《典范英语》：孩子们的心灵鸡汤

首都师范大学附属育新学校小学部二年级学生在上《典范英语》课

教育始于心，必须能够和谐地调和人的认知与情感。中小学英语教育，亦莫能外。一味追求功利主义和实用主义的教育，背离教育的本质，不仅难以提升受教育者的认知能力，也忽视受教育者的心灵体验。《典范英语》由于践行“从心而始”的教育理念，备受好评，被誉为孩子们的心灵鸡汤，相继被人大附中、北京四中、北大附中、北师大二附、北师大附中、首师大附中、首师大附属育新学校、北京二中、北京十二中、北京一零一中学、北京十一学校、北京景山学校、北京育英学校、西城外国语学校、北京小学、石油附小、朝阳外小等全国数百所学校列为必读英语材料。

推进素质教育，已成为我国教育发展战略。从心而始，正是素质教育的终极体现。然而，许多错误的教育理念仍充斥着中小学英语课堂。很多情况下，英语教师无奈地像留声机一样不断向学生灌输考试大纲规定的各种语言知识点，忽视了语言文字传递的意义，使学生在认知和精神层面得不到满足。在这种情势下，《典范英语》应运而生，它犹如一碗浓郁芬芳的心灵鸡汤，滋润了孩子的精神家园，消解着基础英语教育的病灶，在赞誉声中风靡全国。 《典范英语》到底是一套什么样的材料？为什么会受到如此青睐？据了解，它来自英国牛津，原名《牛津阅读树》，是英国学生学习母语的一套阅读材料，被誉为“英国最受欢迎的阅读方案”。由于这套材料“集故事性、趣味性、知识性、科学性和人文性于一身”，在中国一经问世便畅销不衰。这套材料系原版引进，涵盖整个中小学阶段，其系统性之强，语言之地道，内容之有趣，情节之生动，人物之鲜活，插图之精美，配音之戏剧化，令人耳目一新，心神皆怡。

《典范英语》以故事为核心，关注孩子的心灵体悟和心智成长，让孩子在习得英语的同时，感受中西方文化差异，丰富情感体验，历练心智，深受其喜爱。全国很多中小学采用《典范英语》开展教学改革后，效果卓越，赢得广大教师、学生和家长的一致赞誉。

北京市第二中学徐红老师评价说：“通过实验，我们发现《典范英语》不但语言真实、地道、原汁原味，每个故事也十分有趣，引人入胜，令人读起来欲罢不能，割舍不下。更重要的是，每个故事都蕴含着深刻的道理，教师在与学生的主题讨论中不知不觉地渗透着情感教育。”

深圳市育才第一小学杨兰老师认为：“《典范英语》内容生动、活泼、有趣，贴近儿童生活，潜移默化地感染和丰富了儿童的生活世界，比以往任何教材更加关注学生的情感、生活体验及成长的历程和乐趣。它彻底颠覆了以往教材的枯燥无味，能真正让学生积极主动地参与学习并得到学习的愉悦感，营造了良好的文化学习氛围，让学生耳濡目染，水到渠成。” 卓越的教学效果离不开教师的成长和观念的更新，

《典范英语》使越来越多的英语教师

走出误区，从机械单一地教词汇、句型、语法等“死知识”转变为“从心开始”地育“活人才”，提升了教育理念和专业素养，拓宽了教学视野。诚如北京大学附属中学齐敏老师所言，“《典范英语》拓展了教师的教学思路，改变了传统的教学理念，提高了教学效率。每个故事都有内涵，对教师素养也是一种提高。真是学生爱学，教师爱教。”

在中小学学生的家长中间，《典范英语》早已成为口耳相传的首选英语学习材料。每当提及《典范英语》时，人大附小的学生家长Jerry妈妈便赞不绝口，“Jerry以前不爱学英语，成绩也不好，是《典范英语》打开了他学习英语的兴趣之门。自从学了《典范英语》，在学校的英语成绩有了明显的进步，在课堂上能张开口和同学、老师交流，这在以前根本不可能做到”。

可见，《典范英语》在培养学生兴趣、提高学生成绩、提升学生英文素养等方面效果显著。更为重要的是，《典范英语》打破了原有的英语课堂上单纯灌输“死知识”的格局，浸润了学生的心田，开创了我国基础英语素质教育的新局面，印证了许国璋先生所说的英语教育是“用英语来学习文化，认识世界，培养心智”，而“不以教会几句英语或教会一种本事为目标”。

教育改革势在必行。有理由相信，《典范英语》会让全国更多的中小学生体验到学习英语和学习文化的无穷乐趣，也势将在全国的基础英语教育领域发挥更大的作用，从而为我国的文化和教育事业做出杰出的贡献。

（于振红/文）

第二篇：英语心灵鸡汤

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away they were

meant to be there, to serve some sort of purpose,teach you a lesson,or to help you figure out who you are or who you want to become.You never know who these people maybe (possibly your roommate, neighbor, coworker, long lost friend, lover, or even a complete stranger),but when you lock eyes with them,you know at that very moment they will affect your life in some profound way.

有时候，一些人进入你的生命，你马上知道他们是注定要出现的，他们的到来是为了达成某种目的，给你提供教益，帮助你认清自己以及自己想要成为怎样的人，你不会知道这些人是谁（很可能会是你的室友、邻居、同事、失散多年的朋友、爱人，甚至是素未谋面的陌生人），可是当你的目光锁定他们的那一刻，你就知道他们会给你的生命带来深远的影响。 And sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible, painful. and unfair at first, but in reflection you find that without overcoming those

obstacles you would have never realized your potential, strength, willpower, or heart.

有时候，发生在你身上的事情看似可怕、痛苦和不公平，但仔细一想，你就会发现，如果不克服这些障碍，你就不会意识到自己的潜能、力量、意志和决心。

Everything happens for a reason.

Nothing happens by chance or by means of good luck.

Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness, and sheerstupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests, whatever they

may be,life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere. It would be safe and comfortable, but dull and utterly pointless.

The people you meet who affect your life,and the success and downfalls you experience, help to create who you are and who you become.

