女人香美丽英文人生幸福29篇[26]

　　Take a Loving Look
How we see our partners often depends more on how we are than how they are. Husbands and wives are not audience,but participant observers in each other's life.
"Before we were married ,my husband was a caring,energetic man,"a wife once told me."He couldn't seem to keep his hands off me . Since we've been married,he's become a couch potato and watches ball games more than he watches me.He's gone from stud to spud."
"Very funny,"answered the husband." But have you looked at yourself lately?Went we got married ,you were beautiful . Now you wear that old robe.If I've gone stud to spud,then you've gone from doll to drudge¹. "
This hurtful ,infantile argument illustrates² how spouses,instead of looking for love ,may look for flaws. It is way of seeing.
Author Judith Viorst once wrote,"Infutuation is when you think he's as gorgeous as Robert Redford,as pure as Solzhenitsyn,as fanny as Woody Allen,as athletic³ as Jimmy Connors,and as smart as Albert Einstein .Love is when you realize he's as gorgeous as Woody Allen,as smart as Jimmy Connors,as funny as Solzhenitsyn,as athletic as Albert Einstein,and nothing like Robert Redford in any category--but you'll take him anyway "
This law of lasting⁴ love instructs us to look with instead of for love.

1 drudge   

n.劳碌的人；v.做苦工，操劳

参考例句：

• I feel like a real drudge--I've done nothing but clean all day!我觉得自己像个做苦工的--整天都在做清洁工作！
• I'm a poor,miserable,forlorn drudge;I shall only drag you down with me.我是一个贫穷，倒运，走投无路的苦力，只会拖累你。

2 illustrates   

给…加插图( illustrate的第三人称单数 )； 说明； 表明； （用示例、图画等）说明

参考例句：

• This historical novel illustrates the breaking up of feudal society in microcosm. 这部历史小说是走向崩溃的封建社会的缩影。
• Alfred Adler, a famous doctor, had an experience which illustrates this. 阿尔弗莱德 - 阿德勒是一位著名的医生，他有过可以说明这点的经历。 来自中级百科部分

3 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。

4 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。