2017南京中考英语作文练习：最美丽的心

　　

　　suddenly, an old man appeared and said, why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine.

　　the crowd and the young man looked at the old man's heart. it was full of scars, it had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they didn't fit quite right, and there were several jagged edges. in fact, in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces were missing.

　　the young man laughed. comparing your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.

　　yes, said the old man, yours looks perfect but i would never trade with you. you see, every scar represents a person to whom i have given my love. i tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart that fits into the empty place in my heart.

　　but because the pieces aren't exact, i have some rough edges, which i cherish, because they remind me of the love we shared.

　　sometimes i have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn't returned a piece of his or her heart to me. these are the empty gouges -- giving love is taking a chance.

　　although these gouges are painful, they stay open, reminding me of the love i have for those people too, and i hope someday they may return and fill the space i have waiting. so now do you see what true beauty is?

　　the young man walked up to the old man, reached into his perfect heart, and ripped a piece out. he offered it to the old man.

　　the old man placed it in his heart, then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man's heart. it fit, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.

　　the young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man's heart flowed into his.

　　they embraced and walked away side by side.

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　　最美丽的心

　　突然，一个老人出现了，说，为什么，你的心不如我的美丽。

　　围观者和年轻人都看着老人的心。它布满了伤疤，有的地方被删除，把其他部分，但是它们并不是很合适，并且有几个锯齿状边缘。事实上，在一些地方有很深的伤痕慢慢消失。

　　年轻人笑了起来。我们两人的心相比，我的是那么完美，而你的心却是伤痕累累。

　　是的，老人说，你看上去很完美，但是我永远不会和你交换。你看，每个伤疤都代表我给予别人的爱。我撕下自己的一片心给他们，他们往往也会给我一块他们的心来填补我的心。

　　但由于没有确切的作品，我有一些粗糙的边缘，不过我很珍惜，因为它们让我想起我们共同拥有的爱心。

　　有时，我给出了我心的碎片，和其他人并没有回赠给我他心的。这些空缺——给爱一个机会。

　　尽管这些豁口很疼，它们保持打开，提醒爱我的人太多了，我希望有一天能够回来填补上我的空间等待。你现在明白什么是真正的美?

　　年轻人走近老人，把手伸进自己完美的心中，撕下一块。他递给老人。

　　老人把它放进自己的心里，然后从自己疤痕累累的心里掏出一块，放在年轻人心上的伤口。它适合，但不完全，因为有一些疤痕。

　　年轻人看着自己的心，不再完美但比以前更漂亮了，因为老人的爱流淌到了他的心里。

　　他们相互拥抱，肩并肩地走远了。