美文欣赏

引言：

笑有助于消化，笑能减轻压力，笑，是长寿的秘方。

No living creature can laugh except man. Trees may bleed when they are wounded, and beasts in the field will cry in pain and hunger, yet only I have the gift of laughter and it is mine to use whenever I choose. Henceforth I will cultivate the habit of laughter.

I will smile and my digestion will improve; I will chuckle and my burdens will be lightened; I will laugh and my life will be lengthened for this is the great secret of long life and now it is mine.

I will paint this day with laughter; I will frame this night in song. Never will I labor to be happy; rather will I remain too busy to be sad. I will enjoy today's happiness today. It is not grain to be stored in a box. It is not wine to be saved in a jar. It cannot be saved for the morrow. It must be sown and reaped on the same day and this I will do, henceforth.

And with my laughter all things will be reduced to their proper size. I will laugh at my failures and they will vanish in clouds of new dreams; I will laugh at my successes and they will shrink to their true value. I will laugh at evil and it will die untasted; I will laugh at goodness and it will thrive and abound. Each day will be triumphant only when my smiles bring forth smiles from others and this l do in selfishness, for those on whom l flown are those who purchase not my goods.
参考译文

只有人类才会笑。树木受伤时也会流“血”，禽兽也会因痛苦和饥饿而哭嚎哀鸣，然而，只有我才具备笑的天赋，可以随时开怀大笑。从今往后，我要培养笑的习惯。 笑有助于消化，笑能减轻压力，笑，是长寿的秘方。现在我终于掌握了它。

我要用笑声点缀今天，我要用歌声照亮黑夜。我不再苦苦寻觅快乐，我要在繁忙的工作中忘记悲伤。我要享受今天的快乐，它不像粮食可以贮藏，更不似美酒越陈越香 笑声中，一切都显露本色。我笑自己的失败，它们将化为梦的云彩；我笑自己的成功，它们回复本来面目；我笑邪恶，它们远我而去；我笑善良，它们发扬光大。我要用我的笑容感染别人，虽然我的目的自私，但这确是成功之道，因为皱起的眉头会让顾客弃我而去。 。我不是为将来而活。今天播种今天收获。
词汇释义

1.henceforth adv.从此以后，从今以后

例句：

He has promised to behave better henceforth.
他答应从今以后要表现得好些。

2.chuckle n. 咯咯的笑声, 轻笑

例句：

He gave a quiet chuckle.
他轻声一笑。

3.lengthen v. 加长,延长,使...长

例句：

Could you lengthen your speech out by adding some examples?
你不可以增加些例子，把发言拉长一些吗？

4.morrow n. [the -]翌日

例句：

Take therefore no thought for the morrow. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
所以，不要为明天忧虑；因为明天自有明天的忧虑；一天的难处一天当就够了。

5.triumphant adj. 得胜的,得意扬扬的

例句：

The victorious general made a triumphant return.
这位打了胜仗的将军凯旋而归。