任何事的发生都是有原因的。

没有事情是偶然出现或运气使然。

疾病、伤痛、爱情、与成功失之交臂，以及彻彻底底的糊涂犯错，这些都是你对精神极限的考验。无论这些小小的考验是什么，没有了它们，生命就像是一条不知通往何处的平坦大道，纵然安全舒适，但却了然无趣、毫无意义。

你所遇到的影响你生命的人，你所经历的成功与失败，都有助于塑造和成就你的人生。 Even the bad experiences can be learned from.

In fact,they are probably the most poignant and important ones.

If someone hurts you, betrays you,or breaks your heart,forgive them,for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious when you open your heart.

If someone loves you,love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you,but because in a way, they are teaching you to love and how to open your heart and eyes to things.

即使是不好的经历，也能从中吸取经验。

事实上，这些经验可能是最深刻和最重要的。

如果有人伤害了你，背叛了你，或伤了你的心，原谅他们把，因为他们帮助你理解了信任，让你懂得了在敞开心扉时保持精神是很重要的。

如果有人爱你，你要无条件地爱他们，不仅因为他们爱你，还因为他们教会了你去爱，以及如何敞开你的心扉、放开你的目光。

Make every day count.

Appreciate every moment and take from those moments everything that you possibly can for you may never be able to experience it again.

Talk to people that you have never talked to before, and actually listen. Let yourself fall in love, break free, and set your sights high.

Hold your head up because you have every right to.

Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in yourself, it will be hard for others to believe in you.

You can make of your life anything you wish.

Create your own life and then go out and live it with absolutely no regrets. 让每一天都过的有价值。

珍惜生命中的每一刻，并尽你所能地从中取得收获，因为你不会有从头再来的可能。 跟那些你从来没有说过话的人交谈，并注意聆听。

让自己去爱，挣脱束缚，让目光高远。

要昂起头，因为你有权利这么做。

告诉自己，你是一个伟大的人，并相信自己，因为如果你不相信自己，别人就很难相信你。 你可以做任何想做的事来塑造你的人生。

创造你自己的人生，并无怨无悔地去过这一生吧。

Most impotantly,if you LOVE someone, tell him or her,for you never know what tomorrow may have in store.

And learn a lesson in life each day that you live.

最重要的是，如果你爱某个人，就告诉他/她。因为你不知道明天将会怎样。

活着的每一天里都要有所收获。

That's The Story Of Life.

这就是生命的故事。生命的story故事- of life

爱的力量 the power of love-心灵鸡汤

Jackie Lantry is a part-time hospital clerk in Rehoboth, Mass. She and her husband have adopted two girls and two boys from China. When Jackie asked her children what they believed in, they said "family."

Jackie Lantry是美国麻省利河伯镇的一位医院兼职会计。她和她的丈夫已经收养了两名中国男孩和两名中国女孩。当Jackie问及孩子们的信念时，孩子们异口同声地回答：“家庭”。

“It was not therapy, counselors or medications. It did not cost money, require connections or GREat privilege. It was love: just simple, plain, easy to give.” “治愈和转变孩子，靠的不是医疗，也不是心理咨询，更不是药物。它并不需要花费金钱，也不需要什么社会关系或者特权。只需要爱，

只需要付出简单而平实的爱”Jackie如是说。

I believe in the inGREdients[成分] of love, the elements from which it is made. I believe in love''s humble, practical components and their combined power. We adopted[收养] Luke four years ago. the people from the orphanage[孤儿院] dropped him off at our hotel room without even saying goodbye. He was nearly six years old, only 28 pounds and his face was crisscrossed[交叉着] with scars. Clearly, he was terrified[害怕的]. "What are his favorite things?" I yelled. "Noodles," they replied as the elevator door shut.

Luke kicked and screamed. I stood between him and the door to keep him from bolting[门栓]. His cries were anguished[痛苦的], animal-like. He had never seen a mirror and tried to escape by running through one. I wound my arms around him so he could not hit or kick. After an hour and a half he finally fell asleep, exhausted[精疲力竭的]. I called room service. They delivered every noodle dish on the menu. Luke woke up, looked at me and started sobbing again. I handed him chopsticks[筷子] and pointed at the food. He stopped crying and started to eat. He ate until I was sure he would be sick.

That night we went for a walk. Delighted at the moon, he pantomimed[打手势], "What is it?" I said, "The moon, it''s the moon." He reached up and tried to touch

it. He cried again when I tried to give him a bath until I started to play with the water. By the end of his bath the room was soaked[浸湿的] and he was

giggling[傻笑]. I lotioned him up, powdered him down and clothed him in soft PJs. We read the book One Yellow Lion. He loved looking at the colorful pictures and turning the pages. By the end of the night he was saying, "one yellow lion." the next day we met orphanage officials to do paperwork. Luke was on my lap[膝] as they filed into the room. He looked at them and wrapped my arms tightly around his waist[腰].

He was a sad, shy boy for a long time after those first days. He cried easily and withdrew at the slightest provocation[激怒]. He hid food in his pillowcase[枕头套] and foraged[翻寻] in garbage cans. I wondered then if he would ever get over the wounds of neglect that the orphanage had beaten into[灌输给] him. It has been four years. Luke is a smart, funny, happy fourth-grader. He is loaded with charm and is a natural athlete. His teachers say he is well behaved and works very hard. Our neighbor says she has never seen a happier kid. When I think back, I am amazed at what transformed this abused, terrified little creature. It was not therapy, counselors or medications. It did not cost money, require connections or GREat privilege. It was love: just simple, plain, easy to give. Love is primal. It is comprised of compassion, care, security, and a leap of faith. I believe in the power of love to transform. I believe in the power of love to heal.

