英语名篇诵读 爱

Love

爱

It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is more painful is to love

someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel.

Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people, before meeting the right one so that when

we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.

Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, and the romance¹ in a relationship and

find out you still care for that person.

A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the

end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.

When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but oftentimes we look so long at the

closed door that we don't see the one which has been open for us.

The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch² and swing with, never say a

word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't

know what we've been missing³ until it arrives.

Giving someone all your love is never an assurance⁴ that they'll love you back! Don't

expect love in return, just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it doesn't, be content it grew in

yours.

There are things you'd love to hear that you would never hear from the person whom you

would like to hear them from, but don't be so deaf as not to hear it from the one who says it from

his heart.

Never say good-bye if you still want to try.

Never give up if you still feel you go on.

Never say you don't love a person any more if you can't let go.

Love comes to those who still hope although they've been disappointed; to those who still

believe, although they've been betrayed⁵; to those who still need love, although they've been hurt

before; and to those who have the courage and faith to build trust again.

It takes only a minute to get a crush⁶ on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to

love someone — but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

你爱上了某人，而人家却没有以爱相报，这令人伤心，但更伤心的是，你爱上了某人

却没有勇气向她/他表白你的爱。

也许上帝想让我们遭遇一些不合适的人，而后再见到合适的，这样一来，当我们最终

见到合适的人时，我们就知道怎样感激这天赐的礼物。

爱是当你抽离了双方关系中的感情、激情和浪漫后，却发觉你依然关注着那个人。

生活中一件痛苦的事就是，当遇到对你心仪已久、割舍不下的人时，最后却发现根本

不是那么回事，你只好放弃。

一扇幸福之门关闭了，另一扇门会开启，但是，我们常常在关闭的门前注视良久，却

看不见为我们打开的那一扇门。

最好的朋友就是这么一种：你可以和他一起坐在门廊里，一起荡秋千，从来不讲话，

离别时却感觉你们好像进行过最愉快的交谈。

失去了才会意识到自己曾经拥有的，这是事实，但是，得到了才会意识到自己曾经缺

少的，这也是事实。

倾心爱一个人并不能确保人家会报之以爱。别指望爱爱相报，只等待着爱在人家的心

中萌生就好，若不然，爱在自己心中生根发芽，也就自足了。

也许，你喜欢的人永远也不会说出那些你爱听的话，但对他的肺腑之言你却不要充耳

不闻。

假如自己还想再试就不要说再见。

假如自己感到还要努力就不要说放弃。

假如自己放不下就不要说不再爱一个人。

爱情会来到那些失望但还心存希望的人跟前；爱情会来到那些曾遭背叛但仍信心满满

的人跟前；爱情会来到那些受过伤害但仍然需要爱的人跟前；爱情会来到那些有勇气也有

信心重建信任的人跟前。

迷恋上一个人只消一分钟；喜欢上一个人只消一小时；爱上一个人只消一天——但要

忘掉一个人，那得一辈子！

1 romance   

n.恋爱关系，浪漫气氛，爱情小说，传奇

参考例句：

• She wrote a romance about an artist's life in Tokyo.她写了一个关于一位艺术家在东京生活的浪漫故事。
• They tried to rekindle the flames of romance.他们试图重燃爱火。

2 porch   

n.门廊，入口处，走廊，游廊

参考例句：

• There are thousands of pages of advertising on our porch.有成千上万页广告堆在我们的门廊上。
• The porch is supported by six immense pillars.门廊由六根大柱子支撑着。

3 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

4 assurance   

n.把握，信心，保证，（人寿）保险

参考例句：

• The young teacher lacked assurance in front of his class.这位青年教师在学生面前缺少自信心。
• He has a life assurance.他投保了人寿保险。

5 betrayed   

对…不忠( betray的过去式和过去分词 )； 背叛； 出卖； 泄露

参考例句：

• The shakes of the speaker's hands betrayed his nervousness. 发言者双手颤抖，可见他很紧张。
• He betrayed all his friends on his own account. 他为自己的利益出卖了所有的朋友。

6 crush   

v.压垮，压倒，压服，镇压；压碎，碾碎

参考例句：

• This machine is made to crush the rock into powder.这台机器是用来把石头压成碎末的。
• You can't crush so many people into the classroom.不能让这么多人挤进教室。