【温馨美文：心静如水】01 内心的宁静
《温馨美文：心静如水》
本书为“大学英语美文赏析”系列四级丛书之一。精心选取的40篇国外最新美文，从心灵、情感、教育、科普、社会、文体、励志和哲理八个方面为读者提供接触经典英文的机会。本书所有的文章均来自2005年之后的英语报纸杂志，选材新颖，结构安排合理，内容紧跟时代潮流，语言地道真实，既能提供英语美文的赏析，也能拓展视野，更好地了解英语世界和文化。
On peace of mind by Arthru Unknown
什么是幸福？ 健康、爱情、美貌、才华、权力、财富还是名誉？幸福可以有很多种，但是，不要忘了，最最重要的是，我们需要一颗宁静的心。
Joshua Loth Liebman "On my head pour only the sweet waters of serenity. Give me the gift of the Untroubled Mind."
Once, as a young man full of exuberant fancy, I undertook to draw up a catalogue of the acknowledged "goods" of life. As other men sometimes tabulate lists of properties they own or would like to own, I set down my inventory of earthly desirables: health, love, beauty, talent, power,riches,and fame.
When my inventory was completed I proudly showed it to a wise elder who had been the mentor and spiritual model of my youth. Perhaps I was trying to impress him with my precocious wisdom. Anyway, I handed him the list. "This", I told him confidently, "is the sum of mortal goods. Could a man possess them all, he would be as a god."
At the corners of my friend's old eyes, I saw wrinkles of amusement gathering in a patient net. "An excellent list," he said, pondering it thoughtfully, "well digested in contented and set down in not-unresonable order. But it appears, my young friend, that you have omitted the most important element of all. You have forgotten the one ingredient, lacking which each possession becomes a hideous torment."
"And what." I asked, peppering my voice with truculence, "is that missing ingredient?"
"With a pencil stub he crossed out my entire schedule. Then, haveing demolished my adolscent dream structure at a single stroke, he wrote down three syllables: peace of mind. “This is the gift that God reserves for His special Proteges." he said.
"Talent and beauty He gives to many. Wealth is commonplace, fame not rare. But peace of mind - that is His final guerdon of approval, the fondest insignia of His love, He bestows it charily. Most men are never blessed with it; others wait all their lives- yes, far into advanced age - for this gift to descend upon them." （From , Aug. 10th 2009）
（本书由浙江工商大学出版社授权沪江英语发布，严禁转载。）
温馨美文：心静如水——大学英语美文赏析（四级）
邬易平等 编译
出版社：浙江工商大学出版社
建议上架：故事•双语
