雙語閱讀：眼裏有心眼鏡男孩找回自信

以下是小編整理的哲理類英語美文欣賞：眼裏有心 眼鏡男孩找回自信， 希望對你有所啓發。

Cody started life weighing 24 ounces.

Due to extreme prematurity, our son had eyesurgery to prevent blindness. As a result of thesurgery, he lost peripheral vision in his right his near sightedness would mean glasses andclose monitoring by an ophthalmologist for the restof his life.

Such a small price to pay, in our opinion, comparedto the alternative.

Cody wore glasses with great pride, making it abundantly clear to his little brothers thatMommy and Daddy also wore glasses, and wasn't it a shame that they didn't have anythemselves. This usually prompted a round of begging from his siblings that it was only fairthey get glasses, too.

Then kindergarten happened.

One day, a couple of kids at recess derailed Cody's bright outlook on having glasses in hispossession. One boy said, your glasses look stupid, Cody. Another kid yanked them off hisface and bent them.

Cody was a timid, small child. Seeing tears well up in his eyes, as he recounted the event,wrung our hearts dry.

Just recently though, something changed his outlook.

It was the morning of Valentine's Day. I shut off the alarm and groped around in the dark until Ifound my glasses. I donned them and without turning on the light, blindly made my way to thebathroom. I flipped the bathroom switch, and there I discovered why it was extra dark in mybedroom.

My husband, Stephen, had placed two red heart stickers on my glasses. And plastered all overthe mismatched antique mirrors above our bathroom basins were the same stickers.

"VALENTINE," my husband had scrawled on one mirror, "I LOVE YOU THIS MUCH!"

In one mirror was drawn a stick arm with a hand pointing west. And in the other mirror was thesame thing pointing east. I was chuckling under my breath, so as not to wake the rest of thehousehold, while staring at my reflection.

I penned my response in the mirror, "Thanks to you, sweetie, I've got hearts in my eyes!"

While dressing Cody for school, he whispered, "Mom?"

"Yes, big boy?" I whispered back.

"You got hearts on your glasses."

"Yep, I sure do."

"You're funny, Mom," he said, his eyes sparkling. We both climbed into the cab of the pickuptruck, where other hearts ambushed us. Stuck to the steering wheel was a heart. Anotherone was on the rearview mirror, on my truck key, on the stick shift, and on my wallet. Allcompliments of my heart?happy husband.

I peeled the hearts from my glasses and handed them to Cody. He stuck them carefully on hisown glasses and smiled the whole way to school.

I parked in front of his school.

"Get your book bag, sweetie," I said.

"Mom, can I wear my hearts to class?"

I debated it for a moment. Pulling a "stunt" like this could go either way. But the pleading inhis eyes sealed8 it for me. How could I deny him what may turn out to be a fun opportunity?

"I don't see why not, big boy."

I placed two hearts on my own glasses, and together we entered his school, hand in hand,parting the crowd in the hallway on our way to his classroom.

"Ha! Look at Cody Oliver! He's got hearts on his glasses!" one observer called out.

"Oh, look at Cody! How cute!"shouted another, pointing and giggling.

Cody smiled shyly, gripping my hand for dear life.

When we arrived at the doorway, classmates gathered around my little guy, while I saw himtrying to shake off the biggest grin I'd ever seen on his face.

"That's neat! Hearts on your glasses!"

"Cody, can I try them on?"

One little girl tugged at my sleeve. "Mrs. Oliver?"

"Yes?"

"I wish I had glasses."

I knew then without a doubt that Cody's outlook was back on track.

Just by having hearts in his eyes.

