双语阅读无私奉献

无私奉献Onedayayoungmanwasstandinginthemiddleofthetownproclaimingthathehadthemostbeautifulheartinthewholevalley.Alargecrowdgatheredandtheyalladmiredhisheartforitwasperfect.Therewasnotamarkoraflawinit.Yes,theyallagreedittrulywasthemostbeautifulhearttheyhadeverseen.Theyoungmanwasveryproudandboastedmoreloudlyabouthisbeautifulheart.Suddenly,anoldmanappearedatthefrontofthecrowdandsaid,"Whyyourheartisnotnearlyasbeautifulasmine."Thecrowdandtheyoungmanlookedattheoldman'sheart.Itwasbeatingstrongly,butfullofscars,ithadplaceswherepieceshadbeenremovedandotherpiecesputin,buttheydidn'tfitquiterightandtherewereseveraljaggededges.Infact,insomeplacesthereweredeepgougeswherewholepiecesweremissing.Thepeoplestared—howcanhesayhisheartismorebeautiful,theythought?Theyoungmanlookedattheoldman'sheartandsawitsstateandlaughed."Youmustbejoking,"hesaid."Compareyourheartwithmine,mineisperfectandyoursisamessofscarsandtears."”Yes,"saidtheoldman,"YoursisperfectlookingbutIwouldnevertradewithyou.Yousee,everyscarrepresentsapersontowhomIhavegivenmylove—Itearoutapieceofmyheartandgiveittothem,andoftentheygivemeapieceoftheirheartwhichfitsintotheemptyplaceinmyheart,butbecausethepiecesaren'texact,Ihavesomeroughedges,whichIcherish,becausetheyremindmeoftheloveweshared.SometimesIhavegivenpiecesofmyheartaway,andtheotherpersonhasn'treturnedapieceofhishearttome.Thesearetheemptygouges—givingloveistakingachanee.Althoughthesegougesarepainful,theystayopen,remindingmeoftheloveIhaveforthesepeopletoo,andIhopesomedaytheymayreturnandfillthespaceinmyheart.Sonowdoyouseewhattruebeautyis?"Theyoungmanstoodsilentlywithtearsrunningdownhischeeks.Hewalkeduptotheoldman,reachedintohisperfectyoungandbeautifulheart,andrippedapieceout.Heofferedittotheoldmanwithtremblinghands.Theoldmantookhisoffering,placeditinhisheartandthentookapiecefromhisoldscarredheartandplaceditinthewoundintheyoungman'sheart.Itfit,butnotperfectly,asthereweresomejaggededges.Theyoungmanlookedathisheart,notperfectanymorebutmorebeautifulthanever,sincelovefromtheoldman'sheartflowedintohis.Theyembracedandwalkedawaysidebyside.一个年轻人站在城镇的中央，宣布他的心是整个山谷中最美丽的心。围观的群众很多，他们都称赞他的心的确是最完美的，没有一点伤痕或者瑕疵。真的，他们一致认为这实在是他们见过的最美丽的心。这个年轻人非常自豪，更加起劲地大声吹捧自己那颗美丽的心。突然，一位老人出现在人群面前，他说：“你的心不如我的美丽。”围观群众和年轻人都朝老人的心看去，它有力地跳动着，去怖满了伤疤，有的地方被挖走了，虽然重新补上了，但修补得不甚完整，留下参差不齐的疤痕。实际上，有的地方还露出很深的豁口。人们睁大了眼睛一一他们想：他怎能说自己的心更美丽呢？年轻人看了看老人的心，见是这种情形，不禁笑了起来：“你不是在开玩笑吧？”他说。“把你的心和我的比一下，我的心是那么完美，而你的心却布满了伤疤和裂痕。”“是的，”老人说，“你的心从表面来看很完美，但我绝不会跟你交换。你看，每个伤疤都代表我为别人献出的一份爱一一我掏出一块心给他们，他们常常会掏出自己的一块回赠给我，但由于这两块不完全一样，伤口的边缘就留下了疤痕，不过我十分珍惜这些疤痕，因为它们能使我想起我们共同拥有的爱心。有时我送出了心，其他人并没有回赠给我，因此就出现了这些深孔一一献出爱只是创造机会。尽管这些伤口疼痛，并且整日敞开着，却能使我想起我给予他们的爱。我希望有一天，他们能够回来填补上我心里的空间。你们现在明白什么是真正的美丽了吧？”年轻人默默无语地站着，泪水顺着脸颊流下。他走到这位老人身边，把手伸进自己完