Day 1 (7.2)
Be Still With God
by Nancy B. Gibbs
好句：
Suddenly, it dawned on me that I was dog-tired.
It suddenly dawns on me that ... 我突然明白/意识到/恍然大悟……
dog-tired adj. 筋疲力尽的（这应该就是累成狗的形象表达了~哈哈~）
思考：
我们需要发现生活当中的小确幸，可能是无意中飘来的音乐声、突然吹来的一阵徐徐的轻风、别人温暖地打招呼、劳动时外面传来的清脆的鸟叫声……事情虽小，但是同样能给我们带来舒心和快乐~
Day 2 (7.3)
Plant a Row for the Hunger
By Jeff Lowenfels
好句：
Out of the blue, I came up with an idea.
out of the blue 晴天霹雳地;出乎意外地;突然地[亦作 out of a clear (blue) sky]
思考：
一个小小的善意的行为，如果是个人的，产生的影响可能细微到难以发现，但是如果大家都行动起来，也会产生巨大的难以想象的能量~
Day 3 (7.4)
Beyond Expectations
By Milt Garrett
好句：
This means when you walk onto the showroom floor you're not bombarded with what I refer to as "beyond eager" sales people.
If you bombard someone with something, you make them face a great deal of it. For example, if you bombard them with questions or criticism, you keep asking them a lot of questions or you keep criticizing them. 连珠炮似地提问; 不断批评
beyond ：
1、越出，超出(范围、可能性、理解力)，非(理解力、能力等)可及，在…所不及处；(指程度)深于：
beyond help 无力帮助
beyond belief 难以置信
beyond comprehension 难以理解
It's beyond me why my daughter stole the money.
我女儿为什么偷了钱使我难以理解。
2、(品质等)胜过，超过，优于：
a success beyond one's expectations 出乎意料的成功
wise beyond his peers 比他的同龄人聪明
思考：
不管是在哪个行业，能够费尽心力站在对方的角度来思考问题，去行动，让对方感到舒心、信任，相信就能够做得很好~
Day 4 (7.5)
Just One Wish
By Margaret E. Mark
好句：
Margie always look forward to the arrival of Christmas, and this year was no different as winter began to settle like a warm blanket around Colby Point.
winter began to settle like a warm blanket around Colby Point 这句话写得太美了，很有画面感~
思考：
当一个人的愿望在众人的帮助下实现的时候，应该是无比惊喜和开心的~
Day 5 (7.6)
Working Christmas Day
By Victoria Schlintz
好句：
When it came to descriptions of their presenting problems, things got a little vague.
When it came to (+sth. / doing sth.)... 当提到……；就……而论
vague /veɪɡ/ adj. If something written or spoken is vague, it does not explain or express things clearly. 含糊的
思考：
对他人的一些善意的举动，可能就种下了善意的种子~
ps:曾经在中考阅读题上看到过一篇文章，就是由这篇文章改编过来的。阅读还是得从娃娃抓起呀~
Day 6 (7.8)
Light in the Window
By Eileen Goltz
好句：
Susan said she had just finished studying and was closing her drapes when she happened to glance across the courtyard of the quad and saw the candles shining in Ellie's window.
Drapes are long heavy curtains. (长且重的) 帘子 [美国英语]
quad /kwɒd/ 四方院子
思考：
一个人普通的一个举动可能会给别人带来很大的影响，希望这些影响都是好的方面的。而对于那些不在身边的人，最好的相处方式就是要照顾好自己了吧~
Day 7 (7.10）
Silent Angel
By Duane Shaw
好句：
The day's activities cease quickly after a yummy Christmas dinner and most of my ward mates slip off to sleep by seven or eight o'clock.
ward /wɔːd/ A ward is a room in a hospital which has beds for many people, often people who need similar treatment. 病房
slip off 匆忙脱去(衣帽等)
思考：
白衣天使们之所以受人尊敬，就是因为她们内心善良、有同理心、并且很有耐心地照顾病人，这些都值得我们学习和尊敬~
Day 8 (7.11)
Big Red
By Linda Gabris
好句：
Mother's eyes were glued to the massive flare of red shimmering satin, dotted with twinkling sequin-centered black velvet stars.
If you say that someone is glued to something, you mean that they are giving it all their attention. 使全神贯注
（很形象地描绘了妈妈对这件裙子的喜爱呢~）
思考：
虽然情节不算新颖，但是同样很好看。长久的婚姻就是需要好好经营，时常制造一些小惊喜，就像文中的爸爸给妈妈制造的小惊喜，让我想起来Sparks的《The Wedding》，结局真的非常意外和感人~
Day 9 （7.12）
River Baptism
By Garth Gilchrist
好句：
That water baptism sounded mighty Good.
mighty adv. （口语）非常地
思考：
有的孩子可能看似很狂野，但事实上不一定是狂野的，可能就是兴趣爱好不同而已，我们需要尊重孩子，包容多样化~
Day 10 (7.13)
Greatest of These
By Nanette Thorsen-Snipes
好句：
As my mind wandered back to the love Jonathan showed the little girl, a biblical verse came to me: "... these three remain: faith, hope and love."
“某人突然想起，突然浮现在脑海中”的几个表达方式：
sth. come to sb.
sth. occur to sb.
sth. dawn on sb.
思考：
生活当中不管是夫妻还是亲子关系，要有一双善于发现爱的眼睛，可能是抱怨或是怒气遮蔽了双眼，即使爱真的短暂地缺席了，自己也可以创造一些满含爱意的行动~只要心中有爱的滋养，相信生活也是爱意满满~
Day 11 (7.15)
By Diana Golden
好句：
My teammates on the United States Disabled Ski Team used to tease me about the size of my chest, joking that my greatest handicap wasn't my missing leg but my missing cleavage. Little did they know how true that would become.
