美文欣賞：只有時(shí)間懂得愛(ài)的珍貴（雙語(yǔ)）

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and left. Except for Love.

很久以前，有一座孤島，島上住著所有的情感：快樂(lè)，憂傷，知識(shí)，以及剩余的其他感情，其中也包括了愛(ài)。有一天，情感們得知，這座小島將要沉沒(méi)，他們都開(kāi)始建造船只準(zhǔn)備離開(kāi)。除了一個(gè)人，愛(ài)。

Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.

愛(ài)是唯一一個(gè)選擇留下的。它固執(zhí)地想堅(jiān)守到最后一秒。

When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.

當(dāng)整座島嶼幾乎覆滅時(shí)，愛(ài)決定向他人求助。

Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said,"Richness, can you take me with you?"

財(cái)富駛著一艘豪華游輪經(jīng)過(guò)愛(ài)的身旁，愛(ài)懇求道：“財(cái)富啊，你能帶上我么?”

Richness answered, "No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you."

財(cái)富回答說(shuō)：“不，不行。我的船上裝滿了金銀珠寶。沒(méi)有空地留給你啦。”

Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel. "Vanity, please help me!"

這時(shí)，愛(ài)的身側(cè)，虛榮架著一艘靚麗的輪船緩緩駛來(lái)，愛(ài)決定向虛榮求助：“虛榮，求求你幫幫我吧!”

"I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat," Vanity answered.

虛榮拒絕了：“我不能幫你，愛(ài)。你全身濕嗒嗒地，這會(huì)弄臟我心愛(ài)的船的。”

Sadness was close by so Love asked, "Sadness, let me go with you."

愛(ài)向近在咫尺的憂傷渴求道：“憂傷，讓我和你一起吧。

"Oh . . . Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"

“噢。。。愛(ài)，我實(shí)在是太傷心了，我需要一個(gè)人靜一會(huì)兒。”

Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.

快樂(lè)也從愛(ài)的身邊駛過(guò)，但是她太高興了，以至于完全沒(méi)有聽(tīng)到愛(ài)的呼喚。

Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come, Love, I will take you." It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed the elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder, "Who Helped me?"

突然，一個(gè)聲音映入耳簾，“快上了，愛(ài)，我來(lái)載你。”原來(lái)是名年邁的長(zhǎng)者。愛(ài)如聞天籟，興奮不已，甚至忘了問(wèn)問(wèn)長(zhǎng)者要他們要去往何方。當(dāng)他們?cè)谝黄珊灾乜堪稌r(shí)，長(zhǎng)者又踏上了自己的征程，獨(dú)自前行。愛(ài)意識(shí)到自己虧欠老者甚多，她趕忙詢問(wèn)智慧老人，“幫助我的人是誰(shuí)呀?”

"It was Time," Knowledge answered.

知識(shí)靜靜地答道：“那是時(shí)間。”

"Time?" asked Love. "But why did Time help me?"

“時(shí)間?”愛(ài)問(wèn)道，“但時(shí)間為什么要幫助我呢?”

Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, "Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is."

知識(shí)微微一笑，飽含深意，回答說(shuō)：“因?yàn)橹挥袝r(shí)間才知道愛(ài)的珍貴價(jià)值。”