Smile Power

余明朝

Like a flower with a pleasant scent， your smile can draw people close enough to see inside you. Thats smile power. A smile has the power to radiate the qualities that make you beautiful on the inside—kindness， friendship， honesty， respect， patience， and self?control. So please give smiles away like flowers. Let your smile be an invitation for others to get to know the great person behind the smile. Then let people see that your smile doesnt stop at your mouth. It goes all the way to your heart. On the other hand， we are drawn to people who smile and we want to know a smiling person and figure out what is so good. Frowns， scowls and grimaces all push people away—but a smile draws them in.

Next time you are feeling down， try putting on a smile. Theres a good chance your mood will change for the better. Smiling can trick the body into helping you to have good feelings. So smile is a good state of mind， you have a smile， then you will have better feelings. So when you are smiling you lighten up the room， change the moods of others， and make things happier.

The muscles we use to smile lift the face， making a person appear younger. Dont go for a face lift， just try smiling your way through the day—youll look younger. Then you will feel better and have more confidence， thus are more likely to be promoted， and more likely to be approached. Put on a smile at meetings and appointments and people will react to you differently because of your confidence.

Stress can really show up in our faces. Smiling helps to prevent us from looking tired， worn down， and overwhelmed. When you are stressed， take time to put on a smile. This is because when you smile， there is a measurable reduction in your blood pressure. You can sit for a few minutes， take a reading. Then smile for a minute and take another reading while still smiling. You will be happy to see your stress disappear quickly.

Now try to think of something negative without losing the smile. Its hard. When we smile our body is sending the rest of us a message that “Life is Good！” Stay away from depression， stress and worry by smiling. So smile is a positive state of mind， every time you smile at someone， it is an action of love， a gift to that person， a beautiful thing and then other people will also answer your smile.

【重點(diǎn)短語(yǔ)分析】

1. feel down 感到沮喪；情緒消沉。例如：

Next time you feel down， go to turn on your favorite song， and sing and dance alone like there is no tomorrow. 下次你感到沮喪時(shí)，去放你最愛(ài)的那首歌吧，隨之歌唱起舞，就像沒(méi)有明天一樣。

There are times when youre going to feel happy and equally there are times when you are going to feel down. 有的時(shí)候你會(huì)感到快活高興，喜氣洋洋；同樣的，有時(shí)候你也會(huì)感到沮喪低落，郁郁寡歡。

2. wear down 磨損，變舊；使衰弱，疲憊不堪。例如：

She was worn down with fatigue. 她已疲憊不堪。

As the teeth wear down， new ones start growing. 隨著舊牙的磨損，新牙開(kāi)始長(zhǎng)出來(lái)。

【長(zhǎng)難句分析】

1. A smile has the power to radiate the qualities that make you beautiful on the inside. 微笑有種力量，使你的內(nèi)在美通過(guò)微笑傳遞給別人。

分析： 本句使用了定語(yǔ)從句，修飾名詞qualities。定語(yǔ)從句是由關(guān)系代詞（that， which， who， whose）或關(guān)系副詞（when， where， why）引導(dǎo)的從句，其作用是做定語(yǔ)修飾主句的某個(gè)成分。例如：

Four tall girls removed all the books， then went out and returned with trays which were handed round. 四個(gè)高個(gè)兒女孩收拾好所有的書(shū)后出去了，然后帶著分發(fā)的盤(pán)子回來(lái)。

Avoid activities that will make you sweaty. 避免讓你流汗的活動(dòng)。

2. Let your smile be an invitation for others to get to know the great person behind the smile. 讓你的微笑吸引別人來(lái)了解微笑背后的這位偉大人物。

分析： 句中“for sb./sth. to do sth.”是動(dòng)詞不定式復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)做后置定語(yǔ)。例如：

In 1969， DARPA， a US defense organization， developed a way for all their computers to “talk” to each other through the telephone. 1969年，一個(gè)名叫DARPA的美國(guó)國(guó)防組織，研發(fā)出一種使他們所有的電腦通過(guò)電話“交談”的方法。

There is nothing for us to fear. 我們無(wú)所畏懼。

Its time for me to take stock of where my life is now， look at what lies ahead， and gather the necessary skills， supports and supplies I will need for the journey. 我該認(rèn)真思考一下我的生活到底在哪里，看一看前面的路是什么樣，如何獲得接下來(lái)的旅程所必需的技能、支持和物資。

3. Next time you are feeling down， try putting on a smile. 下次你情緒低落的時(shí)候，試著努力笑一個(gè)。

分析： each time， every time， the first time， the last time， the minute/instant/moment， （the）next time， any time， by the time等名詞詞組充當(dāng)從屬連詞引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句時(shí)，名詞后不能加when。例如：

And lets not forget his amazing patience building and rebuilding over and over each time wed throw ourselves into those soft， wavy piles. 每當(dāng)我們把自己投進(jìn)那柔軟的波浪似的葉堆時(shí)，又怎能忘記他那驚人的耐心，一次又一次的堆積和重堆。

The first time the king saw her， he fell in love with her. 國(guó)王一見(jiàn)到她，就愛(ài)上了她。

4. Put on a smile at meetings and appointments and people will react to you differently because of your confidence. 在開(kāi)會(huì)或約會(huì)時(shí)面帶微笑，人們會(huì)因你的自信而對(duì)你表現(xiàn)出不同的態(tài)度。

分析： “祈使句+and+簡(jiǎn)單句”結(jié)構(gòu)。其中祈使句表示一個(gè)條件，并列連詞and引導(dǎo)的簡(jiǎn)單句表示結(jié)果，謂語(yǔ)常用一般將來(lái)時(shí)。例如：

Give him an inch， and he will take an ell. 得寸進(jìn)尺。

Act with your own purpose， and you will have the life you want. 為你的目標(biāo)而奮斗，你就會(huì)擁有自己想要的生活。