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，全球热销8000万册。本书语言地道新颖，简约易懂，优美流畅；故事生动有趣，寓意深刻感人，内容极富时代感。本书中的几百个故事会引你们进入爱与感动的深情世界，会使你们活得充满激情；会使你们更有信心地去追求梦想。在面临挑战、遭受挫折之时，这本书会给你以力量；在彷徨、痛苦和失落之际，这本书会给你以慰藉。

本书文中语言均是当今美国人日常生活中最常用、最流行、最地道的话语。词汇鲜活、句式灵动。

语言难度不大：既无生僻的字词。也无复杂的语法结构，行文质朴简约、优美流畅，口语化特征较为明显。

每篇文章短小精悍，不会令读者望而生畏。

Acknowledgments

Introduction

        1. YES, I CAN!

Joey's Gold Medal

Playing for Keeps:Michael Jordan and the World He Made

The Home Stretch

Racing for Life

A Marathon of Dreams

Esmerelda's Song

New Year's Resolution

Stretch Marks

You Don't Have to Wear a Thong to Belong!

Soaring with Eagles

Guiding Me Home

It's Never Too Late

Learning to Love Golf

Letting Go

The Week I Got My Life Back

Relax, Breathe and Flow

   2.HEALING AND RECOVERY

"Rags" to Riches

The Little White Shoes

Mending the Body, Healing the Soul

My Favorite Injury

Angel to the Bone

Inner Windows

The Last Attack

Maureen's Fears

Input and Outcome

       3. ADVENTURES

Mountains to Climb

Exploring Limits

Living Life to the Fullest

A Fall from the Sky

Starting Over

Into the Unknown

Zen in the Art of Survival

      4. EARNED WISDOM

Growing Old Disgracefully

Mirror, Mirror

Rite of Passage

Of Needs and Wants

Tears and Laughter

Diary of a Yoga Retreat

A Matter of Weight

Granny's Last Cartwheel

One Price

  5. COURAGE AND PERSISTENCE

From Prison to Ph.D.

Dusting Off

Faster and Higher

Living His Dream

There's a Lot Going on up There

Phoenix Rising

A Matter of Perspective

The Canyons of My Heart

     6. SHARING OUR BEST

Jessica's Story

A Surprise Wedding

Life Lessons

What Did You Do for Someone Today?

Style

If You Think You Can, You Can

Open Eyes and the Human Spirit

   7. OVERCOMING ADVERSITY

Little Angel in Heaven

On My Own

A Gift of Spirit

"Michigan, You Walk a Long Way"

A New Definition of Health

My First Miracle

The Fawn

Mountain Fever

The Miracle of Dr. Steiner

       8. LIFE CHANGES

Choosing Life

Message in a Body

A Cheerleader for Fitness

Lady Godiva and the Bee

It Happened One Autumn

Back from the Heights

Ready to Fly

Coming Back to Life

The Only Way to Begin Is to Begin

My Visions with Soup

       9. ON GRATITUDE

The Red Ribbon

Alex and His Magic

Pop Pop's Promise

Both Sides Now

Gratitude

Grateful Life, Joyous Passage

Say Yes! To Life!

The Spirit of Body and Soul

The biggest obstacle to weight loss hit like a Texastwister. With a job transfer, my family needed to move fromHouston to Denver. Almost as soon as I arrived, a fall froma ladder left me in a cast, with hopes of running a marathonpostponed until late that year.

Then one day I heard a radio announcement saying BobGreene would be in town for a fitness presentation. I brushedoff the dream, called a new acquaintance to tag along andbrought the pictures and update letters about my training. Imanaged to speak with Bob at the book signing. The picturesof my weight loss while training for the marathon werequite dramatic, and he said he'd take them back to Oprah'sproduction company. He added, however, that it would betheir decision, not his, if anything came of it. I hoped thathe'd agree to my request to run a marathon with him, but Ialso convinced my friend Terri to train for a spring marathonwith me, so even if Bob didn't commit, l'd go ahead with thegoal. Happily, Terri said yes to early moming runs, blisteredfeet and long hours of training.

The next day we began running,  and developed atremendous bond during eight months of training. However,the dream began to change: no longer just my dream, it wasnow our dream to achieve the goal together. We moanedthrough the pain, we laughed through the runs (mostly atourselves) and rejoiced in each small success.

I continued to send Bob a letter and a picture eachmonth about my request, since he had given me his address.

Months later, Terri and I stood at the starting line ofGrandma's Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota. We'd long agodismissed hopes that Bob would run this marathon with us,but it no longer mattered. I stood on the verge of realizing atwenty-year-old dream, and Terri and I had each other. Weran the race side-by-side and finished the twenty-six mileswith tears in our eyes, hands clasped together above ourheads.

Completing the marathon masked the residual pain I feltthose first days after the run. Needing to go back to workfulltime, Terri stopped training with me. I had already begunthinking of the next race, so I turned to the support of mynew online friends, and we made plans to run a marathontogether and finally meet in person.

Four months later, I stood at the starting line of thePortland Marathon--this time, arm-in-arm with my newfriends. One of the women had requested Runner's Worlddo a story on our group and encouraged the Oprah show tosend a camera crew, along with Bob Greene.

It's not often that "back of the pack" marathoners havea camera in their faces throughout the race, but on this dayour group became television personalities.

After going out too fast with some of the youngerwomen, I started struggling around mile ten. But at mileseventeen my struggle ended. Not in a collapse, but in asurge of new energy. When many people are getting readyto hit the wall, I hit the afterburners, because as I trudged tothe top of St. John's bridge, Bob Greene appeared alongsideme and said he'd be running to the finish line with me. Tearswelled up in my eyes.

Over the course of the next nine miles, Bob and I talkedabout our dreams. He expressed his belief and experiencethat once we set our mind on a course, we attract eventsand people into our lives to transform our dream into reality.l'm a believer now!

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就英语读物而言，引进版较本土版，其优越性是不言而喻的。在浩瀚的书海中，我们为何选中美国出版的《心灵鸡汤》系列读物?它是否具备成为品牌读物的若干因素呢?

极为适读的语言是打造品牌的基本元素

《心灵鸡汤》文中语言均是当今美国人日常生活中最常用、最流行、最地道的话语。词汇鲜活、句式灵动。

语言难度不大：既无生僻的字词。也无复杂的语法结构，行文质朴简约、优美流畅，口语化特征较为明显。

每篇文章短小精悍，不会令读者望而生畏。

有趣的故事和感人的内涵是品牌的催化剂

各书均由当代美国人所写，反映现今美国的世相百态，内容极富时代感。

作者用平实的语言讲述发生在自己身边的故事，诉说他们对大干世界的真切感受，内容极具真实性与亲和力。

内涵感人：通过平凡小事挖掘普通人的精神力量与人性之美，字里行间洋溢着爱心、希望、鼓励、信念以及对生活的深刻感悟。

高质量的文本是构筑品牌的坚固基石

各书的文章来自于全美各地的征稿。为确保质量，要求每本书的征稿不少于5000篇，出版社从中挑出200篇优秀文章寄给社会各界人士阅读，最终精选出101篇顶尖文章，再经修改润色、精雕细琢后成书。可以说，每篇文章都是优中选优的上乘之作。

《心灵鸡汤》的这些特质，无疑揭示了其为何能成为发行40多个国家和地区，总销量8000多万册的全球超级畅销书。作为英语读物中的闪亮品牌，我们相信广大读者既能在品尝原汁原味现代美语的同时，切实提高英语水平，又能从中感悟人生的真谛，重燃你搏击风雨、奋发向上的生命激情！