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What Does It Mean to Be a Lover?
爱的诠释

What does it mean to be a lover?It is more than just being married to someone.Millions of people are married but few are real lovers.To be a real lover,you must commit to and participate in a perpetual dance of intimacy with your partner.

You are a lover when you appreciate the gift that your partner is,and celebrate that gift every day. You are a lover when you remember that your partner does not belong to you. He or she is on loan from the universe.

You are a lover when you realize that nothing that happens between you will be insignificant,that everying you say in the relationship has the potential to cause your beloved joy or sorrow,and everying you do will either strengthen your connection or weaken it.

You are a lover when you understand all this,and thus wake up each morning filled with gratitude that you have another day in which to love and enjoy your partner. When you have a lover in your life,you are richly blessed.You have been given the gift of another person who has chosen to walk beside you.He or she will share your days and your nights,your bed and your burdens. Your lover will see secret parts of you that no one else sees. He or she will touch places on your body that no one else touches.Your lover will seek you out where you have been hiding,and creat a haven for you within safe,loving arms.

Your lover offers you an abundance of miracles every day.He has the power to delight you with his smile,his voice,the scent of his neck,the way he moves.She has the power to banish your loneliness.He has the power to turn the ordinary into the sublime.She is your doorway to heaven here on earth.

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To be a real lover,you must commit to and participate in a perpetual dance of intimacy with your partner.
真正爱一个人,你要承诺与你的另一半永远亲密共舞。
Perpetual: continuing all the time without changing or stopping 永久的;长期的
They hoped to live in perpetual happiness.
他们希望生活在永久幸福之中.

Intimacy: a state of having a close personal relationship with someone 亲密,密切,关系密切

He or she is on loan from the universe.
他(她)是上苍借给你的宝贝.
Loan: the act of lending sth; the state of being lent 借出,贷给,被借出
an exhibition of paintings on loan (= borrowed) from private collections
借用私人收藏品举办的画展

You are a lover when you realize that nothing that happens between you will be insignificant,that everying you say in the relationship has the potential to cause your beloved joy or sorrow,and everying you do will either strengthen your connection or weaken it.
该句是由三个并列的从句作Realizede 的宾语,含有排比的意味.同时三个句中又使用了定语从句,这种复杂的结构,在写作中增大了概念的内涵,表达精确,严密.

He has the power to delight you with his smile,his voice,the scent of his neck,the way he moves.
该句从外貌,声音,气味和动作方面来细致地描写爱人的影响力.四个并列的名词放在一起具有节奏感,可以增强感染力和表达效果,给人留下深刻的印象.

核心词汇
Gratitude 感激,感谢
He acted so out of gratitude.
他是出于感激而这么做的.
She felt an immense gratitude to Wilson.
她对威尔逊无比感激.

Scent 香味
The scent of the narcissi was in the air.
空气中散发着水仙花的香味.

Haven 港湾

Banish 排除,驱除
He tried to banish gloom from his thought.
他试图驱除心中的忧愁.
She banished all thoughts of a restful holiday (from her mind).
她(从心里)打消了过一个宁静假日的想法.

Abundance 丰富,充裕
There were deer in abundance in these forests.
这些森林中有许多鹿.

Sublime 伟大的,崇高的
He is a man of sublime virtue.
他是具有高尚美德的人.