英語美文欣賞愛情篇：心中的玫瑰—佚名（中英雙語）
A certain man planted a rose and watered it faithfully and before it blossomed,he examined it.
有個人，他種了一株玫瑰，并堅持給它澆水，待到玫瑰花開之際，他仔細地端詳著玫瑰。
He was the bud that would soon blossom,but noticed thorns upon the stem and he thought,"How can any beautiful flower from a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns?"Saddened by this thought,he neglected to water the rose,and just before it was ready to bloom,it died.
他看到了含苞欲放的蓓蕾，但同時也看到了莖干上長著的刺，心想，“長著這么多鋒利的刺的植物，怎么可能開出漂亮的花呢？”他很傷心，開始忘記給花澆水，馬上就要開放的玫瑰因此枯萎死掉了。
So it is with people,Within every soul there is a rose.The God-like qualities planted in us at birth,grow amid the thorns of our faults.Many of us look at ourselves and a see only the thorns,the defects.
有很多和他一樣的人。每個人的心中都有一株玫瑰。出生時我們內心深處就有著各種神圣的特征，也長有類似玫瑰刺的缺點，但很多人在自我審視時，眼里看到的只有刺，只有缺點。
We despair,thinking that nothing good can possibly come from us.We neglect to water the good within us,and eventually it dies.We never realize our potential.
這讓我們覺得很失望，認為我們不可能有什么好的成就，因此忘記了澆灌內心的美德和優點，最終導致心靈之花枯萎死亡，未能實現自身的潛能。
Some people do not see the rose within themselves;someone else must show it to them.One of the greatest gifts a person can possess is to be able to reach past the thorns of another,and find the rose within them.
很多人看不到自己內心深處的玫瑰，這需要其他的幫助。上帝賜予人類最偉大的禮物就是人類能夠透過他人內心的刺發現他人心中的玫瑰。
This is one of the characteristics of love ,with love ,we can look at a person and accept that person into our life,knowing their true faults and all the while recognizing the nobility in their soul.We should help others to realize they can overcome their faults.If we show them the "rose"within themselves.they will conquer their thorns .Only then will they blossom many times over.
這是愛情最典型的特征之一，因為愛，我們才能了解對方，知道對方存在的缺點，但同時也要一直看到對方的優點，這樣才能接受對方。我們應該幫助他人認識到他們的缺點是可以克服的，讓他們看到自己心中的玫瑰，這樣他們才能戰勝自己內心的刺，才能永遠花開不敗。
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