过
Follow Your Dream 追随你的梦想
How to Grow Happiness 怎样种植幸福
Don’t Work for Money 不做有才华的穷人
My First Love 爱的初体验
Mama’s Soup Pot 妈妈的汤罐
The Giving Tree 爱心树
The Smile Inside 发自内心的微笑

A Morning Wish
清晨许个愿

The sun is just rising on the morning of anotherday. What can Iwish that this day may bring me?Nothing that shall make the worldor others poorer,nothing at the expense of other men; but justthose fewthings which in their coming do not stop with me buttouchme rather, as they pass and gather strength.
I wish that this day could bring me a few friends,who understandme, and yet remain my friends; I alsowish that this day could bringme a job to do whichhas real value.
I wish that this day could bring me a mindunafraid to travel, eventhough the trail be notblazed, and I wish that this day could bringme anunderstanding heart.
I wish that this day could bring me a sight ofthe eternal hills,and the blue sea stretching to thehorizon, and of somethingbeautiful which the handsof men have made.
I wish that this day could bring me a sense ofhumor, and the powerto laugh, and a little leisurewith nothing to do.
And I crave for a few moments of quiet, silentmeditation on themorning of this day.

at the expense of 以……为代价
eternal adj. 永恒的
horizon n. 地平线
meditation n. 沉思

新的一天太阳又冉冉升起。我期许这一天带给我什么呢？不是令世界或他人更贫穷的东西，不是以牺牲他人为代价得来的东西，而是那些罕有的，在它们传递和聚集力量的过程中触动我、却不仅止于我的东西。
我希望这一天能够带给我一些朋友，他们了解我，并能与我友谊长存；我也希望这一天能够给我带来一份真正有价值的工作。
我希望这一天能够带给我无畏远行的胸怀，即使旅途没那么精彩；我还希望这一天能够带给我善解人意的心。
我希望这一天能让我看到永恒的山冈，看到水天相接的蔚蓝海洋，看到人类的双手造就的美丽事物。
我希望这一天能够带给我幽默感、笑的力量和无所事事的片刻悠闲。
我渴望在这一天的早上有片刻安静的沉思静想。