Consciousness is like a flower with many petals.

意识就像一朵有许花瓣花。(别译：千瓣莲花)。

What we call the " flower" of the cherry-tree consists of five white leaves or petals.

樱桃树“花朵”有五个白色花瓣。

Each day more petals fall to the ground but for those who miss it, there's always next year to see another magnificent display.

每天都有花瓣飘落，对于那些里人来说，明年盛景仍在。

I have been sketching them, and would fain draw every leaf of their wide shining whorls and every curved and spotted petal.

我一直在画它们素描， 很想画出它们宽阔闪亮轮生每一片叶子， 以及每一片弯曲、有斑点花瓣。

Yet perhaps, they are as much out in their scorn as we should be if we asked of the lily that it should be cast in bronze, or of the daisy that it should have petals of imperishable enamel.

然而，如果我们要求百合应该用青铜铸造，或者雏菊应该有不朽珐琅花瓣，他们蔑视也许就和我们一样。