If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal—that is your success. All nature is your congratulation, and you have cause momentarily to bless yourself.
如果迎接金烏玉兔時莫不充滿喜悅，如果生活清芬可挹，猶如花草芳菲，如果生命更有彈性，更加燦爛不朽這便是你的成功。大自然的一切都會為你慶賀，你也能時時為自己祝福。－－Henry D. Thoreau: Highest Reality
她對語言學習有極大的熱情，精通英文、中文、日文和廣東話，並學習西班牙文。愛好旅遊，也愛認識來自不同文化背景的人士。作者擁有加拿大英屬哥倫比亞大學（University of British Columbia）商業學士學位，專攻財政，同時擁有美國德堡大學（DePaul University）的法律學位，目前全職從事法律工作，並兼職從事成人英語教學。
目 錄
Part 1 Reading Inspiration
1 ESSAYS & PROSE
1 Reading 讀書 H. D. Thoreau
2 Library 藏書室 R. W. Emerson/A. Smith
3 Civilization 文明 M. Arnold
4 Knowledge 知識 H. Keller
5 Learning 學問 E. Hemingway
6 Happiness 幸福 D. Hume
7 Truth 真理 A. Wright
8 Science and Art 科學與藝術 R. Chandler
9 Art 藝術 H. L. Gardner
10 Music 音樂 T. Browne/B. Britten
11 Taste and Judgment 品味和見地 R. Frost
12 Time 光陰 J. Addison
13 Direction 方向 O. W. Holmes
14 Courage 勇氣 H. Cosell
15 The Englishman 英國男人 G. Santayana
16 A Picture of Americans 美國人的寫照 A. MacLeish
17 The Native Americans 印第安人 B. Bernstein
18 Home 家 A. Quindlen
19 Supermarket 超市 R. Baker
2 SPEECHES & SAYINGS
20 People and Liberty 人民與自由 A. Lincoln
21 Hate and Nonviolence 仇恨與非暴力 M. L. King
22 Youth 愛因斯坦致青年的信 A. Einstein
23 Rules of Civility 禮貌守則 G. Washington
24 Sayings of Benjamin Franklin 富蘭克林名言 B. Franklin
25 Sayings of Chesterfield 切斯特．菲爾德名言 P. D. Stanhope
26 Sayings of Dr. Johnson 賽謬爾．約翰生名言 S. Johnson
27 Sayings of Francis Bacon 培根名言 F. Bacon
28 Sayings of Thomas Jefferson 湯瑪士．傑佛遜名言 T. Jefferson
29 Thoughts About Life 思考人生Good News Bible: Ecclesiastes: 7: 1-5
30 Warning 告誡 Good News Bible: Proverbs: 6:6-15
31 Money 金錢 Good News Bible: Ecclesiastes: 5:10-12
3 BIOGRAPHIES & DIARIES
32 Mahatma Gandhi 聖雄甘地 L. W. Leavitt
33 Scientist 科學家 I. Newton
34 Albert Einstein 艾伯特．愛因斯坦 P. Z.Bradbury
35 Marie Curie in the Laboratory
實驗室裡的瑪麗．居里 L. W. Leavitt
36 Benjamin Franklin 班傑明．富蘭克林B. Bernstein
37 Ambition 我的志願 M. Twain
38 My Uncle John’s Home 我叔叔約翰的家M. Twain
39 Adversity 逆境 A. Frank
40 Growing Up 成長 A. Frank
4 STORIES & FABLES
41 A Child’s Dream of a Star 孩子夢中的星星C. Dickens
42 Growing Up 成長 E. Yates
43 The Black Cat 黑貓 E. A. Poe
44 Old Town in America 美國舊城R. Carson
45 The Way to Rainy Mountain 雨山之路N. S. Momaday
46 Long Journey for School 漫漫求學路B. T. Washington
47 We Travel Towards the Moon 月球之行A. C. Clarke
48 The Very Proper Gander 非常正派的鵝J. Thurber
49 A Fable 寓言 H. C. Andersen
5 POEMS
50 A Grain of Sand 一粒細沙 W. Blake
51 I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud我獨自漫遊猶如一朵飄雲 W. ordsworth
52 Nature 自然 G. G. Byron
53 Happiness 幸福 W. Whitman
54 If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking如果我能阻止一顆心不破碎 E. Dickinson
55 A Birthday Poem (for Rachel)生日贈詩（給雷契爾） J. Simmons
56 Dreams 夢想 L. Hughes
