An Invisible Smile
佚名 / Anonymous
Mr. Dawson was an old grouch, and everyone in town knew it. Kids dared not to go into his yard to pick a yummy apple, because Dawson, they said, would come after you with his BB gun.
When, one Friday, Janet and Amy got close enough to his house, Dawson looked up with his usual frown. But when he saw it was Amy, he put on a broad smile and said, “Hello! Miss Amy. I see you’ve got a little friend today. ”
Amy smiled back and told him Janet was staying overnight and they were going to listen to music and play games. Dawson told them that sounded fun, and offered them each a fresh apple picked off his tree. They gladly accepted—Dawson had the best apple in town.
When they got out of Dawson’s earshot, Janet asked, “Everyone says he’s the meanest man in town. How come he was so nice to us?”
Amy explained that when she first started walking past his house he wasn’t very friendly and she was afraid of him, but she pretended he was wearing an invisible smile and so she always smiled back at him. It took a while, but one day he half-smiled back at her.
After some more time, he started smiling real smiles and then started talking to her, just a“hello”at first, and then more. She said he always offers her an apple now, and is always very kind.
“An invisible smile?”questioned Janet.
“Yes, ”answered Amy, “my grandma told me that if I pretended I wasn’t afraid and pretended he was wearing an invisible smile at me and I smiled back at him, that sooner or later he really would smile. Grandma says smiles are contagious. ”
If we remember what Amy’s grandma said, that everyone wears all invisible smile, we also will find that most people can’t resist our smile after a while. All it takes to uplift the day is to remember to give that smile away! You can’t save them, you can’t store them. The only way they are any good is to share. Giving a smile away takes so little effort and time. Let’s make sure that we are not the one that others have to pretend is wearing an invisible smile.
道森先生是一个脾气很怪的老头，这在镇上是众所周知的事。孩子们都害怕去他的院子里摘美味的苹果，因为大家都说道森会拿着气枪追着打进了院子的人。
星期五那天，珍妮特和艾米走近道森先生家时，他如往常一样眉头紧锁地望着她们，可是当他认出艾米时，便立刻微笑着问候道：“你好，艾米小姐，今天和朋友在一起啊。”
艾米也微笑着回答他，今晚她们要一起过夜、听音乐、玩游戏。道森先生说，这听起来很有趣，还从他的树上给她们每个人摘了新鲜的苹果。她们兴奋地收下了——道森先生家的苹果是镇上最美味的。
走远后，珍妮特问：“每个人都说他是镇上最吝啬的人，可他为什么对我们这么好呢？”
艾米解释说，她第一次路过道森家时，他很不友好，艾米很怕他，可她假定道森脸上有一种隐形的微笑，所以她总是微笑着面对他。过了一段时间之后，有一天，道森也冲她挤出了微笑。
后来过了很久，他才开始绽放出真正的笑容，还开始与她交谈，一开始仅仅是“你好”，后来慢慢地话就多了。艾米说他现在总是给她苹果，而且一直很友好。
“看不见的微笑？”珍妮特问。
“是的，” 艾米回答说，“奶奶告诉我，只要我装作一点也不惧怕，假装道森先生正在对我绽露他隐形的微笑，同时我也冲他微笑，他迟早会绽露出真正的笑容。奶奶说微笑是可以传染的。”
如果我们记住艾米的奶奶说过的话，每个人都有看不见的微笑，我们就会发现，其实大多数人很快会对真正的微笑妥协的。要让每一天都激情振奋，切记要时刻绽露笑容！你无需保留微笑，也无需储存微笑。使微笑体现其价值的唯一方法就是分享。赠送一个微笑并不费力，也不费时。让我们来确定一下，我们自己不是那种要让别人来假定我们是带着隐形的微笑的人。
记忆填空
1. Amy smiled and told him Janet was staying overnight and they going to listen to music and play . Dawson told them that sounded , and offered them each a fresh apple picked off his . They gladly accepted—Dawson had the apple in town.
2. If we remember Amy’s grandma said, that everyone wears all invisible , we also will find that people can’t resist our smile after a while. All it takes uplift the day is to remember to that smile away!
佳句翻译
1. 道森先生是一个脾气很怪的老头，这在镇上是众所周知的事。
2. 如果我们记住艾米的奶奶说过的话，每个人都有看不见的微笑，我们就会发现，其实大多数人很快会对真正的微笑妥协的。
3. 你无需保留微笑，也无需储存微笑。
短语应用
1. But when he saw it was Amy, he put on a broad smile and said,“Hello! Miss Amy. I see you’ve got a little friend today.”
put on：穿上，戴上(衣、帽、眼镜等)；露出
2. Dawson told them that sounded fun, and offered them each a fresh apple picked off his tree.
pick off：摘下摘掉；拔去