英语美文欣赏爱情篇：心中的玫瑰—佚名（中英双语）
A certain man planted a rose and watered it faithfully and before it blossomed,he examined it.
有个人，他种了一株玫瑰，并坚持给它浇水，待到玫瑰花开之际，他仔细地端详着玫瑰。
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，但同时也看到了茎干上长着的刺，心想，“长着这么多锋利的刺的植物，怎么可能开出漂亮的花呢？”他很伤心，开始忘记给花浇水，马上就要开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.
有很多和他一样的人。每个人的心中都有一株玫瑰。出生时我们内心深处就有着各种神圣的特征，也长有类似玫瑰刺的缺点，但很多人在自我审视时，眼里看到的只有刺，只有缺点。
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.
这让我们觉得很失望，认为我们不可能有什么好的成就，因此忘记了浇灌内心的美德和优点，最终导致心灵之花枯萎死亡，未能实现自身的潜能。
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.
很多人看不到自己内心深处的玫瑰，这需要其他的帮助。上帝赐予人类最伟大的礼物就是人类能够透过他人内心的刺发现他人心中的玫瑰。
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.
这是爱情最典型的特征之一，因为爱，我们才能了解对方，知道对方存在的缺点，但同时也要一直看到对方的优点，这样才能接受对方。我们应该帮助他人认识到他们的缺点是可以克服的，让他们看到自己心中的玫瑰，这样他们才能战胜自己内心的刺，才能永远花开不败。
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