科迪出生時僅僅24盎司。

因爲是極度早產，我們的兒子做了眼部手術以防止失明。手術結果是，他失去了右眼的周邊視覺。右眼近視就意味着他終身都需要戴眼鏡，終身都需要有眼科專家的密切監察。

相對於失明，我們認爲這點代價實在是微不足道。

科迪極爲驕傲地戴上了眼鏡，那種驕傲勁讓他的弟弟們一眼就能看出：爸爸、媽媽都戴眼鏡，而他們卻不戴，簡直有點不像話。於是弟弟們時常輪番懇求也要戴眼鏡，否則不公平嘛。

轉眼該上幼兒園了。

有一天課間休息時，兩個小男孩徹底摧毀了科迪對戴眼鏡所抱有的自豪感。一個男孩說，科迪，你的眼鏡看上去好蠢。而另一個竟猛地把科迪的眼鏡摘下，把它弄彎。

科迪個頭小，生性靦腆。他回家跟我們說起

這件事時，眼淚直在眼睛裏打轉轉，我們的心裏好難受。

但就在最近，有件事改變了他對眼鏡的看法。

那是情人節的早晨。鬧鐘一響，我趕緊按住，然後在黑暗中摸索着找到我的眼鏡。我戴上眼鏡，沒有開燈，摸黑走進衛生間。輕輕按下衛生間的電燈開關，我才明白過來爲什麼臥室是那樣出奇地黑暗。

我先生斯蒂芬，在我的眼鏡片上分別貼了兩個紅色心形貼畫。而在我們衛生間盥洗池上方那些大小不一的古董鏡子上也都貼滿了紅心。

“我的愛，我這麼地愛你!”我先生在一面鏡子上潦草地寫道。

在一面鏡子上畫有一隻伸直的胳膊，手指向西邊。而另一面鏡子上也畫有一隻伸直的胳膊，手指向東邊。瞅着鏡中的自己，我使勁忍住不笑出聲來，怕弄醒丈夫和孩子。

我也在鏡子上寫下了我的回覆：“謝謝你，親愛的。我的眼裏滿是心!”

在給科迪穿衣服準備去學校時，他低聲說：“媽媽?”

“嗯，我的大男孩?”我低聲應和。

“你眼鏡上有紅心。”

“沒錯，有啊。”

“你真有意思，媽媽，”他說了句，眼裏放着光芒。我們倆鑽進小貨車的駕駛室裏，又有好多心將我們包圍。方向盤上貼有紅心，後視鏡上有一個，鑰匙上有一個，換檔桿上有一個，我的皮夾上還有一個。我那不知憂愁爲何物的老公真是大獻殷勤。

我把那兩顆心從我的眼鏡上揭下，遞給科迪。他小心翼翼地把它們貼到自己的眼鏡片上，去學校的一路上他都是笑眯眯的。

我在校門口停下來。

“拿上你的書包，寶貝，”我說。

“媽媽，我能戴着紅心上學嗎?”

我心裏鬥爭了一會兒。如此當衆“表演”可能一鳴驚人，也可能一敗塗地。但是科迪眼裏流露出的懇求讓我不再猶豫。我怎能剝奪有可能讓他開心的一個大好機會呢?

“我看沒有什麼不可以的，小夥子。”

我又把兩個紅心貼在我自己的鏡片上，然後我們一起走進學校，手拉着手，穿過走廊中的人羣，朝他的教室走去。

“哈!快看科迪-奧利弗。他眼鏡上有紅心!”一個人看見了，嚷了起來。

“啊，看科迪!多酷呀!”另一個發現者也嚷着，指着我們咯咯地笑。

科迪靦腆地微笑着，緊緊地抓住我的手。

當我們來到教室門口時，同學們圍住科迪，而我看到他在努力剋制他的笑容，那是我在他臉上看見過的最開心的笑容。

“真有意思!眼鏡上有心!”

“科迪，讓我戴一下好嗎?”

一個小姑娘扯了扯我的衣袖。“您是奧利弗太太?”

“是啊。你有什麼事?”

“我要是戴眼鏡就好了。”

就在那時，我一點也不再懷疑，科迪又重新拾回了他的自信。

很簡單，就是讓眼裏有心。