孩子眼中純凈的愛
The pure love in the kids' eyes
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds: “What does love mean?” The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think.
“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” — Rebecca, age 8
“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. “You know that your name is safe in their mouth.” — Billy, age 4
“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.” — Chris, age 6
“Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you don’t yell at them because you know it would hurt their feelings.” — Samantha, age 6
“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.” — Terri, age 4
“Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.” — Danny, age 7
“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.” — Bobby, age 5
“Love is hugging. Love is kissing. Love is saying no.” — Patty, age 8
“When you tell someone something bad about yourself and you’re scared they won’t love you anymore. But then you get surprised because not only do they still love you, they love you even more.” — Matthew, age 7
“There are two kinds of love. Our love. God’s love. But God makes both kinds of them.” — Jenny, age 4
“Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.” — Noelle, age 7
“Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.” — Tommy, age 6
“During my piano recital, I was on a stage and scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn’t scared anymore.” — Cindy, age 8
“My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.” — Clare, age 5
“Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.” — Chris, age 8
“Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.” — Mary Ann, age 4
“I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.” — Lauren, age 4
“When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.” — Karen, age 7
“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.” — Jessica, age 8
中文：
一組專業(yè)人士向一群4到8歲的孩子提出了這個問題：“愛是什么?”他們給出的答案比其他人所能想像的更廣泛更深刻。看看你能想到什么。
“當我的奶奶得了關節(jié)炎，她不能彎下腰涂指甲油，所以我的爺爺一直幫她做這件事，即使他的手也得了關節(jié)炎。這就是愛?！薄猂ebecca，8歲
“當有人愛上你時，他們呼喚你名字的方式也會不同。你知道你的名字在他們嘴里很安全?！薄狟illy，4歲(譯者注：這句我老是搞不懂!)
“愛是當你出去吃飯時，把你大部分的薯條都給了某人，而沒有讓他們給你他們自己的?！薄狢hris，6歲
“愛是當某人傷害你時，而且你很生氣，但你沒有大聲呵責，因為你知道這會傷害他的感情。”——Samantha，6歲
“愛是當你疲倦時能讓你微笑的東西”。——Terri，4歲
“愛是當我媽媽為我爸爸煮咖啡時，在遞給他之前都要嘗一小口，以確定味道是否正常。”——Danny，7歲
“愛是在 圣誕節(jié) 時和你同處一室，你會停止拆禮物而去傾聽。”——Bobby，5歲
“愛是擁抱，愛是接吻，愛是說不。”——Patty，8歲
“當你告訴某人你的一些壞事，并且害怕他們會不再愛你，但是你驚喜地發(fā)現(xiàn)他們不但還愛你，而且更愛你了。”——Matthew，7歲
“有兩種愛。我們的愛。上帝的愛。但上帝賦予我們這兩種愛。”——Jenny，4歲
“愛是當你告訴一個男孩你喜歡他的襯衫，于是他天天都穿著它?！薄狽oelle，7歲
“愛就像一位小老太太和一位小老頭子，即使他們彼此非常了解但仍然是朋友?！薄猅ommy，6歲
“在我的鋼琴演奏會上，我正在準備而且非常害怕。我看著那些盯著我的人，發(fā)現(xiàn)我爸爸在招手和微笑，他是惟一這么做的人，我不再害怕了?！薄狢indy，8歲
“我媽媽比其他人都愛我，你不會看到其他人晚上臨睡前親吻我?！薄狢lare，5歲
“愛是當媽媽看到爸爸滿身臭汗的時候仍然說他比Robert Redford還帥。”——Chris，8歲
“愛是即使你讓你的小狗孤獨一整天，它還是會添你的臉。”——Mary Ann，4歲
“我知道我的姐姐很愛我，因為她給了我她所有的舊衣服，自己還得出去再買新的。”——Lauren，4歲(譯者注：好可愛的小Lauren吖，嘻嘻~~)
“當你愛上某人時，你的眼睫毛會跳上跳下，小星星會從你身上冒出來?！薄狵aren，7歲
“你真的不應該說‘我愛你’，除非你明白什么是愛。但要是你明白了，你必須經(jīng)常說。人們總是忘記?！薄狫essica，8歲
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