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导读：“我的信念”是一个电台节目，每期会邀请来自各行各业、不同阶层的人士朗读自己的文章，围绕这个题目讲述个人经历和人生信念。本文作者是一名犯人，他在监狱这个让人意想不到的地方悟出了一点人生哲理——看完后，你或许也会有所感触呢。文章思路清晰，条理顺畅，熟悉内容后可用作诵读材料。

When the scruffy orange cat showed up in the prison yard, I was one of the first to go out there and pet it. I hadn't touched a cat or a dog in over 20 years. It was an amazing bit of grace to feel him under my hand and know that I was enriching the life of another creature with something as simple as my care. I believe that caring for something or someone in need is what makes us human. 当那只脏兮兮的橘黄色猫儿出现在监狱的院子里时，我是第一批走上前去抚摸它的人之一。我已经有二十多年未曾摸过一只猫或狗了。感觉到它在我的手掌下，知道自己只不过用一丝简单的关怀就让另一个生命的日子变得充实起来，这真是一种令人惊叹的恩典。我相信，对有需要的人或物表示关怀，是我们作为人所应有的特质。

Over the next few days, I watched other prisoners responding to the cat. Every yard period, a group of prisoners gathered there. They stood around talking and taking turns petting the cat. These were guys you wouldn't usually find talking

to each other. Several times I saw an officer in the group—not chasing people away, but just watching and seeming to enjoy it along with the prisoners. 在接下来的几天里，我看到其他犯人纷纷对这只猫表示关注。每次放风的时候，总有一群犯人围在那里。他们站在那里聊天，轮流抚摸着猫儿。平时，你不会看到这些家伙彼此交谈。还有几次，我看见一位狱警也站在人群里——不是为了把人们赶开，而是就在那里看着，似乎和犯人一起享受这难得的时光。

Bowls of milk and water appeared, along with bread, wisely placed under the edge of the dumpster to keep the seagulls from getting it. The cat was obviously a stray and in pretty bad shape. One prisoner brought out his small, blunt-tipped scissors, and trimmed burrs and matted fur from his coat.

有人放下几碗牛奶和清水，还有面包；它们都被巧妙地放在大垃圾箱边缘的下方，以防海鸥抢食。这显然是一只流浪猫，健康状况相当糟糕。一名犯人拿出他的钝头小剪刀，给它修剪身上的芒刺和纠缠的毛团。

People said, “That cat came to the right place. He's getting treated like a king.” This was true. But as I watched, I was also thinking about what the cat was doing for us.

大家都说：“这只猫算是来对地方了。我们把它当国王一般款待。”确实如此。不过当我看着（人与猫的互动），我也在思考这只猫为我们带来了什么。

There's a lot of talk about what's wrong with prisons in America. We need more programs; we need more psychologists or treatment of various kinds. Some even talk about making prisons more kind, but I think what we really need is a chance to practice kindness ourselves. Not receive it, but give it.

许多人在讨论美国监狱到底出了什么问题。我们需要更多（改造）项目；我们需要更多心理学家或各种治疗法。有些人甚至说要让监狱更加人性化，但我认为，我们真正需要的是一个让我们表现善意的机会。不是接受，而是给予。

After more than two decades here, I know that kindness is not a value that's encouraged. It's often seen as weakness. Instead, the culture encourages keeping your head down, minding your own business and never letting yourself be vulnerable.

在这里呆了二十多年后，我知道监狱并不鼓励善意善行——它通常会被视为软弱。相反，这里提倡的监狱文化是低调做人，别管闲事，而且绝对不能让人觉得你是好欺负的。

For a few days, a raggedy cat disrupted this code of prison culture. They've taken him away now—hopefully to a decent home—but it did my heart good to see the effect he had on me and the men here. He didn't have a Ph.D., he wasn't a criminologist or a psychologist, but by simply saying, “I need some help here,” he did something important for us. He needed us, and we need to be needed. I believe we all do.

在那几天，一只邋遢的小猫打乱了这种监狱文化的法则。现在他们把它抱走了——很可能送到某个靠谱的家庭——但是看到它对我以及这里的人所产生的影响，我的心灵得到了救赎。它并没有博士学位，也不是犯罪学家或心理医生。它只不过简单地说了一句“我需要帮助”，就为我们带来了非常重要的影响。它需要我们，而我们也渴望被人需要。我相信人皆如此 Prayer for My Mother

by Ann Landers

Dear God,

Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers until it was too late to tell them.

I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive. I appreciate her more each day. My mother does not change, but I do. As I grow older and wiser, I realize what an extraordinary person she is. How sad that I am unable to speak these words in her presence, but they flow easily from my pen.

How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just plain hard work that go into raising a child? For running after a toddler, for understanding a moody teenager, for tolerating a college student who knows everything? For waiting for the day when a daughter realizes her mother really is?

How does a grown woman thank for a mother for continuing to be a mother? For being ready with advice(when asked)or remaining silent when it is most appreciated? For not saying:"I told you so", when she could have uttered these words dozens of times? For being essentially herself －－loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?

I don't know how, dear God, except to bless her as richly as she deserves and to help me live up to the example she has set. I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother looks in mine.

A daughter

为我的母亲祈祷

亲爱的上帝：

如今我已不再年轻，一些朋友的母亲已经去世了。我曾听这些子女们说过，他们从没有向母亲充分表示过他们的感激之情，而待到要告诉时为时已晚了。

幸运的是，我亲爱的母亲依然健在。我对她的感情与日俱增。母亲没有变，而我却变了。随着年岁的增长，我越来越懂事了，我认识到她是个非常了不起的人。这些话在她面前我难以启齿，但在笔下却可以轻易地写出来，这令我感到多么难过。

一个女儿该怎样开口感谢她的母亲所给予的生命？感谢她在抚养孩子时所付出的爱、耐心以及无私的辛勤劳动？感谢她跟在蹒跚学步的孩子身后奔跑，对情绪不定的少女的理解，以及对一个自以为是的大学生的宽容？感谢她等待女儿认识到她真是一位好母亲的这一天？

一个成年女子该怎样感谢母亲依然如故的角色？感谢在被问到时她会及时提供良言，而在不需要时她会保持沉默？感谢她没有说：“我告诉过你，”而她本来可以说上许多次？感谢她始终不变的爱心、体贴周到、耐心与宽容厚道？

我不知道该怎样来表达，亲爱的上帝，除了请求你好好地保佑她---那是她该得到的---并帮助我朝她做出的榜样看齐。我祈愿在孩子的眼里我会如同母亲在我眼里一般好。 一个女儿

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星座英语:十二星座起源的美丽传说之处女

Virgo is a large equatorial constellation between Leo and Libra, in which the brightest member is the first-magnitude star Spica. Virgo is the sixth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters on or about August 22.

