引言


Suppose you have everything: a good job, good wealth and lot of money to spend. But still there is something missing from your life. Guess what? The love. Life without love is just like body without soul.

一份好的工作,一个好的身体,一笔大大的财富,你拥有了这一切,却仍然感受不到幸福快乐?这是为什么?答案只有一个字,爱.缺少爱正如没有灵魂的躯体.



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I cannot complain about my life, I look down at my hands and they have wrinkled, I look at my reflection in a window on the street and it's beauty has faded... but my memory hasn't faded, for hours I can think of my life... replay images and videos over and over, so it doesn't bother me when time ticks slowly or quickly, for I have already achieved what most spend their lives trying to achieve. Few ever achieve it... but all that do will cherish it, be lost in it and above all never, never forget it.

I was in love with the most amazing man in the world. When we were in love time seemed like eternity, every second spent together wasn't wasted. Yet some day I knew it would end. Letting go was the hardest thing in the world, the only thing that let me do it was my love for him, true love is when you will do anything to make the other happy, and that was my great sacrifice, I knew he would want me happy.

For years I was afraid to look into another man's eyes, for I was afraid to see yours staring back... I was afraid to laugh because I wouldn't be laughing with you... I was afraid nothing would ever feel as good again, that I would call out your name instead of his. Years and years I was afraid but I'm not any longer, I have accepted the reality that you will be there forever, in my mind, engraved into my soul.

I look at my hands again and realize that if you could love my hands, it matters no that they wrinkle. When I look into the mirror, I realize you did not love me because I was beautiful, but was beautiful because you loved me. As I kneel at the headstone that bears his name, I wish nothing more than to spend eternity with him... the world goes dark, for my wish has become true.

I have lost... and because I lost I waited but nothing came, I feared but there was nothing to fear, I grieved until my tears had completely dried up, I tried then to rejoice, but I could not. And I realized time stops for no one; Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. Because I have loved I will spend eternity with him, when my body is found at his grave, it will be a shock for no one... It was our love that brought us together.

佳句讲解


When I look into the mirror, I realize you did not love me because I was beautiful, but was beautiful because you loved me.
本句颇为经典,是一句关于爱情的哲理性名句."当我看着镜子时,我意识到你爱的不是我的美貌,而是因为有了你的爱我才楚楚动人",这句话与I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.(我爱你,不是因为你是谁,而是因为从你身上我找到了自己.)有异曲同工之妙.

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.
此句结构工整,读起来如诗一般,韵律感十足,让人过目难忘.表达的是时间对于不同人的含义,特别强调了时间对于相爱的人意味着永恒.

核心词汇


Reflection 映像,倒影
The deer gazed at its reflection in the forest pool.
鹿凝视着它倒映在森林水池里的影子.

Eternity 永恒,永远
God will live for all eternity.
上帝将永存.

Tick 发滴答声,时间流逝
The clock ticked louder and louder in a quiet room.
钟的滴答声在静静的房间里变得越来越响.

Engrave 牢记,雕刻
The terrible scene was engraved on his memory.
这可怕的情景深深地印在他的记忆中.
I had my initials engraved on the picture frame.
我让人把我名字的缩写刻在画框上.
The stone was engraved with his date of birth.
这石块上刻着他的生日.

Grieve 伤心,悲痛
I was grieved to hear that he had been captured.
听说他被俘了,我很伤心.
She was grieving for the dead baby.
她为死去的孩子悲伤.

Kneel 下跪,屈膝
She knelt down to pray.
她跪下来祈祷.

Rejoice 高兴,欢喜
I rejoice to hear of your promotion.
听说你高升我非常高兴.
We all rejoiced at/over the good news.
我们都为这一消息感到高兴.

Headstone 墓碑