To tease someone means to laugh at them or make jokes about them in order to embarrass, annoy, or upset them. 嘲笑; 取笑
思考：
一个人不管长成什么样子，有没有缺陷，都需要从内心深处坦然地接受自己，毕竟不是每个人都是天生帅气或者漂亮的，有时候缺憾也是一种真实的美~
Day 12 (7.16)
Burroville
By John Soennichsen
好句：
Maybe what this earth really needed was a few more unnamed canyons. Maybe there's some intrinsic value in knowing that some mountains will never be climbed, that a handful of jungles will remain unexplored.
intrinsic /ɪnˈtrɪnsɪk/ adj. If something has intrinsic value or intrinsic interest, it is valuable or interesting because of its basic nature or character, and not because of its connection with other things. 内在的; 本质的 [正式] [ADJ n]
思考：
对未知事物的好奇心和探险精神的确可以帮助我们发现更加精彩的神奇的世界，但是有时候适合而止更有意义一些~
Day 13 （7.17）
Diary
By Martine Klaasen
好句：
It was not until I picked it up that I realized that it was a diary.
It was only when I thought that I had lost my best friend that I realized that she was going to be around forever.
这两个句子都用到了强调句型，放到语境当中用的很恰当呢~
思考：
两个好姐妹在机场分别的场景，因为求学的原因，两姐妹可能以后要分别在大洋的两岸，会有不舍、难过、忐忑、还有对未来的美好愿望。虽然以后会分隔两地，但是小小的日记本又将两个人紧紧地联系到了一起~这个场景让我想起了一部不错的电影《布鲁克林》~
Day 14 （7.18）
Ramona's Touch
By Betty Aboussie Ellis
思考：
医生可以拯救许多人的生命，是伟大而神圣的。但是也有一部分人生存下来后可能会留下一些缺陷，从而变得自卑而敏感，如果医生能从生理和心理同时帮助病人恢复的话，那更是可遇而不可求的~
Day 15 （7.19）
As a Man Soweth
By Mike Buetelle
好句：
Good deeds beget good results; and evil deeds beget bad results.
思考：
我们需要以善意来对待这个世界，即使目前收到的不是善意的回应~因为善有善报，恶有恶报。充满恶意的时候绝对是收不到好回报的~
Day 16 （7.20）
Disaster on a Mountain
By Patricia Lorenz
好句：
At that moment something went through Ruth.
又见了一个表示灵光乍现的表达~
思考：
当人处于危险或者低落的情境中时，积极的信念说不定就能指引你走向好的那一方面，就能完全扭转局势~
Day 17 （7.21）
Manatee Meeting
By Linda Ballou
I suppose I will never know exactly what took place that morning. I like to think that the manatees included me in their celebration of a birth; that I was welcomed to meet the newest member of their tribe. But over time I have come to cherish the experience without questions.
人与自然、生物和谐相处的时候也是一种美好，可能语言没法形容，但是这种经历和美好的感觉也是难以忘怀的~
Day 18 （7.22）
Remember, We're Raising Children, Not Flowers!
By Jack Canfield
好句：
This renowned scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be afraid to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just opportunities for learning something new.
思考：
这篇文章似乎也被改编为阅读题，讲的是一个小孩不小心把牛奶瓶打翻了洒得地上到处都是，本以为妈妈会严厉批评他，没想到妈妈非但没有生气，反而和他一起打扫起了卫生，让他学会了不惧怕犯错，懂得从错误中吸取教训，承担相应的责任~真的是一位有智慧的好妈妈~
Day 19 （7.23）
Magic Snowball Time
By Colleen Madonna Flood Williams
好句：
My family carries on Papa's Magic. ... Think of us when the first snow flies ... as I think of my Papa and hope that someday my grandchildren will think of me.
思考：
家里有一些好的传统也是值得传承下去的，一方面可以培养好的家风，另一方面也可以留下一些属于家人间的美好记忆~
Day 20 （7.24）
The Day I Become a Mom
By Linda Jones
好句：
I discovered that being a mom isn't only going to ballet, and tap and gym recitals, and attending every school concert and open house. It isn't keeping a spotless house and preparing perfect meals. It certainly isn't pretending things are normal when they are not. For me, being a mom started when I could laugh over spilled milk.
思考：
不是每个人都能马上融入到所在的角色当中，尤其是爸爸和妈妈，都是在学习中成长，在成长中不断学习~要想做得好，就要不断学习~进步~学习~进步~
Day 21 （7.25）
The Gift of Music
By Brandon Lagana
好句：
I have never heard a guitar tuned like that before or since. He looked at me over his shoulder and nodded a thank-you before bringing his song to life on the guitar.
思考：
音乐就像魔法一样，即使没有歌词只有旋律，也能给人带来不同的感受，很神奇~
Day 22 （7.26）
A Change of Heart
By George Mapson
好句：
Christmas was approaching, and we were entitled to a twenty-five dollar Christmas fund for social services.
思考：
都说“穷人家的孩子早当家”，生活的艰辛让他们早早懂得了生活的不易，也能体谅家人的难处，当他们做出一些非常懂事的行为时，让人既感动又有些心疼~
Day 23 （7.27）
Speaking
By Cynthia Laughlin
I was no different from any other mother.
妈妈听到孩子说“妈妈，我爱你”的时候应该是最幸福的时刻了吧，尤其是对于那些语言发展迟缓的孩子的妈妈们，但是不要放弃希望，说不定哪个时候就会收到意外的惊喜~