Posefen was a goddess. She was the only daughter of the Greek Goddess of harvest Demeter. Wherever Posefen went, the places would be full of flowers. One day, when Posefen played with her friends in the valley, she found a silver narcissus flower. She liked it and picked it up. Suddenly, the narcissus became a handsome man with purple eyes. Posefen was scared and took a step back. The man smiled and said, “Goddess, you broke the curse and saved me. Please let me fulfill my promise and marry me.” Before she understood what happened, Posefen was thrown into a rift in the ground.

After hearing her daughter’s cries for help, Demeter threw corn away and saved her daughter. However, without the Goddess of harvest, seeds did not grow and human beings would confront a great disaster. Zeus quickly got the news and knew it was Pluto that took Posefen away. Pluto could not win Zeus but he really loved Posefen. He knew he would be cursed and told Posefen, “My fragrance should belong to the world. Take it away.” Then he closed eyes.

When Posefen returned back to the world, it was spring. She scattered the fragrance around the world and brought sunshine to everyone, but she could not forget Pluto, especially his purple eyes. In summer, she missed him, and in autumn, she missed him. When winter came, she could not help meeting Pluto

under the ground. At this moment, Pluto would wake up to see her and then sleep when she left.

Year after year, this pretty girl fell in love with this ghost in the hell. Zeus was moved by their love and gave them a quarter of the time each year to be together. Zeus decided to call one of the constellations Virgo to remember Posefen

星座起源的美丽传说：处女的冬天

泊瑟芬是一个纯洁的女神。

她是人间的大地之母、谷物之神狄蜜特的独生女儿，是春天的灿烂女神，只要她轻轻踏过的地方，都会开满娇艳欲滴的花朵。

有一天，泊瑟芬和同伴们在山谷中的草地上摘花，她惊奇的发现一朵银色的水仙，美的光彩照人。她渐渐远离了同伴，伸手去采摘那朵水仙。就在她摘下它的一瞬间，水仙化作一团紫色的烟雾，一股淡淡的阴间的香气弥漫开来。烟雾渐渐散去，眼前出现了一个一身黑色，有着紫色眼眸的俊逸非凡的男子。

泊瑟芬惊的后退了一步。只见那男子嘴角边流露出一丝可怕的笑，说到：“女神，你破除咒语救了我，那就履行我的誓言嫁给我吧！”泊瑟芬还没有弄明白是怎么一回事，地上就裂开一道缝，一股强大的力量把她卷了进去……

泊瑟芬的呼救声回荡在山谷里，狄蜜特抛下手中的谷物，飞跃千山万水去寻找女儿。人间没有了大地之母，种子不再发芽，肥沃的土地结不出成串的麦穗，人类面临巨大的灾难。这一切很快传到了宙斯的耳中，他知道劫走泊瑟芬的是冥王海地士，便下令再一次诅咒他。海地士终究敌不过宙斯的法力，但他是真的爱着泊瑟芬。他知道自己马上就会再次陷入长长的昏

睡，于是对泊瑟芬说：“我身上的香气应该属于人间，请你把它带走吧！”说完，海地士闭上眼睛，再也看不见心爱的春天女神泊瑟芬了

泊瑟芬从地府回到人间的时候正是春天，她把百花的香气撒在大地上，把灿烂的阳光带给每一个人。然而，她却忘不了在地府长眠的海地士，那双紫色的眸子在女神的心里挥之不去。夏天，女神疲惫的思念着；秋天，女神又沉甸甸的思念着。到了冬天，女神终于忍不住跑到了地府看望海地士。这时候海地士就会奇迹般的醒过来，等到春天泊瑟芬一离开他，他又陷入睡眠。年复一年，这个纯洁美丽的处女发现自己是真的爱上了阴郁的冥间幽灵。

于是宙斯便规定一年之中有四分之一的时候可以让他们相会。从此以后，大地结霜，寸草不生的冬天就是泊瑟芬到地府去见海地士的日子。宙斯感动于这份特别的爱情，将天上的一个星座封为处女座以纪念泊瑟芬为人间所做的一切

不丹:幸福的秘境 Bhutan:Hidden Lands of

Happiness

在20世纪的大部分时间，喜马拉雅山下的不丹王国几乎完全为世界遗忘。诚然，对一个到19xx年才允许使用电视和网络的国家而言，20世纪已经与不丹擦肩而过。这是一片布满深谷与宗堡（当地一种相当于要塞的建筑）、落在摇摇欲坠的山巅上的土地，是世界上最隔绝、最不发达的国家之一。今天它依然与世隔绝，然而这不再是一种偶然——不丹的传统文化受到严格保护，游客受到细致的管理。这是世界上唯一禁止出售烟草、连首都也找不到交通灯的国家；在这里体验一个被时间遗忘的地方，这种机会不是一次寻常假期，而是一种特殊礼遇。

Once upon a time in a country far, far away lived a most unusual king who proclaimed that in his tiny Himalayan kingdom, "Gross national happiness is more important than gross national product." Although most of us give lip

service to the cliché, "Money can't buy you happiness," in our hearts we believe a big pile of cash can make a sizable down payment and put smiles on our faces. To us, if a country's economic development isn't measured in dollars, it doesn't make sense. So the story of Bhutan sounds like a fairy tale.

Even Bhutan's nicknames—Land of the Thunder Dragon, the Kingdom in the Clouds, the last Shangri-la—evoke a fantasyland. I've come here for a reality check, to immerse myself in Bhutanese culture, to see if fairy tales do come true and people can live happily ever after.

It's not Sunday, but I'm in church, or rather, a Buddhist temple inside our hotel in the city of Paro. The monk is conducting a ceremony, offering us blessings for a safe journey and giving us packages of prayer flags to take along. Their

significance becomes clear a couple of days later when I arrive at Dochula Pass just above 10,000 feet on a fog-shrouded, narrow, no-shoulder highway. Religion isn't just "A Sunday Kind of Love注" for the Bhutanese. Buddhism is part of daily life, the foundation of the culture.

Isolation from the outside world used to shelter Bhutan's unique culture, but that's changing. A 94-year-old local tells me, "When I was younger, I kept hearing stories about big powerful machines called trains that could carry

people quickly over long distances. I wanted to see one for myself, so I walked six days to the Indian border. There I hitched a ride on a truck, which was the first motorized vehicle I'd ever seen, and rode ten hours to see my first train." Bhutan still doesn't have its own trains, but in 1962 it got its first road and in 1983 its first (and only) international airport. Now I'm one of only about 25,000

tourists who find their way here each year. Far greater outside influence arrives via satellites and computers thanks to King Jigme Singye Wangchuck—the fourth Dragon King of Bhutan—having lifted the ban on television and the

Internet in 1999. Will this new technology "bring good things to life," as the TV commercial goes? I can only report that for the half hour I spent watching

people watch TV, the crowd was mesmerized by the latest episode of Bhutanese Idol.

