英语标准美文100篇 019

To Make Love Grow

It took me years,though ,to learn that the love surrounding our family didn't just happen.We had to learn about love from one another.In fact,love never just happen-not even to people who seem as naturally loving as my mother and father.But there is,i think,a climate that is best for love-a way of living that hastens the maturity¹ of this matchless gift.First,love needs time.Perhpas people can fall in love in a moment,but mature love is like a tree,moving slowly from the seed to the sheltering splendor² of its prime.People need time to deepen their affection,to appreciate one another's differences,to share one another's joys and griefs...When we accept the differences of loved ones,we find that those very differences provide the mystery and wonder of human relationships.it's foolish to expect perfection;it dosen't exist.The key is to recognize and enjoy our differences.To grow,love needs another,more elusive³ quality-the ability to let go.Finally,love needs words to make it real,Without words,quarrels can't be resolved,resentment can't come to the surface,we close the power to share the meaning of our lives,there are many ways to communicating.The important thing is to acknowledge and expree our feelings.If we don't,we deprive others of the knowledge of our love and ourselves of the joy that comes from expressing it.Love is not a single act,but a climate in which we live,a lifetime venture in which we are always learning,discovering,growing.It is not destroyed by a single failure,or won by a single caress⁴.Love is a climate-a climate of the heart.

1 maturity   

n.成熟；完成；(支票、债券等)到期

参考例句：

• These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.这些植物五年后就该长成了。
• This is the period at which the body attains maturity.这是身体发育成熟的时期。

2 splendor   

n.光彩；壮丽，华丽；显赫，辉煌

参考例句：

• Never in his life had he gazed on such splendor.他生平从没有见过如此辉煌壮丽的场面。
• All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。

3 elusive   

adj.难以表达(捉摸)的；令人困惑的；逃避的

参考例句：

• Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵。
• Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.国际刑警组织已在世界各地搜查在逃的飞机劫持者。

4 caress   

vt./n.爱抚，抚摸

参考例句：

• She gave the child a loving caress.她疼爱地抚摸着孩子。
• She feasted on the caress of the hot spring.她尽情享受着温泉的抚爱。