读点好英文:My Life Was Saved by a SmiIe　一个微笑挽救了一条生命

My Life Was Saved by a SmiIe　一个微笑挽救了一条生命

·Tracy Anderson·

I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribIy nervous.I fumbled in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had escaped their search.I found one and because of my shaking hands, I could barely get it to my lips.But I had no matches-they had taken those.

I looked through the bars at my jailer. He did not make eye contact with me.I called out to him，“Have you got a light?”He looked at me, shrugged and came over to light my cigarette.

As he came close and lit the match, his eyes inadvertentIy locked with mine. At that moment, I smiled.I don't know why I did that.Perhaps it was nervousness, perhaps it was because, when you get very close, one to another, it is very hard not to smile.In any case, I smiled.In that instant, it was as though a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls.I know he didn't want to, but my smile leaped through the bars and generated a smile on his lips, too.

He lit my cigarette but stayed near, looking at me directly in the eyes and continuing to smile. I kept smiling at him, now aware of him as a person and not just a jailer.And his looking at me seemed to have a new dimension, too.

“Do you have kids?”he asked.

“Yes, here, here.”I took out my wallet and nervously fumbIed for the pictures of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans and hopes for them.My eyes filled with tears.I said that I feared that I'd never see my family again, never have the chance to see them grow up.Tears came to his eyes, too.

Suddenly, without another word, he unlocked my cell and silently led me out. Out of the jail, quietly and by back routes, out of the town.There, at the edge of town, he reIeased me.And without another word, he turned back toward the town.

My life was saved by a smile. Yes, the smile-the unaffected, unplanned, natural connection between people.I really believe that if that part of you and that part of me could recognize each other, we wouldn't be enemies.We couldn't have hate or envy or fear.

特雷西·安德森

一想到自己明天就没命了，我不禁陷入极度的惶恐之中。我翻遍了口袋，终于找到一支没被他们搜走的香烟，但我的手紧张地不停发抖，连将烟送进嘴里都成了问题，而我的火柴也在搜身时被拿走了。

我透过铁栏望着外面的狱警，他并没有注意到我在看他。我叫了他一声：“能跟你借个火吗？”他转头望着我，耸了耸肩，然后走过来，点燃了我的香烟。

当他帮我点火时，他的眼睛无意中扫到我的眼，这时我突然冲着他微微一笑。我不知道自己为何有这般反应，也许是因为过于紧张，也许是因为当你如此靠近一个人时，你很难不对他微笑。不管是出于什么理由，我对他笑了。就在这一刹那，这抹微笑如同火花般打破了我们二人心灵间的隔阂。受到了我的感染，他的嘴角也不自觉地现出了笑容，虽然我知道这并不是他的原意。

他点完火后并没立刻离开，而是两眼盯着我看，脸上仍带着微笑。我也以笑容回应，仿佛他是我的朋友，而不只是守着我的警卫。他看我的眼神仿佛也少了当初的那股凶气。

“你有小孩吗？”他开口问道。

“有，你看。”我拿出了皮夹，手忙脚乱地翻出了我的全家福照片。他也掏出了照片，并且开始讲述他对家人的期望与计划。这时我眼中充满了泪水，我说我害怕再也见不到家人，害怕没机会看着孩子长大。他听着也流下了两行热泪。

突然，他二话不说打开了牢门，悄悄地带我从后面的小路逃离了监狱，逃出了小镇。就在小镇边上，他放了我，之后便转身往回走，不曾留下一句话。

一个微笑居然能救自己一条命。是的，微笑是人与人之间最自然真挚的沟通方式。如果我们能用微笑去认识彼此，世间就不会有结怨成仇的憾事；恨意、妒忌、恐惧也就不复存在了。

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核心单词

terribIy['terəbli]adv.可怕地；很，非常

inadvertentIy[,inəd'və：təntli]adv.不慎地；非故意地

generate['dʒenəreit]v.产生，发生；造成，引起

fumbIe['fʌmbl]v.乱摸；摸索

reIease[ri'li：s]v.释放，解放；放松；松开

envy['envi]n.妒忌；羡慕

实用句型

I said that I feared that I'd never see my famiIy again, never have the chance to see them grow up.

我说我害怕再也见不到家人，害怕没机会看着孩子长大。

①这里的I’d是I would 的省略形式。

②see后用不带to的不定式，类似的词还有help、suggest、hope等。

翻译练习

1.他们从南方远道来看我。（come over）

2.医生已拔掉了我的坏牙。（take out）

3.积雪的山上挤满了年轻的滑雪者。（fill with）