Traveling the country, I visit the village of Kingathang, where a local farmer invites me to try some fresh- brewed arra, the local spirit. He gives me a tour of his home and introduces me to the 12 family members, covering four

generations, who live together under one roof. It is a scene I will see repeated again and again—old caring for young, young helping old, and all regarding it as the natural order. While visiting people in their homes, I also visit monasteries and temples to try to understand the philosophy that shapes the culture and inspires the national policy of Gross National Happiness.

I save the best temple for last, the Tiger's Nest Monastery, nestled 10,200 feet high on the side of a cliff. According to legend, Guru Rinpoche, who is credited with bringing Buddhism to Bhutan, was carried here on the back of a flying tigress. The monastery followed in 1692, built to mark one of the most holy sites in Bhutan. Fortunately, given today's shortage of flying tigresses, I can follow a foot trail to the top. I planned to ask a monk some grand question about the meaning of life. Instead, once I arrived I had more pressing concerns and simply requested a new set of knees so I could make it back down the mountain. I'm

not sure I gained any insights into the secret of Gross National Happiness up here, despite the great view.

Who knows whether the people in the faraway Kingdom of Bhutan will live happily ever after, but for now it's official government policy to foster that goal. And according to people who measure such things, the Bhutanese are in fact the happiest people in Asia and among the happiest in the world. My advice: See this country before it changes. There aren't many places like it. Some of the contentment here may be contagious. A bit of it even rubbed off on a cynic like me—at least for the time I was in Bhutan.

从前，在一个很远很远的国家，住着一位不同寻常的国王。他在那个小小的喜马拉雅王国宣布：“国民幸福总值比国民生产总值更重要。”虽然我们大多数人口头上认同这样的老生常谈——“金钱不能买到幸福”，但我们心里仍然相信一大叠钞票可以让你付清一笔相当金额的首付款，从而让我们面露笑容。一个国家的经济发展不以金钱来度量，这对我们来说根本说不通。因此，不丹的故事听起来就像天方夜谭。

仅仅是不丹的绰号——“雷龙之境”、“云中王国”、“最后的香格里拉”——已经能让我们联想起仙境。我来这里验证事实，让自己沉浸在不丹文化里，看看童话故事是否成真，人们能否真的“从此过上幸福的生活”。

虽然今天不是星期天，但我身处教堂，或者更确切地说，是帕罗市内我们所住酒店里的一座佛寺。僧人正在进行一种仪式，祈愿我们旅途平安，还给了我们一包包经幡随身携带。几天后，当我来到位于10000英尺（3048米）高处、云雾缭绕、没有路肩的狭窄的多奇拉隘口时，经幡的重要性开始显现。对不丹人而言，信仰不是一种“星期天的爱”；佛教是不丹人日常生活的一部分，是不丹文化的根基。

过去，不丹的与世隔绝庇护了其独特的文化，但现在这种情况逐渐发生改变。当地一位94岁高龄的老人告诉我：“我年轻时经常听说火车的故事，这种强大的机器能很快地将人带到

很远的地方。我想亲眼看看火车，于是徒步走了六天去到印度边境。我在那里搭上一辆卡车，这是我平生见过的第一辆机动车。坐了十个小时的卡车之后，我看到了人生的第一辆火车。” 虽然不丹现在仍然没有火车，但这个国家在19xx年建成了国内第一条道路，19xx年建成国内第一个（也是唯一一个）国际机场。每年仅有大约2.5万名旅客能到此游玩，我便是其中之一。更大的影响来自卫星和电脑，这要感谢不丹第四世国王吉格梅·辛格·旺楚克在19xx年解除了对电视和互联网的禁令。这样的新科技是否能像广告所说的那样“带来美好生活”？我只能这样汇报：我花了半个小时观察人们看电视的情形，人们都被最新一集的《不丹偶像》迷住了。

在这个国家旅行时，我探访了金加桑村。一位当地农民邀请我品尝当地新鲜酿造的“阿拉酒”。他还带我参观了他的家，向我介绍了他的12位家庭成员——他们四世同堂，住在同一屋檐下。这是我后来反复看到的一个画面——长护幼，幼助老，所有人都视之为自然秩序。除了到当地居民家中拜访，我还游览了各大寺院，试图理解这种塑造了不丹文化、启发了“国民幸福总值”这一国家政策的哲学思想。

我把最好的寺院——虎穴寺留到最后。这座寺院嵌在10200英尺（3109米）高的悬崖壁上。据传，将佛教带到不丹的莲花生大师骑着一只会飞的雌虎来到此地。1692年，此地修筑了虎穴寺，以纪念不丹最重要的圣地之一。虽然今天没有会飞的雌虎，但幸运的是我还可以沿着一条小径登上山顶。本来我打算向僧人提一些关于生命意义的宏观问题，但是最后，当我终于到达那里时，我却有了更为迫切的问题：我只求一对新的膝盖，好让我下山。我不确定自己在这里得到了什么关于“国民幸福总值”之奥秘的启发，不过此地风光确实绝美。 谁也不知道这个遥远的不丹王国里的人们是否能够“从此过上幸福的生活”，但至少现在促成这一目标已经成为当地政府的官方政策。另外，据衡量这些指标的人说，不丹人实际上是亚洲乃至全世界最幸福的人群之一。我的建议是：在这个国家改变之前来看看吧。世界上像这样的地方不多了。这里的满足感也许具有传染性，甚至像我这样愤世嫉俗的人也被感染了些许——至少当我身在不丹时是这样

活在当下:每一天都是全新的开始

It does not have to be January 1st to give yourself a chance to make the most out of your day — and your life. Every day is a new day and a fresh start to learn, grow, develop your strengths, heal yourself from past regrets or hurts, and move forward older and wiser. Every day gives you a chance to reinvent yourself, to fine-tune who you are, and build on lessons of what you have learned. It is never too late to change things that are not working in your life and switch gears, instead of thinking in the same old ways, hoping for a different outcome.

