《常春藤英语》杂志最后一篇故事简短版的主题是“永不放弃”。故事讲述了一个小鸟不断尝试飞行，经过不懈努力终于成功。这个故事告诉我们，无论遇到多少挫折和困难，只要不放弃，坚持努力，就一定能够成功。这也是一个鼓舞人心的故事，给人们带来了无限的勇气和信心。
《最后一片常春藤叶》是美国作家欧·亨利的短篇小说，讲述了一个年轻画家琼珊因为患肺炎而失去活着的信念，她将生命的希望寄托在窗外最后一片藤叶上，以为藤叶落下之时，就是她生命结束之时。不料，藤叶经历了风吹雨打却迟迟不掉，这给了琼珊重新燃起了生活的信念，病情也因此好转。最后才知道这是她坏脾气的邻居贝尔曼为了让她生出活的信心而画的叶子。
以下是《最后一片常春藤叶》的英语故事简短版：
In a run-down tenement building, a young artist named Joanie lay sick in bed with pneumonia. She had given up all hope of recovery and decided that when the last ivy leaf on the vine outside her window fell, she would let go of life. However, day after day, the leaf stayed firmly attached to the vine.
One stormy night, Joanie heard a tapping at her window. It was her neighbor, an elderly man named Behrman, who had been sick with cancer. He told her that he could see how much she loved the ivy and that he had painted a fake leaf on the vine to keep her hopes alive. The leaf had delayed Joanie's death and given her the will to live.
The story shows the impact of a simple act of kindness and the power of hope to change a person's life.
