Consciousness is like a flower with many petals.

意识就像朵有瓣的。(别译：千瓣的莲)。

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

樱桃树的“朵”有五个白色的瓣。

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

每天都有更的瓣飘落，对于那些怀念这里的人来说，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.

我直在画它们的素描， 很想画出它们宽阔闪亮的轮生的每子， 以及每弯曲的、有斑点的瓣。

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的珐琅瓣，他们的蔑视也就和我们样。