不一定非得要在1月1日才有机会最大限度地利用你的每一天，其实每一天都是一个全新的开始，让我们去学习、成长、发展自己的能力，让自己从过去的悔恨和伤痛中痊愈，变得更加睿智。每一天，我们都有机会根据以前所学的知识来重新调整自己。今天试着去改变生活中那些无益的事情，永远都不会太晚。改变思维，期待一个完全不同的结果。 Be nimble, be flexible, and keep and open mind to start each day anew! Flexibility is the key!

保持机警，懂得变通，保持开放的心态去开始每个全新的一天！灵活变通是关键！ Ask yourself: How do you wake up each day? Do you start your day going already feeling pressured and rushed? Do you go through the morning routine without much thought at all, doing what you "have to do" to start your day? 问问自己：你每天都是怎么醒来的？是否在你醒来的时候，你已经感到压力重重和慌张？你是否一切照常，而没有想太多你要做什么去开始新的一天？

How about starting each new day with a moment to stop, breathe and think of a positive intention for the day.

不如这样：每天伊始，让自己停顿一下，深呼吸并想一下这一天中的积极目的。 Think not just what you want to DO, but how you want to BE today?

不仅要想想你想做什么，还要思考你想以什么样的状态度过今天？

Each day is a new beginning and a blankslate. How would you like to create your day? Think of it as a blank canvas — what would you like to paint on it. What can you create? If you wake up in a negative mindset, you are more likely to paint a dark picture throughout the day, and your canvas will not reflect hope, happiness and joy.

每一天都是一个全新的开始，就像一张白纸。你想怎样度过你的每一天？把它想象成一匹白色的布——你想在上面画上什么，你能实现什么？如果你消极地醒来，很大可能就会让这一整天都蒙上深色的基调，而你的画布上也不会体现出希望、快乐和喜悦。

If you take each day to think positively, and have a positive intention for how you would like to create your day, how would your life be different? What positive outcome can reflect your positive intention?

如果你积极地看待每一天，对于如何度过每一天都有积极的想法，那么你的生命会有什么不同？你的正面想法又会有什么样的好结果？

What can daily positive intentions do for you? Every day you will give yourself the gift of an "attitude of gratitude."

每天都拥有积极想法会发生什么作用？那就是每一天你都能收到“感恩”这份大礼。

Visualizing how you would like your day will help release positive energy from within you and you will attract more positive energy from those around you. Instead of spinning your wheels in an old way of thinking, each day is a chance to reframe and re-look at things in a different way.

在脑海里构想下你的一天，能让你释放正面能量，你也能够从你的周边吸取更多的正面能量。不要带着陈旧的观点过下去，每一天都是从不同角度重新计划和审视一切的好机会。

You can experience each day an awe in the beauty and creation of the world — and the beauty of you who is in it!

带着敬畏之心经历每一天这个世界的美好和创造，还有生活其中美好的你。

You find yourself shifting from an "I can't mindset" to an "I can" mindset. 你就会发现原来你已经从原来的那个“我不能够”的思维模式切换到了“我能够”。

With a focus on positive intentions, you feel more empowered and more like a "victor" than a "victim."

保持积极的心态，你会感到力量无穷，更像一个胜利者而不是一个受害者。

You are more mindful of the present, and will be more likely to live fully in the present each moment of each day. After all, the past is a great place to visit, but you don't want to live there!

活在当下，就更有可能充实的过好现在的每一天。毕竟，过去只是一个回忆的好地方，而你不会想生活在过去！

So how about starting each day taking a moment to think of a positive

intention for the day? Each morning, write it down and reflect each evening on how you did!

所以为何不在每天伊始的时候，花一点儿时间思考一下今天的正面目的呢？每天早上都把自己的目标写下来，每天晚上反思你所做的！

Here are examples of Positive Intentions:

下是一些正面能量的例子：

"Today I would like to replace my feelings of annoyance towards my co-worker to feelings of acceptance."

“今天我想要把我对同事的厌倦转化为接受”

"I am looking forward today to focusing on what I am grateful for in my life, rather than what is missing, and express gratefulness to others."

“我希望今天能够感激所拥有的，而不是遗憾所失去的，同时向别人表示感谢”。 "Today I want to slow my life down and take time to savor the moment, especially with my children".

“今天我要放慢我的步伐，尽情享受一段时光，和孩子们的特别时光”。

Using each day to recommit yourself to positive thinking and intention will help you create the life you want and that you deserve!

每一天都保持积极乐观的想法和目标，能让你过上想要并值得拥有的生活！

心灵鸡汤:幸福路上的十道坎

1. Our miserable, detestable, deplorable jobs

If you love your job, great news. If you're like the other 95% of the population, then it sucks. Our jobs, although we may only be there for 40 hours a week, can

feel like a life-without-parole prison sentence. Like with prison, we feel trapped, hopeless, and doomed to a life we don't want.

2. Family stress

Having children is a true blessing and is the most wonderful thing in the world, but can also be and usually is the cause of an enormous amount of stress. Kidnapping, pedophiles, traffic accidents, injuries, and home invasions are all major concerns for any parent, but it's the whining, disrespectful behavior, tantrums, hitting, and lack of sleep that really gets to us.

3. Being apathetic

So many people have seemingly given up on ever having the life they want. Life truly wears them down and out and there is nothing but a shell of a person left. This is unbelievably sad but all too common. These folks are just going through the motions of life without any real direction, passion, or interest.

4. Being ordinary

The world needs more leaders, out of the box thinkers, action seekers, risk takers, and passionate people. What the world does not need is another average Joe living paycheck to paycheck.

5. No direction

With no goals or dreams, how can we expect to achieve anything significant? Dream big and get big results. Dream small and get small results. Don't dream at all and get nothing.

6. Not having passion for something

When someone can find their real passion in life, that should be a

momentousness event for them. Many people will go through their whole life without ever realizing what it is that gets their heart pumping, mind racing.

7. Being selfish

Giving something of yourself without the desire for anything in return is one of the most beautiful things in the world. Our society has taught us a "what do I get out of this" mentality which is breeding a generation of "takers". What we need more of is people who truly understand the power behind selflessness.

