英語美文欣賞：驕傲的紅玫瑰Proud Red Rose

英語美文簡(jiǎn)介：春天里，綻放了的玫瑰一直覺得自己是森林里最美的花，并且十分嫌棄丑陋的仙人掌鄰居，等到夏天到來，玫瑰才發(fā)現(xiàn)仙人掌是多么的無私和有用，從此再也沒有以貌取人。

英語美文正文：

One beautiful spring day a red rose blossomed in a forest. As the rose looked around, a pine tree nearby said,“What a beautiful flower! I wish I was that lovely.”Another tree said,“Dear pine, do not be sad. We cannot have everything.”

The rose turned and remarked,“It seems that I am the most beautiful flower in this forest.”

A sunflower raised its yellow head and asked,“Why do you say that? In this forest there are many beautiful flowers. You are just one of them.”

The red rose replied,“I see everyone looking at me and admiring me.”Then the rose looked at a cactus and said,“Look at that ugly plant full of thorns!”

The pine tree said,“Red rose, what kind of talk is this? Who can say what beauty is? You have thorns too.”

The proud red rose looked angrily at the pine and said,“I thought you had good taste! You do not know what beauty is at all. You cannot compare my thorns to that of the cactus.”

“What a proud flower,”thought the trees.

The rose tried to move its roots away from the cactus, but it could not move. As the days passed, the red rose would look at the cactus and say insulting things, like‘this plant is useless. How sorry I am to be his neighbor.’

The cactus never got upset and even tried to advise the rose, saying,“God did not create any form of life without a purpose.”

Spring passed, and the weather became very warm. Life became difficult in the forest, as there was no rain. The red rose began to wilt.

One day the rose saw sparrows stick their beaks into the cactus and then fly away, refreshed. This was puzzling, and the red rose asked the pine tree what the birds were doing. The pine tree explained that the birds were getting water from the cactus.

“Does it not hurt when they make holes?”asked the rose.

“Yes, but the cactus does not like to see the birds suffer,”replied the pine.

The rose opened its eyes in wonder and exclaimed,“The cactus has water?”

“Yes, you can also drink from it. The sparrow can bring water to you if you ask the cactus for help.”

The red rose felt too ashamed to ask for water from the cactus, but finally it did ask for help. The cactus kindly agreed. The birds filled their beaks with water and watered the rose’s roots.

Thus the rose learned a lesson and never judged anyone by their appearance again.

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英語美文翻譯：

春天里美麗的一天，一朵紅玫瑰在森林里綻放。當(dāng)玫瑰環(huán)顧四周時(shí)，附近的一棵松樹說：“多漂亮的花兒??！”我真希望我也是那么美麗?！绷硪豢脴湔f：“親愛的松樹，不要傷心。我們不可能擁有一切。”

玫瑰轉(zhuǎn)過身說：“看來我是這片森林里最美的花了?！?

一朵向日葵抬起黃色的頭，問道：“你為什么這么說？，在這片森林里有太多美麗的花了，你只是他們中的一員?！?

紅玫瑰回答到：“我看到每個(gè)人都盯著我，欣賞我?！比缓竺倒孱櫯沃扇苏普f：“看看那棵長(zhǎng)滿荊棘的丑陋植物！”

松樹說：“紅玫瑰，你這是說的什么話？誰能說什么是美？你不是一樣有荊棘?！?

驕傲的紅玫瑰憤怒地對(duì)松樹說：“我覺得你的品味很好！你根本不知道什么是美。你根本不能拿我的荊棘和仙人掌的作比較?！?

“多驕傲的花啊?！睒湎氲健?

玫瑰試圖把根從仙人掌身上移開，但它無法移動(dòng)。日子一天天過去了，紅玫瑰看著仙人掌，說出一些侮辱性的話語，比如“這種植物一點(diǎn)用都沒有，跟它做鄰居簡(jiǎn)直是降低身份?！?

仙人掌從來沒有生氣，甚至試圖好言相勸玫瑰：“上帝創(chuàng)造出來任何形式的生命都是有一定的目的?！?

春天過去了，天氣變得非常暖和。沒有雨水的補(bǔ)給，森林里的生活變得艱難起來。紅玫瑰開始枯萎了。

有一天，玫瑰看到麻雀把嘴伸進(jìn)仙人掌里，然后地飛走了。這讓它感到費(fèi)解，紅玫瑰問松樹鳥在做什么。松樹解釋說鳥類從仙人掌那里取水。

玫瑰說：“當(dāng)他們打洞時(shí)，難道仙人掌不痛嗎？”

“是痛，但仙人掌不愿意看到鳥兒受苦?！彼蓸浠卮鸬健?

玫瑰驚奇地睜開眼睛，大聲喊道：“仙人掌有水嗎？”

“有啊，你也可以喝。如果你向仙人掌求助，麻雀可以給你帶來水?！?

紅玫瑰羞愧于向仙人掌取水，但最終它還是尋求了幫助。仙人掌好心地答應(yīng)了。鳥兒們嘴里裝滿水，給玫瑰的根澆了水。

于是，玫瑰吸取了教訓(xùn)，再也沒有以外表來評(píng)判任何人。

本篇英語美文告訴我們一個(gè)道理，那就是這個(gè)世界，凡人凡事都是有存在的意義，我們不要用片面的視角去看待問題，不能輕易地就否定一個(gè)人或者一個(gè)事物。