托福阅读丨如何找到一生挚爱？

读故事悟人生，本期的托福阅读栏目。长沙新航道小编带给大家的这篇文章，希望能给大家一些启发，愿各位早日觅得真爱。

The king announced that he was looking for a husband for his daughter. On the appointed day, hundreds of suitors gathered in the castle. Everyone wanted to prove that they would love the princess forever.

The girl looked at the dressed-up young men and thought. Then she called for her tutor, and they had a long talk. "I won't be talking to the suitors today," the princess announced, returning to her tutor.

The tutor's house was by the road. When the first suitor, a noble knight on a horse, rode past, he saw a beggar woman with a flower basket by the roadside.

Having seen the knight, she asked, "Could you buy a bouquet, young man?" "Get out of my way, beggar!" shouted the knight and rode off. So did all the young men who hurried to the castle that day.

The next day, the upset princess met the suitors. After saying a few words, she immediately sent them away. The same thing happened on the second day, and on the third.

"Darling, why do you send them away?" asked the queen anxiously. "They're unable to see beauty, Mother," answered the princess. A month passed. New suitors gathered in the castle. Only the princess and a young man were not there. They appeared together, and the princess announced that she found her match.

Then she explained to the queen:

"My tutor told me that 'Only one man will love you until the end of his life: the one who will fall in love with you in rags.' Every day I dressed in old clothes, waiting for the suitors by the roadside. This young man was the only one who stopped to buy flowers from me. He told me I was beautiful."

一位国王向外宣布了他要为她的女儿找一位丈夫的消息。到了约定日期的那天，无数追求者聚集在了城堡这个地方，每个人都渴望证明自己那颗永远爱这位公主的心。

公主看着这些悉心打扮的英俊小生，陷入了沉思。随后她叫来了她的老师，两个人谈了许久。“今天我是不会和这些追求者见面的了“，公主说完之后便跟着她的老师走了。

老师的房子就在路边。当位追求者，一名高贵的骑士骑马而过时，他看到了一个乞丐，拿着花篮站在路边。

乞丐看到骑士后她便问他：“年轻的小伙子，能帮我买一束花吗？”骑士破口大骂道“滚开点臭乞丐！”，随即便扬尘而去。那天，所有急着去城堡的追求者都是如此。

第二天，心烦意乱的公主跟那些追求者说了几句便马上把他们打发走了。第三天、第四天依旧如此。

“亲爱的，为什么你总把他们都赶走呢？”皇后很不安。“妈妈，他们都不知道什么才叫作美丽。”女儿回答完之后，皇后便走了。城堡外又有新的追求者继续聚集等候，唯独公主和一名年轻人不在那，他们一起出现在大众面前，公主宣布她已经找到了她的另一半。

随后她向她的母亲解释：“老师告诉我只有一种人才会爱你直到永远，那就是你衣衫褴褛他却爱你依旧。每一天我都穿得一身破烂的样子在路边等着我的追求者，那位年轻人是一个肯停下他的步伐，买下我的鲜花，告诉我我很美的人。”

小编感悟是的，人生路途漫漫，找到一位与你共度一生，共你携手偕老的人哪有那么容易。或许他是觊觎你朱门绣户，抑或是沉醉于你的花容月貌，可终有一天你的银子会散尽，你的美貌会凋谢，他也不再是以前的他，那个曾把你奉为一生挚爱的人。

正如故事里的老师所认为的那个“你衣衫褴褛他却爱你依旧”的人才算是真正爱你的人吧。你本已一无所有，他却毫无介意，那他必定是看到你真正的内心。光阴荏苒，它会磨走你所有的外在，只有你的内在会慢慢沉淀。

愿你终有一天找到这么一个人，紧紧握住他的手，因为他才是你一生的挚爱啊。

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