英语美文鉴赏之微笑英语美文鉴赏之微笑TheSmile微笑Smileateachother,smileatyourwife,smileatyourhusband,smileatyourchildren,smileateachother―itdoesn'tmatterwhoitis―andthatwillhelpyoutogrowupingreaterloveforeachother.经常保持笑容，对你的另一半、你的孩子微笑，甚至对陌生人也不要吝惜你的微笑，因为小小的微笑就能大大增进人与人之间的感情。――泰瑞莎修女ManyAmericansarefamiliarwithTheLittlePrince,awonderfulbookbyAntoinedeSaint-Exupery.Thisisawhimsicalandfabulousbookandworksasachildren'sstoryaswellasathought-provokingadultfable.FarfewerareawareofSaint-Exupery'sotherwritings,novelsandshortstories.法国作家安东尼·圣艾修伯里所写的《小王子》是本很多美国人都很熟悉的极好的书。这本书表面上看来是童话故事，但世故的成人读来也觉寓意深远。很少人知道，除了《小王子》，圣艾修伯里还创作过其他小说和短篇故事。Saint-ExuperywasafighterpilotwhofoughtagainsttheNazisandwaskilledinaction.BeforeWorldWarII,hefoughtintheSpanishCivilWaragainstthefascists.HewroteafascinatingstorybasedonthatexperienceentitledTheSmile.ItisthisstorywhichI'dliketosharewithyounow.Itisn'tclearwhetherornothemeantthistobeautobiographicalorfiction.Ichoosetobelieveittobetheformer.圣艾修伯里是名飞行员，二次大战对抗纳粹时被击落身亡，之前他也曾参加西班牙内战打击法西斯分子。他根据这次经验写了一篇精彩的故事――《微笑》，现在要提的就是这篇作品。这是真实故事或是虚构事情，没人能下定论，但我宁可相信这是作者的亲身体验。Hesaidthathewascapturedbytheenemyandthrownintoajailcell.Hewassurethatfromthecontemptuouslooksandroughtreatmenthereceivedfromhisjailershewouldbeexecutedthenextday.Fromhere,I'lltellthestoryasIrememberitinmyownwords.故事的前段大意是作者被敌军俘虏，关进监牢。看守监狱的人一脸凶相，态度极为恶劣。他心想，明天绝对会被拖出去枪毙。以下是我记忆中的故事原文。"IwassurethatIwastobekilled.Ibecameterriblynervousanddistraught.Ifumbledinmypocketstoseeiftherewereanycigarettes,whichhadescapedtheirsearch.Ifoundoneandbecauseofmyshakinghands,Icouldbarelygetittomylips.ButIhadnomatches,theyhadtakenthose."一想到自己明天就没命了，不禁陷入极端的'惶恐与不安。我翻遍了口袋，终于找到一支没被他们搜走的香烟，但我的手紧张得不停发抖，连将烟送进嘴里都成问题，而我的火柴也在搜身时被拿走了。"Ilookedthroughthebarsatmyjailer.Hedidnotmakeeyecontactwithme.Afterall,onedoesnotmakeeyecontactwithathing,acorpse.Icalledouttohim‘Haveyougotalight?'Helookedatme,shruggedandcameovertolightmycigarette."我透过铁栏望着外面的警卫，他并没有注意到我在看他，也许对他而言，我只是他看守的一样‘物品'、一具‘尸体'。我叫了他一声：‘能跟你借个火吗？'