8. Not having a release

With the constant stresses life places on us, we all need a release. Finding a hobby, activity, or interest can be a life saver. Take up tennis, join a local business group, or learn another language. Without a release, life will almost assuredly bring you down.

9. Not bettering yourself

Life is about growing, learning, and being a better person. Never trying to improve yourself is a guaranteed path to living a completely average life. Can anyone honestly say they want an average life? Of course not.

10. Being empty inside

If you are walking around feeling like there is something missing in your life, you are far from being alone. Sadly, many people will spend their lives feeling this way. Some fill this void with religion, some fill it by having children, and some even fill it with drugs or alcohol.

1. 可怜可憎可悲的工作

假如你热爱你的工作，那么恭喜你。如果你和95%的人们一样，那么糟透了。我们或许一周只花40个小时工作，但感觉上却像是被判了无期徒刑。就像蹲监狱一样，我们觉得受束缚，绝望，注定要过一辈子我们不想要的生活。

2. 家庭压力

拥有孩子是真正的恩典，是世界上最美好的事情，但同时也可能成为并且通常是源源不断地压力的根源。绑架，恋童癖者，交通事故，受伤和入室行窃是每一位家长担心的主要问题。但是抱怨，不尊重的行为，发脾气，打架，睡眠不足的问题才是真正困扰我们的。

3. 心如死灰

如此多的人已经放弃了过上自己想要的生活。生活令他们精疲力竭，徒剩一副躯壳。这是相当可悲但同时又相当普遍的情况。这些人只是毫无方向、毫无激情、毫无志趣的随波逐流着。

4. 平庸无为

这个世界需要更多的领导、能够跳出固定思维的人、探索者、敢冒风险的人以及充满激情的人。不需要另一个沉迷于从薪水到薪水的世俗的人。

5. 毫无方向

没有目标，没有梦想，我们怎么能成就大业？有小梦想就会有小成就。没有梦想就什么也得不到。

6. 缺乏激情

当一个人发现生活中真正的激情时，那一刻堪称生命的里程碑。大多数人终其一生都不明白什么能让他们心跳加速、大脑飞转。

7. 自我中心 世界上最美好的存在之一是付出而不求回报。这个社会总是让我们关心“我能得到什么”，于 是我们变成了“索取的一代”。我们更需要那些能够真正懂得无私的伟大力量的人。 8. 不会放松 在生活给于的持久压力下，我们都需要放松。发现一个爱好，活动或兴趣可以成为我们生活 中的“救生圈”。打打网球，参加一个当地的商业组织，或者学一门外语。缺少了放松，生活 必定是令人失望的。 9. 不会自我提升 生活就是不断成长， 学习， 完善自我的过程。 从不努力提升自我是通往平庸生活的必经之路。 说实话，有谁愿意过平庸的生活呢？当然没有。 10. 内心空虚 如果你走来走去总会觉得生活中少了点什么，那么你就离孤独还远。不幸的是，很多人终其 一生都有这种感觉。有人用宗教来弥补这种空虚，有人用孩子，还有的甚至用毒品和酒精。中英双语故事两个哑巴的真挚爱情He is a mute, Although can understand others speech, Cannot say own actually feeling. S he is his neighbor, The girl who is bound by a common destiny with the grandmother. He really looks like an elder brother, Leads her to go to school, Accompanies her to play, Listens to her chirp with a smile grasps the speech. He only uses the hand signal and she converses, Possible she to be able to read his each look. Gazes at in her vision from elder brother, She knew he has likes oneself. 他是个哑巴，虽然能听懂别人的话，却说不出自己的真实感受。她是他的邻居，和外婆相依 为命。 他的确像个哥哥一样，领着她上学，陪着她玩耍，含笑听着她唧唧喳喳的讲话，领会她话中 的意思。

他只用手语和她交谈，而她能明白他的意思，可能她能读懂他的每一个表情。从他注视她的目光里，她知道他对自己心有所属。

Afterwards, She finally tests went to college, Extremely happy, He then starts to go all out to make money, Then sends continuously for her. She has not rejected.

Finally, She has graduated, Started the work. Then, she said firmly to him that, “Elder brother, I must marry to you!” He looked like only the frightened rabbit to escape, again is not willing to see her, how regardless of she does entreat.

Do you think i pity you? Do you think i appreciate you? no, i've fallen in love with you since i was12。But, She can not obtain his reply.

后来，她终于考上了大学，开心极了。他却开始拼命挣钱，然后不断地寄钱给她供她读书。她并没有拒绝。

终于，她毕业了，参加了工作。这时，她坚定地对他说：“哥，我一定要嫁给你！”他却害怕得像一只受惊的兔子一样，唯恐避之不及，无论她怎样哀求，他再也不愿见她了。

她对他说：“你以为我是同情你吗？想对你报恩吗？不是，我12岁时就爱上你了。”可是，她得不到他的答复。

One day, She has been admitted to the hospital suddenly. He has scared, Runs looks at him. Doctor said, In her throat steadily a lump, Although has excised, Destroyed the vocal cord actually, Possibly again also could not deliver the speech. On hospital bed, Her tearful eyes dance gaze he, Therefore they married.

Very many years, Nobody listens to them to deliver a speech. They use the hand, With pen, Converses with the look, Shares is joyful and is sad. They became have loved the object which the men and women envied. The people said,That pair of how happy mute husbands and wives!

Love could not prevent god of death arrival, He abandoned her to walk first.

The people feared she cannot undergo loses lover's attack to comfort her。By now, She takes back gazes at his portrait after-image the dull crazy vision, Opens the mouth to say suddenly that,“He walked.”

The rumor has revealed ............

