Just a Little Smile

by John W. Schlatter翻譯：未幾

一句問候，一個微笑，一次幫助，在我們看來也許微不足道，但對于某些人，卻是融化心中悲傷的法寶。所以，多向身邊的人展現你的關懷和善意吧，說不定你也能收獲滿滿的快樂！

Mark was walking home from school one day. He saw a boy in front of him. He haddroppedall of his books and clothes. Mark helped the boy pick them up and offered to carry some for him.

The boy told Mark something about himself. His name was Bill. He lovedvideo games, baseball and history, but he washaving trouble withhis other subjects.

They arrived at Bill’s home. Bill invited Mark to watch some television. The afternoon passed1)pleasantlywith a few laughs and some talk, then Mark went home.

They continued to see each other at school, had lunch together once ortwice a week, and then they both finished middle school. Three weeks before they left school, Bill asked Mark to have a talk with him.

Billreminded him ofthe day years ago when they had first met.

“Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I took away all my things from school. I had taken some of my mother’ssleeping pillsand I was going home tokill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I had done that, I would have missed a new friend and so many good times. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life.”

Every little hello, every little smile, every helping hand can save a2)hurtingheart.

詞組加油站

★video games電子游戲，視頻游戲

★have trouble with sth.

在某方面有麻煩，費勁做某事

★remind sb. of sth.使某人想起某事

★sleeping pill安眠藥

★kill oneself自殺

參考翻譯

一天，馬克正走在從學校回家的路上。他看到前面有個男孩。他所有的書本和衣服都掉地上了。馬克幫這男孩把東西都撿了起來，并且提出幫他提一些。

這個男孩跟馬克說了一些關于自己的事情。他的名字叫比爾。他喜歡電子游戲、棒球和歷史，但其他學科卻學得不好。

他們走到了比爾的家。比爾邀請馬克看一會兒電視。那個下午他們有說有笑，過得很愉快，接著馬克就回家了。

他們依然會在學校見到對方，每個星期一起吃一兩次午餐，后來兩人都中學畢業了。在離校的三周前，比爾約馬克見面聊天。

比爾讓馬克回憶起了幾年前他們初次見面時的情景。

“你可曾想過那天我為什么拿著那么多東西回家嗎？”比爾問道。“你知道嗎，我把自己在學校的所有東西都帶出來了。我拿了我媽媽的一些安眠藥，我當時正打算回家自殺。但是在我們一起有說有笑之后，我意識到，如果我那么做，我就會錯過一個新朋友和很多快樂時光。所以你知道嗎，馬克，當你那天撿起那些書的時候，你做的遠不止于此。你救了我的命。”

每一句簡單的問候，每一個淺淺的笑容，每次伸出援手都可能拯救一顆受傷的心靈。

名師考點小結

1.drop在本句中作及物動詞，意為“落下，掉下”，但也可作不及物動詞。例如：

I dropped the letter into the post-box.（作及物動詞）我把信投進了郵箱。

The glass dropped out of her hand.（作不及物動詞）杯子從她手中掉了下來。

2.twice a week意為“一周兩次”，常用來回答how often（多久……次、是否經常）提問的問句。對動作的頻率進行提問的問句，可用表示頻率的短語once a day（一天一次）、twice a week（一周兩次）、four times a month（一個月四次）、every day（每一天）等回答。例如

—How often does he surf the Internet? 他多久在網上沖浪一次？

—Once a week. 一周一次。

注意：英語中，once表示“一次”，twice表示“兩次”，從“三次”起用“基數詞+times表示多少次。例如：three times三次； five times五次。

1) pleasantly ['plez?ntl?] adv.愉快地，親切地

2) hurting [hз?t??] adj. 受傷害的；受損的