第727期:七夕小仙女们最想听到的英文情话

 

这个周三就是我们中国传统的节日-七夕。看来小仙女们又多了一个收礼物的节日了。

说起七夕，最让人感动的便是牛郎和织女的故事。而他们的故事，在中国各个时代的典籍中都有记载：

比如在《诗经小雅大东》中是这样记载的：“跂彼织女，终日七襄。虽则七襄，不成报章。”“睆彼牵牛，不以服箱。”意思是说织女三星像分开两脚，一天七次行进，虽然如此，也不能织布成纹；那明亮的牵牛星，也不能用来驾车。

到汉代末年，《古诗十九首》中写道：“迢迢牵牛星，皎皎河汉女。纤纤擢素手，札札弄机杼。终日不成章，泣涕零如雨。河汉清且浅，相去复几许？盈盈一水间，脉脉不得语。”

和西方的情人节互送巧克力鲜花表达爱意不同，中国的情人节则让我们能真切感到究竟什么是真正的爱，和痛彻心扉的思念。如果说有什么是永恒的，那一定是爱。爱让人如痴如醉，奋不顾身。为什么会这样？相信你读了下面的情话，就完全明白了。

New Words:

overwhelm¹ v. (感情或感觉)充溢，难以禁受;

reveal² v.揭示;显示;透露

incredibly adv. 极端地;极其;令人难以置信

feature n. 特色;特征;特点;面容的一部分(如鼻、口、眼);

I'm tired of hiding things inside. I'm tired of being overwhelmed³ with emotions. I'm tired of lying to myself, and now it's time to reveal the truth. I love you. I know that you don't feel the same right now, but I still hope that someday you'll see me as something more than just a friend.

我厌倦了隐藏，厌倦了内心充斥着的情感。我厌倦了对自己撒谎，现在是时候和你说真话了。我爱你。我知道你现在不能和我一样感同身受，但我仍然希望有一天你会不仅仅把我当作朋友。

You are the person who understands me without a word. You are the one who makes me laugh even when everything is bad. You have the power to heal⁴ my wounds⁵. You are so special to me and I wish we would never part.

你了解我，即使你一言不发。即使一切都很糟糕，你也能让我发笑。你有治愈我伤口的能力。你对我来说是如此特别，我希望我们永远不要分开。

Time flies so fast, that is why I don't want to waste a minute. I want to give my life purpose and meaning. And I've noticed one interesting thing: every time I'm with you, my life really makes sense. How do you do it?

时光如白驹过隙，所以我不想浪费一分钟。我想赋予人生以目标和意义。我注意到一件有趣的事情：每次我和你在一起，我的生活都很有意义。你是怎么做到的？

Recently I've been thinking about my life and I've understood that all the good memories I have are about you. I remember every little thing and it makes me incredibly happy. You make me happy. Please, don't ever stop.

最近我一直在思考我的人生，我发现我所有的美好回忆都是关于你的。我记得每一件小事，它让我无比快乐。你让我快乐。拜托，别停下来。

They say love is blind, but actually it has opened my eyes and changed me for the better. Thanks to you, now I know what true love is.

他们说爱情是盲目的，但事实上它才让我真正看见，让我变得更好。幸亏有你，现在我知道什么是真爱了。

I like you just the way you are. I know that nobody is perfect, nor you neither I, but I love every single feature of yours. And if you ever change, I will never stop loving you, because your essence⁶ will still be the same for me.

我喜欢你现在的样子。我知道人无完人，你我都不可能完美。但我喜欢你的每一个特点。如果你改变了，我永远不会停止爱你，因为你的本质对我来说还是一样的。

1 overwhelm   

vt.使受不了，使不知所措，征服，制服

参考例句：

• No difficulty can overwhelm us.困难压不倒我们。
• After my lecture,the students began to overwhelm me with questions.讲课之后，学生们开始问一系列问题，使我不知所措。

2 reveal   

vt.揭露，泄露；展现，显示

参考例句：

• The journalist did not want to reveal the identity of his informant.那个新闻工作者不想透露消息提供人的身份。
• Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes.它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。

3 overwhelmed   

[ overwhelm ]的过去式

参考例句：

• She was overwhelmed by feelings of guilt. 她感到愧疚难当。
• If (one was) overwhelmed by passion, it could lead to serious blunders. 当感情完全淹没理智时，就可能铸成大错。

4 heal   

v.使愈合，治愈，使康复；平息(争吵等)；消除，解决(分支等)

参考例句：

• Time helped heal the old wounds.时间有助于治愈旧创伤。
• This wound will soon heal if yon keep it clean.如果你保持伤口清洁，它很快就会痊愈。

5 wounds   

n.创伤( wound的名词复数 )；伤口；伤痕；（心灵上的）伤v.使受伤，伤害( wound的第三人称单数 )；使（心灵）受伤，伤感情；偷盗( swipe的过去式和过去分词 )；卷绕

参考例句：

• It took a long time for the wounds to heal. 伤口过了很长时间才愈合。
• They've been trying hard to lick their wounds these years. 这几年，他们一直在努力求得失败后的复原。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 essence   

n.本质，实质，精华，精粹

参考例句：

• We must try to get to the essence of things.我们必须想法抓住事物的本质。
• The two things are the same in outward form but different in essence.这两件东西外表形式一样，但实质不同。