有一天，她突然住进了医院。他吓坏了，跑去探望她。医生说，她喉咙里长了一个肿块，尽管已经被切除了，声带却意外被破坏了，可能她再也讲不了话了。病床上，她泪眼矇眬的注视着他，于是，他们结婚了。

很多年过去了，没有人听他们讲过一句话。他们用手、用笔、用眼色交谈，分享着生活中的喜悦和悲伤。他们成了男男女女羡慕的一对爱侣。人们说，“那一对哑巴夫妻多么幸福啊！” 但爱情阻挡不了死神的降临，他离开了她，先去了那个世界。人们担心她经受不住失去爱侣的打击，纷纷来安慰她。到这时，她收回注视着他遗像的呆痴迷失的目光，突然开口说了句：“他还是走了。

谎言已经被揭穿了

Zhuge Liang Pays a Mourning Call

三国故事之诸葛亮吊孝

This is a story from Three Kingdoms. Zhou Yu, chief commander of Wu, Was talented and proficient in strategies and tactics but was narrow-minded and intolerant of others. He discussed with Zhuge Liang plans to conquer Cao Cao while simultaneously pondering how to murder Zhuge Liang. Zhou Yu had been wounded by a poisonous arrow when he was attacking Nanjun. Zhou's wound burst when he learned that Zhuge Liang had already taken over Nanjun, Jingzhou and Xiangyang. Zhou Yu, with a healing wound, racked his brains for ways to capture Jingzhou. His strategies, however, were all seen through by Zhuge Liang who even sent him a mocking

message. Zhou Yu was vexed again. "Since You（the Heaven） made me, Zhou Yu, why did You make Zhuge Liang too?" Zhou Yu grudgingly asked before he took his last breath.

Learning of Zhou Yu's demise, Zhuge Liang decided to go to pay respects. Fearing that

Zhuge Liang might be murdered, Liu Bei send Zhao Yun with 500warriors to protect him. Before Zhou Yu's coffin, Zhuge Liang personally offered libation, kneeled on the ground, and read his eulogy. Tears of grief gushed forth from Zhuge Liang. All the generals from Wu were moved. When Lu Su saw Zhuge Liang was in such grievance, he said to himself, "Zhou Liang was narrow-minded and he brought on his own death."

东吴大都督周瑜,精通兵法,才智超群,只是肚量狭小,不能容人。他和诸葛亮共商破曹大计,可又想加害诸葛亮。周瑜攻打南郡时,曾身中毒箭。当诸葛亮趁乱用计先取南郡、荆州、襄阳后,周瑜一气之下箭伤复发。病中的周瑜仍想智取荆州,均被诸葛亮识破。周瑜一气再气,在"既生瑜,何生亮"的怨恨声中死去。

诸葛亮得知周瑜的死讯,决定前去吊唁。刘备怕诸葛亮被害,派赵云带五百军士保护。在周瑜柩前,诸葛亮亲自奠酒,跪在地上读祭文,泪如泉涌,悲痛不已,众将均被感动。鲁萧见诸葛亮如此悲痛,自言自语地说："周瑜肚量狭小,自取灭亡。"

Director Zhao Baogang has a lot to say about youth – his “youth” trilogy about the lives of the post-1980 generation testifies to the fact. 关于“青春”， 导演赵宝刚有很多话要讲——他的讲述80后生活的“青春三部曲”便是最好的证明。

In the 2007 TV series Struggle , the main characters fight to balance their successful careers with a romantic relationship. In My Youthfulness in 2009, a group of young people declare themselves their own masters and design their future.

在20xx年播出的电视剧《奋斗》中，主人公们努力在事业与爱情上寻求平衡，而在20xx年热播的电视剧《我的青春谁做主》中，则是一群年轻人宣告自己做主，规划未来。

The final installment, Beijing Youth, which just finished recently, is about revisiting youth and young dreams once again.

“青春三部曲”终极篇《北京青年》近日落下大幕，剧中讲述了主人公们重走青春、重拾梦想的故事。

Explored from different angles, the mental and emotional pain of growing up is the main theme throughout the three drama series.

“青春三部曲”从不同角度出发，揭示出人们在成长过程中遭遇的精神和情感上的双重痛苦这一主题。

In Beijing Youth, four cousins embark on a journey to rediscover their youth. They quit their jobs, leave their parents and Beijing, wander from place to place, earn a living from their passions, find love and realize their dreams.

在《北京青年》中，堂兄弟四人组踏上了重走青春的旅程。他们辞掉工作，离开父母和北京，游走于各地，凭着一腔热情自食其力，寻找爱情，实现梦想。

Zhao uses four characters to cover the entire post-1980 generation: He Dong, a civil servant on a stable salary; He Xi, a doctor, representing the growing bourgeois group; He Nan, an overseas returnee; and He Bei, who fools around without a job, but also wants to find his feet instead of depending on his rich dad.

赵宝刚以四个角色概述了整个80后：何东是位收入稳定的公务员；何西则是名医生，代表着逐渐壮大的中产阶层；何南是位海归；何北虽然整日游手好闲，却也想自力更生，而不是靠着有钱的老爸过日子。

In Beijing Youth, the stories of these characters are collected along their traveling routes, told through their experiences in different cities, including Yantai, Shenzhen and Lijiang.

在《北京青年》中，四兄弟的故事都发生在旅途中。剧中讲述了他们在烟台、深圳和丽江等不同城市的经历。

During this drifting phase, they go through everything together. While their love stories are touching, what is more important is how they prove that their youth is exclusive and cannot be copied.

在这段漂泊的日子里，他们共同面对所有事情。除了感人的爱情故事，最重要的是他们如何证明自己的青春是独一无二、不可复制的。

As always in Zhao’s work, the cast of Beijing Youth is filled with gorgeous young actors and there are many amusing and memorable lines. 正如赵宝刚以往的作品那样，《北京青年》的演员阵容自然少不了俊男美女，同时还有很多令人难忘的搞笑台词。

Their road of rediscovery becomes a symphony of emotional collisions and conflicts. It’s where the fun and entertaining part of the series really shines through.

他们重走青春的过程成了一部充满感情纠葛和冲突的交响乐。这也正是该剧从头到尾兼具搞笑和娱乐的所在。

“Youth is a very transient dream. When we wake up, it’s gone, along with all the memories of it,” Zhao said about the TV series in a press conference. “But throughout our lives, we always reflect on what youth has given us and what it has taught us.”

“青春是一场仓促的梦。当我们醒来，它已经离开，所有的回忆也随之逝去。”赵宝刚在该剧的一场新闻发布会上表示。“但是我们这一生中，却总是在回忆青春给了我们什么，教会了我们什么。”

“Everyone deserves a chance to regain their youth, especially young people. Because when you are young, you have nothing to lose.” “每个人值得重走青春，特别是年轻人。因为年轻没有失败。”