英语美文：爱情是生活中的珍宝

 　　Life becomes hell¹ without love and affection². Love is one of the hidden treasures of our life.

　　We are fortunate enough to live in a lovely world. Many of us would die without love and affection of other peoples. There is no thing in this world is stable except the love. The best thing is anyone can have love and affection of other peoples as long as he loves other people. Love and affection is not only available with human beings it is also available in animals. Love and affection only makes this world a meaningful place to live. Assume³ a situation where no people show affection and love towards others. In such situation all of our life will become a hell. This can be better understood by the following example.

　　Example

　　Assume that one guy is working as a manager in top level company. There are 50 peoples working under his charge. In a working day he goes to his job. Imagine a situation where all the 50 peoples working under his charge does not show any respect or friendliness⁴ towards him. In such a pathetic⁵ situation how a person can work to his potential. Imagine the same person is having a family with his wife and 3 children. And they also do not show any love and affection towards him. What will happen? Definitely⁶ he will become mad or die due to lack of love and affection.

　　Summary

　　The above story clearly explains the power of love and affection. Love is one of the hidden treasures of our life. Many people lose their love in search of money and wealth. Love and affection are the only fuel for our longer and healthy life. So treat every people your meet in your life as a good friend and show love and affection to them. In return you will also get love and affection from others.

　　没有爱和友情，生活会变成地狱。爱是我们生活中埋藏着的一件珍宝。

　　我们很幸运能生活在一个可爱的世界中。没有爱和他人的友情，我们中的许多人都会死去。除了爱，这个世界上没有什么东西能够长久。最令人高兴的事是，只要一个人能够爱别人，就能收获别人的爱和友情。爱和友情不仅与人类相伴，也存在于动物之中。爱和友情确实把这个世界变成了充满意义的生活场所。假定有这么个地方，在那里没有人会对他人表现出爱和友情。在这种情况下，我们所有人的生活将会变成地狱。通过下面的例子，这种情况会被更好地理解。

　　例子

　　假设有一个人在一家顶尖的公司当经理。有50个人在他的手下工作。在一个工作日，他去上班。设想一个场景，工作在他手下的这50个人都没有对他表现出任何尊敬和友好。在这样可悲的情况下，一个人怎么能发挥最大的潜力去工作呢。设想同样是这个人，拥有妻子和3个孩子构成的家庭。他们也没有对他表现出任何爱和温情。会发生什么事？他一定会疯掉或因缺少爱和友情而死掉。

　　总结

　　上面的故事可以很清楚地解释爱和友情的力量。爱是我们生活中埋藏的一件珍宝。许多人在寻找金钱和财富中丢掉了他们的爱。爱和友情是我们长寿和健康的唯一动力。所以，要把你生命中遇到的每个人当作好朋友一样对待，表现出对他们的爱和友情。作为回报，你将也会得到他们的爱和友情

1 hell   

n.地狱，阴间；用以咒骂或表示愤怒，不满

参考例句：

• It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.从悉尼到珀斯的徒步旅行简直苦死了。
• The boss really gave me hell today.老板今天着实数落了我一通。

2 affection   

n.喜爱；爱慕，感情；倾向，意向

参考例句：

• The handsome young man excited affection in a girl.那位英俊的年轻男子引起了一个女孩的爱慕之情。
• He has a deep affection for his old friend.他对老朋友感情很深。

3 assume   

vt.假装；假定，设想；承担；呈现，采取

参考例句：

• I assume that he won't cheat you.想来他是不会骗你的。
• We can't assume anything in this case.在这种情况下我们不可能做出假设。

4 friendliness   

n.友谊，亲切，亲密

参考例句：

• Behind the mask of friendliness,I know he really dislikes me.在友善的面具后面，我知道他其实并不喜欢我。
• His manner was a blend of friendliness and respect.他的态度友善且毕恭毕敬。

5 pathetic   

adj.悲哀的，可怜的，感伤的，不足的，差强人意的

参考例句：

• The animal gave a pathetic little whimper.这只动物低声哀叫，令人怜悯。
• I refused to go along with their pathetic charade.我拒不跟他们摆出那副可悲的装模作样的姿态。

6 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。