【文章內容簡介】 這些勵志美文!英語故事短文勵志：快樂就是這么簡單Do you want to be happy? Of course you do, but according to new research, resting and relaxation are no way to go about ?你當然想啦，不過最新研究顯示，休息放松可不能讓你快樂起來。You39。re better off going to the theatre or exercising。even a visit to the library beats lounging around on the ，或者去做運動，即使是去圖書館看書也比躺在沙發(fā)上無所事事要強。Such were the findings of a joint study by the University of Sussex and the London School of Economics, which has e up with a list of 33 activities that make us ，從中還得出了一份清單，列出了33件可以讓我們快樂的事。One thing39。s for certain, texting and social media e at the bottom of the list, only increasing our happiness by a puny per ，%，排在了列表的末尾。But happiness doesn39。t have to e from other can e from withinand connecting with the world around ，它還可以源于自身，與你周圍的世界有著緊密的聯(lián)系。英語故事短文勵志：園藝的快樂A few years ago I went through a period of such severe depression that life didn39。t seem worth was like permanent winter, so bleak and cold that the sun would never ，我曾有一段時間患了嚴重的抑郁癥，生活于我?guī)捉鼰o可眷戀。我感覺身處永久的嚴冬，連陽光也無法穿透刺骨的寒冷。Then I saw snowdrops pushing through the freezing, ironhard looked at them every day until I felt that if they could e back to life, then so could 。我每天看著它們，心想，如果它們可以挺過這個寒冬，那我也可以。Those green shoots gave me hope in a way that nothing else ，用獨特的方式給我?guī)砹讼Ｍs spring came, I started to put in more and more plants, until the garden was ablaze with was growing through my hands。gentle, peaceful, but, above all, I gave love, it was returned, a ，我開始不斷地在花園里種各種花草，整個花園都充滿了鮮艷的色彩。生命通過我的雙手不斷成長，迸發(fā)著柔和寧靜、樂觀向上的氣息。我給它們的愛意，它們百倍地回報了我。I could spend hours lost in form of depressive illness I have is has affected generations of my family and follows no rhyme, reason nor can be depressed when the sun is shining or I am surrounded by a group of loving ，不知不覺就會度過好幾個小時。我患有的抑郁癥是遺傳性的，已經影響了我家里好幾代人，無規(guī)律可循，原因不明，也不知道什么時候會發(fā)作。無論是陽光燦爛的時候，還是和一群好朋友在一起，我都有可能會郁郁寡歡。Of course, fresh air and exercise help to alleviate depression, but for me gardening is more than represents endurance as well as ，呼吸新鮮空氣和做運動能夠減輕抑郁的癥狀，但對我來說，園藝不僅僅是一種治療的手段。它代表著忍耐和希望。At the end of the first garden I made stood a tree, huge and withstood freezing temperatures and galeforce bent but never ，我親手種了一棵樹，高大茂盛，經得住刺骨的嚴寒和凜冽的暴風，即使被吹彎了也從來沒有折斷過。The leaves dropped until it looked no more than a stark skeleton, but it always, always came back to so I learned that we may be battled and bruised, but hope is a living ，最后只剩下光禿禿的樹枝，它總是可以恢復生機。從中我懂得了一個道理：我們會經受考驗，會跌倒受傷，但希望是不滅的。英語故事短文勵志：孤島上的故事The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited ，唯一的生存者隨著潮水，漂流到一座無人島上。He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him,他天天激動地祈禱神救他能夠早日離開此處，回到家鄉(xiāng)。and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed ，但卻是除了汪洋一片，什么也沒有。Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and to store his few ，他決定用那片帶他到小島的木頭造一個簡陋的小木屋，以保護他在這險惡的環(huán)境中生存，并且保存他所有剩下的東西。But then one day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, the smoke rolling up to the ，在他捕完食物后，準備回小屋時，突然發(fā)現(xiàn)他的小屋竟然陷在熊熊烈火之中，大火引起的濃煙不斷向天上竄。The worst had happened。everything was ：他所有的一切東西，在這一瞬間通通化為烏有了。He was stunned with grief and anger.“God how could you do this to me!” he ，氣憤的對天吶喊著：神啊!你怎么可以這樣對待我!頓時，眼淚從他的眼角中流出。Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the ，他被一艘正靠近小島的船只的鳴笛聲所吵醒。It had e to rescue ，有人來救他了?！癏ow did you know I was here?” asked the weary man of his rescuers.“We saw your smoke signal,” they ，他問那些船員說：「你怎么知道我在這里?」It is easy to get discouraged when things are going bad.「因為我們看到了信號般的濃煙。」他們回答說。人在碰到困難時，很容易會沮喪。But we shouldn39。t lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of