如果这个世界缺乏欣赏

如果这个世界缺乏欣赏  Imagine a world in which there was suddenly no appreciation¹---a world in which human beings could not appreciate the beauty of life, could not appreciate the wonder of nature, could not appreciate the mightiness² of the world. Try to imagine the consequences of such a transformation³. People might lose their points of living: appreciating neither families nor friends, neither the place of interest nor the natural landscape. They could not enjoy themselves: they could benefit nothing from their experiences for they appreciate nothing about surroundings. Then every day, people’s lives would be boring and prosaic⁴ like a piece of blank paper.

There is a Chinese saying “Women beautify themselves for those who appreciate them”. Actually, not only women but also men enjoy being appreciated. However, the landscape belongs to the man who looks at it. So without appreciation no matter how charming a woman looks, no matter how magnificent a structure was built, no matter how fantastic a melody was composed, no matter how admirable a spirit is, any beautiful object would be worth nothing as they would not be appreciated and made use of by people. They would be ignored like something valueless. Then the development of human society would suddenly stop, since appreciation was a vital element of keeping the society.     

In such a world, the chances that human species would survive are next to zero. Because appreciation, as one of the most important behaviors for human’s joy and development, is the significant instrument to guide our communication with others and the whole society. As we know, beauty is found everywhere. Without appreciation, all sorts of beauty would not exist because people show a lack of sense of beauty. There would be no distinction between a pretty girl and an ugly witch, or a blooming flower and a pile of excrement⁵ because all the people had no scale to discriminate⁶ the beauty and the ugly. Imagine how terrible that would be if it happened. Our earth would become a joyless land, as depressed⁷ and withdrawn⁸ as a valley.     

Luckily, we have appreciation actually. Appreciation brings people joys, makes people realize that how wonderful the world is and makes people value more their lives now. So appreciation, undoubtedly⁹, will be treasure of human’s life.

1 appreciation   

n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨

参考例句：

• I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
• I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。

2 mightiness   

n.强大

参考例句：

• His high and mightiness Mr. Darcy. 就是这位尊贵可敬的达西先生在捣的鬼。 来自疯狂英语突破英语语调
• The silk's elegance and palace's mightiness amaze the guests. 丝绸的华丽与典雅，宫廷的大气与尊贵，令与会的嘉宾心醉神迷。 来自互联网

3 transformation   

n.变化；改造；转变

参考例句：

• Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
• He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。

4 prosaic   

adj.单调的，无趣的

参考例句：

• The truth is more prosaic.真相更加乏味。
• It was a prosaic description of the scene.这是对场景没有想象力的一个描述。

5 excrement   

n.排泄物，粪便

参考例句：

• The cage smelled of excrement.笼子里粪臭熏人。
• Clothing can also become contaminated with dust,feathers,and excrement.衣着则会受到微尘、羽毛和粪便的污染。

6 discriminate   

v.区别，辨别，区分；有区别地对待

参考例句：

• You must learn to discriminate between facts and opinions.你必须学会把事实和看法区分出来。
• They can discriminate hundreds of colours.他们能分辨上百种颜色。

7 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

8 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

9 undoubtedly   

adv.确实地，无疑地

参考例句：

• It is undoubtedly she who has said that.这话明明是她说的。
• He is undoubtedly the pride of China.毫无疑问他是中国的骄傲。