英语美文欣赏：骄傲的红玫瑰Proud Red Rose

英语美文简介：春天里，绽放了的玫瑰一直觉得自己是森林里最美的花，并且十分嫌弃丑陋的仙人掌邻居，等到夏天到来，玫瑰才发现仙人掌是多么的无私和有用，从此再也没有以貌取人。

英语美文正文：

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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英语美文翻译：

春天里美丽的一天，一朵红玫瑰在森林里绽放。当玫瑰环顾四周时，附近的一棵松树说：“多漂亮的花儿啊！”我真希望我也是那么美丽。”另一棵树说：“亲爱的松树，不要伤心。我们不可能拥有一切。”

玫瑰转过身说：“看来我是这片森林里最美的花了。”

一朵向日葵抬起黄色的头，问道：“你为什么这么说？，在这片森林里有太多美丽的花了，你只是他们中的一员。”

红玫瑰回答到：“我看到每个人都盯着我，欣赏我。”然后玫瑰顾盼着仙人掌说：“看看那棵长满荆棘的丑陋植物！”

松树说：“红玫瑰，你这是说的什么话？谁能说什么是美？你不是一样有荆棘。“

骄傲的红玫瑰愤怒地对松树说：“我觉得你的品味很好！你根本不知道什么是美。你根本不能拿我的荆棘和仙人掌的作比较。”

“多骄傲的花啊。”树想到。

玫瑰试图把根从仙人掌身上移开，但它无法移动。日子一天天过去了，红玫瑰看着仙人掌，说出一些侮辱性的话语，比如“这种植物一点用都没有，跟它做邻居简直是降低身份。”

仙人掌从来没有生气，甚至试图好言相劝玫瑰：“上帝创造出来任何形式的生命都是有一定的目的。”

春天过去了，天气变得非常暖和。没有雨水的补给，森林里的生活变得艰难起来。红玫瑰开始枯萎了。

有一天，玫瑰看到麻雀把嘴伸进仙人掌里，然后地飞走了。这让它感到费解，红玫瑰问松树鸟在做什么。松树解释说鸟类从仙人掌那里取水。

玫瑰说：“当他们打洞时，难道仙人掌不痛吗？”

“是痛，但仙人掌不愿意看到鸟儿受苦。”松树回答到。

玫瑰惊奇地睁开眼睛，大声喊道：“仙人掌有水吗？”

“有啊，你也可以喝。如果你向仙人掌求助，麻雀可以给你带来水。“

红玫瑰羞愧于向仙人掌取水，但最终它还是寻求了帮助。仙人掌好心地答应了。鸟儿们嘴里装满水，给玫瑰的根浇了水。

于是，玫瑰吸取了教训，再也没有以外表来评判任何人。

本篇英语美文告诉我们一个道理，那就是这个世界，凡人凡事都是有存在的意义，我们不要用片面的视角去看待问题，不能轻易地就否定一个人或者一个事物。