選自瘋狂英語(yǔ)閱讀版。一朵美麗的玫瑰，想要嶄露頭角，必須先耐心忍受那周而復(fù)始的長(zhǎng)刺過程。同樣，美麗的人生路也充滿荊棘，坎坷挫折就像是那一根根玫瑰刺。但請(qǐng)相信只要你不放棄生活的信念，勇于超越這些刺，那么這條荊棘人生路必定是通向一座美麗的玫瑰園。
The rose does not stop, and it is never at rest. For from a rose comes a seed, comes a stem, comes more thorns, comes another rose. And from that rose comes a seed, comes a stem, come more thorns, comes yet another rose. Each year that passes, another rose is added and over time the rose as he said becomes the rose garden that he always knew it would be! So plant your seeds with care for you are the seed that forms a rose that forms a garden that forms a bouquet that will be given as a gift to another.
玫瑰沒有歇下來，它的努力從未停息。一朵玫瑰帶來一顆種子，種子長(zhǎng)出根莖，再長(zhǎng)出刺，然后又長(zhǎng)成一朵玫瑰，這樣周而復(fù)始。每一年都有一朵新的玫瑰成熟綻放，假以時(shí)日，這朵玫瑰一定如料想般變成一個(gè)玫瑰園。所以，要小心翼翼栽培手中的種子，因?yàn)槟憔褪沁@樣的一顆種子，將化身為玫瑰園里一朵又一朵的玫瑰，最后作為花束獻(xiàn)禮他人。