本书是“常春藤英语书系”之《最触动心灵的时刻》，它是作者经过反复筛选后所搜集的，其语言地道，辞藻优美，希望读者在动人的故事情节中能够开阔视野，陶冶情操，并同时能够提高英语水平。

如果你是一名大中学生，阅读本书既可以增长知识，又可以开阔视野，陶冶情操；如果你是一名英语爱好者，阅读本书可以品味原汁原味的英语，提高英语水平；如果你是一名翻译爱好者，阅读本书可以将原文与译文对比推敲，欣赏佳译，如果你是一名文学爱好者，阅读本书可以感受动人情怀，思索人生。

你想安慰受伤的吉恩吗？你想和爸爸去汉普郡钓鲈鱼吗？你想在繁华的纽约街角，聆听优美的小提琴演奏吗？打开本书，你便在杰里米的鸡蛋里，领悟了生命的奥妙，看到善良在闪光……

本书经过反复筛选，搜集了不同类型的文章，语言地道，辞藻优美，希望读者在动人的故事情节中开阔视野，陶冶情操，同时能够提高英语水平。

前言

滴水真智

 生活的垂钓

 审视内心

 你能行

 杰里米的鸡蛋

 珍珠项链

 迟到的忏悔

 狡猾的窃贼

 放慢生活的脚步

 善良的果实

 明天，崭新的开始

 记忆中的风筝

 天使的故事

 圣涎天使

 绝处逢生

 傻子与国王

 快乐的绿毛虫

 品味生活

 伟大的母亲

 成功的秘诀

 生活的厚礼

 幸福是什么？

 生活要比看上去更美

 只争今日

德馨人间

 诚实的年轻人

 爱在传递

 真实的谎言

 清白的窃贼

 动人的掌声

 清洁女工的故事

 金色的辫子

 善良的白衣女子

 最后一课

 泰迪的礼物

忆海珠玑

 大学里相见

 254号病房的谢意

 爱的真谛

 雪的魔法

 小溪的世界

 生活的希望

 爸爸的草帽

 爱会显灵

 我们的回忆

 爱的奇迹

 和女儿再见

 一枚棕色旧钮扣

 险些错过……

爱无止境

 嘎……嘎……嘎……

 吉姆与老军医

 一艘独木舟

 超越“生死相许”的浪漫

 七美元的小提琴

 放飞女儿

 回报爱的方式

 勇敢的声音

 我爱你，继母

 母爱无边

 最思念的人

 金色蒲公英

 家庭的珍藏

 父亲节贺卡

《审视内心》

拥有一颗博爱的心，不只是要对自己的亲人朋友真诚关爱，还表现在对所有认识不认识的人都能以善心待之，在他们有难之时，施以援手。爱心也因此得以无限拓展。

这个故事讲述了一个军人在越南战争后，终于可以回家的事。他从旧金山给父母打电话说：“爸，妈，我就要回去了，但我想求你们一件事。我想带一个朋友回家。”“可以啊。”他们异口同声地答道。“我们很高兴能见到他。”

“有件事情，我应该告诉你们。”儿子继续说，“他在战斗中受了重伤，失去了一个胳膊和一条腿，他无处可去，我想带他回去和我们一起生活。”

“儿子，听到这些我们感觉很难过。或许，我们可以帮他找到别的安身立命之所。”“不，爸，妈，我就是想让他和我们生活在一起。”“儿子啊，”爸爸语重心长地说，“你难道不明白这个要求对我们意味着什么吗？这样的残障人会给我们的生活带来许多难以想像的负担，我们自己还要生活，不能让这样的事情打破我们正常的生活，我认为你倒是应该马上回来，把你的同伴忘记吧，他会想办法走好自己的路。”

听完这些话，儿子挂断了电话，此后便杳无音信。几天后，他的父母接到了一个来自旧金山警署的电话。警察说，他们的儿子从一幢高楼上跌下来，死了。警察确认这是一起自杀事件，悲痛欲绝的父母当即飞往旧金山，去停尸房认领尸体。他们认出了儿子，然而，出乎意料的是，他只有一个胳膊和一条腿。

《Look in Your Heart》

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco."Mom and dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask~. I have a friend I'd like to bring home with me. " "Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him."

"There's something you should know", the son continued, "he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us.

"I'm sorry to hear that, son. maybe we can help him find somewhere to live," "No, mom and dad, I want him to live with us. ""Son," said the father, "you don't know what you're asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live, and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his own. "

At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told. The police believed it was suicide.The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgu~ to identify the body of their son. They recognized him,but to their horror they also discovered something they didn't know,their son had only one arm and one leg.

《你能行》

人类最大的敌人就是自己，前进路上的绊脚石都是自己预先设下的，到了它们面前的时候，我们总是堂而皇之地知难而退，偏偏就有痴人没有为自己找好退路，于是他们越过了这些障碍，成为真正的强者。超越极限就是超越自我，所以时时告诉自己“我能行”！

儿子乔伊出生时，是畸形足。医生很确信地说，小乔伊经过治疗像正常人一样走路是没问题的，但是像正常人一样跑步几乎是不可能的。乔伊3岁前一直与支架和石膏模子形影不离，从未间断过治疗。8岁时，他走路的样子已趋于正常，几乎看不出他的腿曾有过毛病。

邻居家的孩子们总是追逐嬉戏，小乔伊也会跑去和他们一起玩。我们从未告诉过他不能像其他孩子那样跑，也从未告诉他与别的孩子有什么不一样。所以他一直不知道这些。

七年级时，乔伊决定参加越野队。每天他都要和大家一起接受训练，或许是因为他意识到自己天生没有运动的天赋。他比任何人都卖力。训练成绩在前七名的选手有资格参加最后的比赛，有机会为学校争得荣誉。我没告诉他，他很可能不会胜出，对此他全然不知。

