vThe smile "I was sure that I was to be killed.I became terribly nervous.I fumbled[1] in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes,which had escaped[2]their search.I found one and because of my shaking hands,I could barely get it to my * I had no matches,they had taken those."I looked through the bars at my * did not make eye contact with me.I called out to him 'Have you got a light?' He looked at me,shrugged [3]and came over to light my cigarette."As he came close and lit the match,his eyes inadvertently locked with * that moment,I smiled.I don't know why I did *s it was nervousness,perhaps it was because,when you get very close,one to another,it is very hard not to * any case,I * that instant,it was as though a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts,our two human souls.I know he didn't want to,but my smile leaped through the bars and generated a smile on his lips,* lit my cigarette but stayed near,looking at me directly in the eyes and continuing to smile."I kept smiling at him,now aware of him as a person and not just a * his looking at me seemed to have a new dimension[4] too.'Do you have kids?' he asked." 'Yes,here,here.' I took out my wallet and nervously fumbled for the pictures of my *,too,took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans and hopes for * eyes filled with tears.I said that I feared that I'd never see my family again,never have the chance to see them grow * came to his eyes,too."Suddenly,without another word,he unlocked my cell and silently led me * of the jail,quietly and by back routes,out of the *,at the edge of town,he released * without another word,he turned back toward the town."My life was saved by a smile." Yes,the smile―the unaffected,unplanned,natural connection between people..I really believe that if that part of you and that part of me could recognize each other,we wouldn't be * couldn't have hate or envy or fear.微笑 “一想到自己明天就沒命了,不禁陷入極端的惶恐.我翻遍了口袋,終于找到一支沒被他們搜走的香煙,但我的手緊張得不停發抖,連將煙送進嘴里都成問題,而我的火柴也在搜身時被拿走了.“我透過鐵欄望著外面的警衛,他并沒有注意到我在看他,我叫了他一聲:‘能跟你借個火嗎?’他轉頭望著我,聳了聳肩,然后走了過來,點燃我的香煙.“當他幫我點火時,他的眼光無意中與我的相接觸,這時我突然沖著他微笑.我不知道自己為何有這般反應,也許是過于緊張,或者是當你如此靠近另一個人,你很難不對他微笑.不管是何理由,我對他笑了.就在這一剎那,這抹微笑如同火花般,打破了我們心靈間的隔閡.受到了我的感染,他的嘴角不自覺地也現出了笑容,雖然我知道他原無此意.他點完火后并沒立刻離開,兩眼盯著我瞧,臉上仍帶著微笑.“我也以笑容回應,仿佛他是個朋友,而不是個守著我的警衛.他看著我的眼神也少了當初的那股兇氣,‘你有小孩嗎?’他開口問道.“‘有,你看.’我拿出了皮夾,手忙腳亂地翻出了我的全家福照片.他也掏出了照片,并且開始講述他對家人的期望與計劃.這時我眼中充滿了淚水,我說我害怕再也見不到家人.我害怕沒機會看著孩子長大.他聽了也流下兩行眼淚.“突然間,他二話不說地打開了牢門,悄悄地帶我從后面的小路逃離了監獄,出了小鎮,就在小鎮的邊上,他放了我,之后便轉身往回走,不曾留下一句話.“一個微笑居然能救自己一條命.”“是的,微笑是人與人之間最自然真摯的溝通方式.如果我們能用心靈去認識彼此,世間不會有結怨成仇的憾事;恨意、妒嫉、恐懼也會不復存在.背景介紹:《微笑》是法國作家安東尼·圣艾修伯里的作品,圣艾修伯里是名飛行員,二次大戰對抗納粹時被擊落身亡,之前他也曾參加西班牙內戰打擊法西斯分子.他根據這次經驗寫了一篇精彩的故事――《微笑》.他的代表作《小王子》是美國人都很熟悉的童話故事.
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