《心灵鸡汤》用浅白的语言讲述平民百姓的故事，真实记录他们的心路历程，充分挖掘普通人和平凡生活所蕴藏的精神力量和人性之美，弘扬乐观平和、积极向上的人生价值观，字里行间洋溢着爱心、希望、鼓励、信念以及对生活的深刻理解。

本系列读物语言地道新颖，简约适读；故事生动有趣，寓意深刻感人，内容极富时代感，实为英语阅读的顶级精品。

《心灵鸡汤》注释版是在原英文版的基础上，对疑难的单词、词组、不同于国内表达方式的灵活用法以及有关文化背景等给予注解，以便于读者理解；对精彩的语句给予言筒意赅、画龙点睛的“赏析”，便于读者体会其精抄之处。

Acknowledgments

Introduction

  1.ON RELATIONSHIPS

Losing the "Us"

After a While

Soul Mates

The Miss of a Great "Miss"

My First Kiss,and Then Some

First Kiss--First Lesson

Changes in Life

First Love

A High School Love Not Forgotten

2.ON FRIENDSHIP

Betty Ann

The Gossiper

A Simple Christmas Card

Please Listen

She Told Me It Was Okay to Cry

Lessons in Friendship

Always Return Your Phone Calls

My New Best Friend

The Days of Cardboard Boxes

3.ON FAMILY

She Didn't Give Up on Me

Mama' s Hands

Unconditional Mom

The Bible

The Birthday

The Home Run

My Big Brother

A Brother's Voice

Daddy Weirdest

A Famous Father

Lessons in Baseball

The Champ

I Love You,Dad

I Am Home

4.ON LOVE AND KINDNESS

Tigress

Bright Heart

The Secret of Happiness

Reaching out to a Stranger

Smile

Mrs.Link

A Mason-Dixon Memory

The Mirror

A Gift for Two

Life Just Isn't

Tell the World for Me

Like People First

Lilacs Bloom Every Spring

Paint Brush

5.ON LEARNING

Egg Lessons

A Long Walk Home

The Cost of Gratefulness

I Try to Remember

Mrs.Virginia DeView,Where Are You?

What' s Wrong?

The Eternal Gifts

Socrates

Challenge Days

Please Hear What I'm Not Saying

I Am...

Sparky

Detention Can Be Fun

If I Knew

Eleven

6.TOUGH STUFF

I'll Always Be with You

My Story

Somebody Should Have Taught Him

Just One Drink

The Dance

The Premonition

Dead at 17

I'll Be Looking for You,Ace

"Gabby,You're Sooo Skinny"

Last Wish

Gold Medal Winner

Anne

Desiderate

7.MAKING A DIFFERENCE

What Is Success?

Be Cool... Stay in School!

The Leader

Courage in Action

Turning Up Your Light

The Oyster

Courage in a Fire

The Most Mature Thing I've Ever Seen

Broken Wing

Passing the Dream

8.GOING FOR IT!

The Girl Next Door

I'll Be Back

Just Me

True Height

Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan

The Gravediggers of Parkview Junior High

Adulthood

Teenagers' Bill of Rights

The Boy Who Talked with Dolphins

Wild Thing

To Track Down My Dream

From Crutches to a World-Class Runner

If

No-Hair Day

I Did It!

Growing

New Beginnings

Who Is Jack Canfield7

Who Is Mark Victor Hansen?

Who Is Kimberly Kirberger?

What People Are Saying About

Soul Mates

I have often told my daughter, Lauren,the story of how her father and I met and of our courtship. Now that she is 16 years old,she is concerned because she realizes that her soul mate might be sitting next to her in a class or might even ask her for a date,and she is not quite ready to make the same commitment her parents made years ago.

I met Mike on October 9,1964. Our shy eyes met from across.the patio at our friend Andrea's party. We smiled and eventually found ourselves in a conversation that lasted the entire evening, to the exclusion of everyone else. I was 11 and he was 12. We went steady three days later,which ended after a somewhat tumuhuous4 month.

Months later, Mike still invited me to his lavishs bar mitzvah and even asked me to dance.(Years later he told me that despite my braces,my skinny6 legs and my flipped7 hair,he thought I was beautiful. )

Mike and I had many mutuals friends and were in the same social group at school,so our paths constantly crossed throughout the next few years. Every time I broke up with a boyfriend or had my heart broken by another,my mother would say, "Don't worry,you're going to end up with Mike Leb. "I would shriek, "Never! Why would you think such a thing?"She would remind me how his name often came up in my conversations and what a nice guy he was.

Finally,I was in high school,and it was packed with new cute guys. I was ready, what did I care if Mike started dating my best friend?Why,I wondered,was this slowly driving me crazy? Why did we find ourselves talking while waiting for our buses? I will never forget the navy blue penny loafers3 he wore. Nobody else I knew had such great shoes. My mother's words often came to my mind,but I still wanted to erase4 them.

  By the summer after tenth grade,Mike and I had spent more time together--in the company ofs his girlfriend,also known as my best friend,and others. That summer Mike left for a Spanish program in Mexico. I found I really missed seeing him. When he returned in August,he called and came by my home. He was so adorable6 with his tan skin and worldly demeanor. He still couldn't speak a word of Spanish but he looked so good. It was August 19,1968,when we looked at each other outside my home and realized we had to be together. Of course,we had to wait until after the date I had that night with another guy. I told my date that I was going to start dating Mike so I had to be home early. Mike then told his on-again,off-agains girlfriend it was off again for good.

We kept our relationship our little secret until we could proudly announce it at the next party. We walked in late and boldly told all of our friends that we were officially a couple. Not a soul seemed surprised as they uttered "finally."

After graduation from high school,I went away to college. I lasted 10 weeks before I transferred to a closer college to be near Mike.On June 18,1972,we were wed. I was 19,and Mike was 20. We set up our love nest inmarried housing while we both finished our college degrees. I became a special-education teacher while Mike went on to medical school.

Now,25 years later,I smile at our beautiful daughter, Lauren,and our handsome son,Alex.Although their parents' legacy4 causes them to look at high school relationships a bit differently,they will never have to worry about their parents saying "Don't take it so seriously; it's only puppy love."

Fran Leb

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安徽科学技术出版社从美国独家引进的英文版《心灵鸡汤》系列读物自出版以来，因其新颖地道、鲜活流畅的语言，精彩有趣的故事和板富震撼力的内涵，深得广大读者的椎崇与喜爱，广受各方的赞誉和褒奖，取得了骄人的市场业绩，现已成为英语读物中的闪亮品牌。

通过市场调研，我们发现，英文版《心灵鸡汤》读者主要是大学生及一些高中生，部分读者因词江量及有关知识尚欠丰富等原因，影响了阅读与理解。鉴于此，我们推出了本系列读物的注释版。

注释版是在原英文版的基础上，对疑难的单词、词组、不同于国内表达方式的灵活用法以及有关文化背景等给予注解，以便于读者理解；对精彩的语句给予言筒意赅、画龙点睛的“赏析”，便于读者体会其精抄之处。

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