他每天坚持跑四五英里，即使是发着高烧，也从不耽误。那次，我很担心，便在放学时去学校看他。我发现他独自一人在跑步。我问他感觉如何。“很好啊！”他说。还剩两英里了，他满头大汗，因发烧，眼神也失去了往日的光彩，然而他却身心专注地坚持跑步。我们从未告诉他，发着高烧不可以跑四英里的路，我们没告诉他，对此他也全然不知。

两周后，入围队员的名单确定下来了。乔伊名列第六名。他入选了！只有他是七年级学生，而另六名队员都是八年级的。我们从没有告诉他，不要对人选抱有过高的期望，我们也从没有对他说过他不能做这，不能做那……所以他一直不知道，他只是努力去做。

《You Can Do It》

My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors assured us that with treatment he would be able to walk normally, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in surgery, casts and brace.By the time he was eight,you wouldn't know he had a problem when you saw him walk.

The children m our neighborhood ran around as most children did during play, and Joey would jump right in and run and play, too.We never told him that he probably wouldn't be able to run as well as the other children. So he didn't know.

In seventh grade he decided to go out for the cross-country team.Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder and ran more than any of the others, perhaps he sensed that the abilities that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him.Although the entire team ran, only the top seven runners had the potential to score points for the school. We didn't tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn't know.

He continued to run four to five miles a day, every day—even the day he had a 103-degree fever. I was worried, so I went to look for him after school. I found him running all alone. I asked him how he felt. "Okay," he said. He had two more miles to go. The sweat ran down his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept running. We never told him he couldn't run four miles with a 103-degree fever. So he didn't know.

Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were called.Joey was No. 6 on the list. Joey had made the team. He was in seventh grade--the other six team members were all eighth-graders.We never told him he shouldn't expect to make the team. We never told him he couldn't do it. We never told him he couldn't do it...So he didn't know. He just did it.

感动，似一弯清泉从心中流过，清新、恬静、和谐……

清凉的夏日早晨，在推开窗户的一刹那，便感觉生活注入了新的活力：蓝天、碧草、鸟语、花香、虫鸣……鸡妈妈带着鸡宝宝在菜园里散步，邻居的小花猫在阳台上洗脸，你昨天见到的小黄狗跑过来冲你摇摇尾巴，以示友好，我们被这样一种生机勃勃的美丽画卷感动着。清澈透凉的溪水静静地流过散满砾石的小沙滩，孩子们在聚精会神地钓鲜鱼，小溪蜿蜒流淌在祖父的杏树园和邻居的草地之间，三角叶杨和红杉把两岸遮得严严实实，黑刺莓和野葡萄藤蔓盘根错节，密不透风。这时你便感觉有一条小溪从心中流过，清新而满足。深深吸一口气，空气中充满了甜甜的味道，我们便被这样一种恬静的和谐感动着。黄昏的夕阳中，满头银发的老夫妇相互搀扶徜徉于铺满鹅卵石的小径上，沉浸在往昔的光辉岁月中；一对对青年男女在高大的橡树下相互依偎，喃喃细语，柔情的目光中满是对未来的希望与憧憬；微风撩动少女长长的发丝，路边的垂柳也跟着婆娑起舞。在这样一种静谧中，我们不禁停下脚步，闻闻花香，听听虫鸣，感动于这永恒的瞬间。

人世间的感动无处不在，整个宇宙就是其殿堂。感动，在春日百花中绽放，在绿叶嫩枝中摇曳，在奇石贝壳中闪烁，在深谷幽潭中游弋。不只是这些细微之物，甚至大洋大川，云朵繁星，春去秋来——一切都洋溢着感动，这样的感动如此珍贵，与我们最温柔、最高尚的情感是如此相宜。在某个不经意的瞬间，我们就会被感动。我们所踩过的树叶以及秋风拂掠之际飞舞的黄蝶，路人发自内心的善举，父母送别时难舍的眼神，挚友节日送上的祝福……皆为我们平凡琐碎的生活注入清新而珍贵的感动元素。感动之情不仅可以使我们快乐的源泉汩汩喷涌，也可以净化我们的思想，抚平心中的不安，让无谓的恐惧与琐碎的烦恼烟消云散。

生活宛如一条蜿蜒曲折的小径，道路两旁鲜花绽放，彩蝶飞舞，鲜果压枝，我们对大自然的恩赐心怀感激；在闲暇的日子里，携一份愉悅，向朋友、家人诉说你对他们的感激之情，他们会因你而感动，你也会因别人的感动而感动。心中有感动，生活便多彩。当四季传来不安的消息，我们用真情阻挡花落风雨。

本书经过反复筛选，搜集了不同类型的文章，语言地道，辞藻优美，希望读者在动人的故事情节中能够开阔视野，陶冶情操，同时能够提高英语水平。阅读是学好英语的必经之路，多读实用、纯正、地道的英语文章是学好英语的硬道理，将文章中地道、优美的句子摘录下来，用到口语或写作中，真正做到出口成章，学以致用。这也是我们编写本书的初衷，衷心希望广大读者能够从书中汲取知识的营养，在英语的世界里做一只自由自在的小小鸟。

限于编者水平和时间，挂一漏万自不待言，望广大读者不吝赐教。参加本书的编写人员还有：杨金鑫、申高平、张妍琦、张尚杰、王凯、石文、陈会平、李宛蔓等同志，感谢他们为本书所做的努力。

编者