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1、高中生必备英语美文背诵：MotherlyandFatherlyLove父爱和母爱MotherlyandFatherlyLove Motherlylovebyitsverynatureisunconditional.Motherlovesthenewborninfantbecauseitisherchild,notbecausethechildhasfulfilledanyspecificcondition,orliveduptoanyspecificexpectation.Unconditionallovecorrespondsinoneof‘thedeepestlongings
2、,notonlyofthechild,butofeveryhumanbeing;ontheotherhand,tobelovedbecauseofone’smerit,becauseonedeservesit,alwaysleavesdoubt:maybeIdidnotpleasethepersonwhomIwanttoloveme,maybethisorthat--thereisalwaysafearthatlovecoulddisappear.Furthermore,“deserved”loveeasilyleavesabitterfeelingthatoneisnotlove
3、dforoneself,thatoneislovedonlybecauseonepleases,thatoneis,inthelastanalysis,notlovedatallbutused.Nowonderthatweallclingtothelongingformotherlylove,aschildrenandalsoasadults.Therelationshiptofatherisquitedifferent.Motheristhehomewecomefrom,sheisnature,soil,theocean;fatherdoesnotrepresentanysuch
4、naturalhome.Hehaslittleconnectionwiththechildinthefirstyearsofhislife,andhisimportanceforthechildinthisearlyperiodcannotbecomparedwiththatofmother.Butwhilefatherdoesnotrepresentthenaturalworld,herepresentstheotherpoleofhumanexistence;theworldofthought,ofman-madethings,oflawandorder,ofdisciplin
5、e,oftravelandadventure.Fatheristheonewhoteachesthechild,whoshowshimtheroadintotheworld.Fatherlyloveisconditionallove.Itsprincipleis“1loveyoubecauseyoufulfillmyexpectations,becauseyoudoyourduty,becauseyouarelikeme.”Inconditionalfatherlylovewefind,aswithunconditionalmotherlylove,anegativeandapos
6、itiveaspect.Thenegativeaspectistheveryfactthatfatherlylovehastobedeserved,thatitcanbelostifonedoesnotdowhatisexpected. Thepositivesideisequallyimportant.Sincehisloveisconditional,Icandosomethingtoacquireit,Icanworkforit;hisloveisnotoutsideofmycontrolasmotherlyloveis.母爱和父爱 母爱的天性是无条件的。母亲爱她的新生婴
7、儿，因为那是她的孩子，而不是因为这个小孩符合了什么特别的条件，也不是因为孩子达到了她的某种特别的期望。无条件的爱符合——不只是小孩子，而且是每个人最深切的渴望。另一方面，如果因为自己的优点，因为自己值得爱而被别人爱，我们总会心存疑虑：可能我没有使那个我希望他爱我的人满意吧？可能这个，可能那个——总是害怕那份爱会消失。而且“值得的”爱很容易令人产生一种辛酸的感觉：似乎一个人不是因为自身而被爱，而是因为自己可以令别人高兴，令别人满足才被爱，似乎自己根本不是被爱而是被利用了
