love and time

Once upon a time there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all the others, including Love.

One day it was announced to all of the feelings that the island was going to sink to the bottom of the ocean. So all the feelings prepared their boats to leave .

Love was the only one that stayed. She wanted to preserve the island paradise until the last possible moment.

When the island was almost totally under, love decided it was time to leave.

She began looking for someone to ask for help. Just then Richness was passing by in a grand boat. Love asked, \"Richness, can I come with you on your boat?\"

Richness answered, \"I'm sorry, but there is a lot of silver and gold on my boat and there would be no room for you anywhere.\"

Then Love decided to ask Vanity for help who was passing by in a beautiful vessel. Love cried out, \"Vanity, help me please!\" \"I can't help you,\" Vanity said, \"You are all wet and will damage my beautiful boat.\"

Next, Love saw Sadness passing by. Love said, \"Sadness, please let me go with you.\"

Sadness answered, \"Love, I'm sorry, but, I just need to be alone now.\"

Then, Love saw Happiness. Love cried out, \"Happiness, please take me with you.\" But Happiness was so overjoyed that he didn't hear Love calling to him.

Love began to cry. Suddendly, she heard a voice say, \"Come Love, I will take you with me.\" It was an elder. Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that she forgot to ask the elder his name. When they arrived on land the elder went on his way. Love realized how much she owed the elder.

Love then found Knowledge and asked, \"Who was it that helped me?\"\"It was Time,' Knowledge answered. \"But why did Time help me when no one else would?\"Love asked.

Knowledge smiled and with deep wisdom and sincerity, answered, \"Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is. 爱和时间

从前有一个岛，所有的情感都住在那里：幸福、悲伤、知识和所有其它的，爱也不例外。一天，所有的情感听说小岛即将沉没，因此建造小船，纷纷离开，除了爱。

爱是唯一留下来的，因为它希望能坚持到最后一刻。

小岛即将沉没了，爱决定请求帮助。

富有驾着一艘大船从爱身边经过，爱说，

“富有，你能带上我么？”

富有回答说：“不行，我的船上载满金银财宝，没有你的地方。”

虚荣坐在漂亮的小船中从爱身边驶过，爱问：“虚荣，你能帮助我么？”

虚荣说：“不行，你全身湿透，会弄脏我的船。”

悲伤的船靠近了，爱问：“悲伤，请带我走吧。”

“哦。。。爱，我太难过了，想一个人呆着。”

幸福经过爱的身边，它太开心了，根本没听见爱在呼唤。

突然，一个声音喊道：“来，爱，我带你走。” 声音来自“年老”。爱太高兴了，甚至忘了问他们即将去何方。当他们来到岸上，年老自己离开了。爱突然意识到“年老”给了它多大的帮助。

于是，爱问另一位老者--知识：“谁帮助了我？”

知识说：“是时间。”

“时间？”爱问：“但是时间为什么帮助我？”

知识睿智地微笑道：“因为只有时间了解爱的价值。”

One day it was announced to all of the feelings that the island was going to sink to the bottom of the ocean.

本句运用了一个很常见很实用的表达句式it+is/was+announced (to sb)+that…表示

“据通知,据宣称”,这个句式还可扩展为it’s

asid/believed/hoped/expected/reported/announced/whispered等等,通常用在无明确主语或没必要突出主语的情况下, it为形式主语,真正主语是后面的that从句.

Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is. 此句的含义是”因为只有时间能够理解爱的伟大”,即只有通过时间的检验,爱的伟大之处才能最终为人们理解.虽然句子简短却意义深远.这里注意be capable of doing的用法，表示”擅长或适合做某事”.