Suppose its leaves were to grow another three or four inches, or suppose it were to bloom with two or three more blossoms, or were to bloom every year, or with a fewer petals, or live slightly longer, or not die so easily--grant one or more of these suppositions and it would no longer be so rare, so prized, so precious.
假如它的葉子再長三四寸，或再多開兩三朵，或每年開花一次，或花瓣稍少幾瓣，或壽命再長點，不那麼容易夭折﹘ ﹘假如有了這些「假如」和「或」中的一個或幾個，那麼，它就不會那樣特殊名貴，當作奇珍異品了。