57 Who Has Seen the Wind? 何人看見風？C. Rossetti
58 The Daisies 雛菊 J. Stephens
59 To- 給–— P. B. Shelley
60 The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock阿爾弗瑞德．普魯弗洛克的情歌 T.S. Eliot
Part 2 Reading Moments
1 Speeches & Countries
61 Declaration of Independence 獨立宣言Thomas Jefferson
62 The Four Freedoms 四大自由Franklin D. Roosevelt
63 American Dream美國夢Martin Luther King
64 Inaugural Address 就職演講
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
65 I Hear America Singing 我聽見美利堅在歌唱Walt Whitman
66 New York 紐約E. B. White
67 Nostalgia 鄉愁Carson McCullers
68 England and the English 英格蘭與英國人George Bernard Shaw
69 Westminster Abbey 西敏寺Joseph Addison
70 French Revolution 法國大革命Charles Dickens
71 The Battle of Waterloo 滑鐵盧之戰William Makepeace Thackeray
2 Biographies
72 Walt Whitman 沃爾特．惠特曼Oscar Wilde
73 William Shakespeare 莎士比亞Oscar Wilde
74 Three Passions 三種激情Bertrand Russell
75 Life Worth Living 生活值得活下去Jack London
76 Past Love 舊愛Edward Gibbon
77 Highest Reality 最高的真實Henry D.Thoreau
78 Be Lost 迷路Henry D. Thoreau
79 Flints’ Pond 弗林特池Henry D. Thoreau
3 Essays
80 The Problem of Mankind 人類的問題Martin Luther King
81 Social Problems 社會問題Margaret Mead
82 The Twentieth Century 二十世紀James Graham Ballard
83 Modern Man 現代人Erich Fromm
84 Cities and City Life 都市與都市生活Jonathan Raban
85 Poverty and the Poor 貧窮與窮人William James
86 Universe 宇宙George Santayana
87 Nature’s Ultrahumanity 超越人性的大自然John Fowles
88 The Sympathy of Nature 大自然的惻隱之心Nathaniel Hawthorne
89 Real Enjoyment 真正的享受John Ruskin
90 Experience 經驗Aldous Huxley
91 Thought and Thinking 想法與思考Virginia Woolf
92 Difference of Opinion 意見分歧Ralph Waldo Emerson
93 Conservatives and Radicals 保守派與激進派Ralph Waldo Emerson
94 Conscience 良心Cyril Connolly
95 Silence 沈默Henry D. Thoreau
96 Satire 諷刺Jonathan Swift
97 Idleness 懶散Samuel Johnson
98 Hate 仇恨Cyril Connolly
99 The Beloved 被愛者Carson McCullers
100 Love 愛情Ernest Hemingway
101 Youth and Lost 青春和失去的青春William Hazlitt
102 Age 年歲William James
103 How to Grow Old 如何安度晚年Bertrand Russell
4 STORIES & FABLES
104 A Spring Without Voices 寂靜的春天Rachel Carson
105 The Dog 狗Jack London
106 Childhood 童年Lillian Hellman
107 Writers 作家George Orwell
108 Happy Life 幸福的人生Charlotte Bronte
109 Day 白晝Thomas Hardy
110 The Rabbits and the Wolves 兔子與狼James Thurber
5 Prose & Poem
111 The Depths of Heart 內心深處Nathaniel Hawthorne
112 The Moon 月亮D. H. Lawrence
113 Birth 誕生William Wordsworth
114 My Heart Leaps Up 我怦然心動William Wordsworth
115 Joy and Sorrow 喜悅與悲喜Kahlil Gibran
116 Freedom自由Kahlil Gibran
117 Let Me Enjoy the Earth No Less 讓我盡情享受塵世之樂Thomas Hardy
118 Work 工作Kahlil Gibran
119 The Road Not Taken 沒有走的路Robert Frost
120 Our Bias 我們的偏見Wystan Hugh Auden
121 What It Is To Love 戀愛是怎麼一回事William Shakespeare
122 When You Are Old 當你老了William Butler Yeats
