Chapter Four幸福的人生不贪婪（1/2）

窗外的芙蓉树The Trees Outside My Wdow

Read the article quickly and ahe follog questions.

1. Why did the authard the hibisc tree as her best friend?

2. Why did the author feel surprised when she saw the blosso p tree?

Fro the dow of y roo, I uld see a tall tton-rose hibis sprg, when green foliage was half hidden by ist, the tree looked very entg dotted with red blosso. This spirg neighbor of e ofte y d w. I gradually regarded it as y best friend.

heless, when I opehe dow oo y aazent, the tree was alost bare beynition as a result of the stes the night before.Struck by the plight, I was seized with a sudden saddens at the thought“all the blosso is dood to fall”. I uld not help sighg with eotion: the urse of life never runs sooth, for there are so any ups and downs, ists and turns. The vicissitudes of y life saw y beloved friends partg oer another. Isn’t it siir to the tree sheddg its flowersthe d?

This event faded fro y ory as ti went by. One day after I ca ho fro the untryside, I found the roo stuffy and casually opehe dow.Sothg outside caught y eye and dazzled . Ittree all scarlet with blosso set off beautifully by the suhe surprise disvery overwheldwith pleasure. I wondered why I had no idea of sounyieldg life sproutg over the falleals when I was grievg for the hibisc.

Whe withered petal dropped, all the joyful adiration for the hibisk to oblivion as if nothg was left, until the ndscape was aga abze with the red p blosso to red people of life’s alternation and ntua it be said that life is actually a syphony, a haronio position of loss ga.

Standg by the dow lostthought for a long ti, I realized that no serythe world reas unged. As long as you keep your heart baskgthe sun, every dawn will present a fe prospect for you to unfold and the world will always be brgg about new hopes.

透过我房间的窗子，可以看到一株高大的芙蓉树。它在春日的薄雾中若隐若现，红花点点，甚是迷人。它总能给我灵感，使我文思泉涌。我逐渐地把它当成了最好的朋友。

然而，一天早晨，当我把窗子打开时，吃惊地发现前夜的那场风雨竟将芙蓉树吹打得落红满地。霎时，那种“花开终有落”的悲凉之感袭上心头，我不禁喟叹：人生之旅，总会有各种牵绊，曲折的经历总会伴随着我们。我曾多次承受与挚友离别的伤感，这随风而逝的花朵不正是脆弱生命的真实写照吗？

那天的感触随着时间的流逝在我的记忆中逐渐淡忘。一天，我从乡下回到家中，觉得室内的空气令人窒息，便随手将窗子打开。眼前的景象顿时让我惊呆了。一棵李子树满树都开了火红的花朵，在落日余晖的映照下显得格外漂亮。这惊奇的发现让我兴奋不已。当初我为落红的芙蓉树悲伤时，却没想到那凄凉景象背后，竟会萌生出如此顽强的生命。

当最后一片枯萎的芙蓉花瓣飘落时，人们不再对它赞美欣赏。直到李子树成长起来，那火红的花儿正向人们昭示着生命的更迭与繁衍。不能否认生命原本就是一场得失共存的交响乐呢？

我站在窗前，不禁思绪万千。我意识到，生命中没什么恒久不变的风景，只要你的心永远朝着太阳，那么每一个清晨都会向你展现一番美景，等待你去欣赏——这个世界总会带给你新的希望。

ksPractice

Please fillthe bnks with the proper words a to the giveences.

1. He was _____ with panic when a big bck cat juped out suddenly.

当一只大黑猫突然跳出来时，他感到惊恐万分。

本章未完，点击下一页继续阅读。