精美英文欣赏:颜色与人 Colors and People

Colors and People

人和颜色

There are three primary colors: red, yellow, and blue. Certain psychologists have put people who love these colors into different groups.

有三种原色：红色，黄色和蓝色。某些心理学家把喜欢这三种颜色的人划分成三类。

The group of people who love red are those who have self-confidence enough to be heroes and winners of competitions. The members of this group are optimistic. Red color lovers usually believe that everything will end up the way they have planned. They spend no time feeling sad about errors make or disasters that might happen.

喜欢红色的人是那些有足够信心成为英雄或者在比赛中胜出。他们也是乐观的一群人。喜欢红色的人相信所有的事情都会像他们计划的方向发展。他们没有时间去想令人沮丧的事情，和可能发生的灾难。

The yellow color is commonly loved by cowardly people. Lovers of yellow get along easily with others because they are afraid of friction¹ and argument. However, in secret, despite their cowardice², they enjoy excitement. They fantasize being lovers of red; only they lack the nerve to make their fantasies come true. They may daydream³ about being loved by a movie star, or managing millions of dollars. Lovers of yellow tend to betray their friends and loved ones. The reason for their lack of integrity is probably that they prefer lying or cheating to taking a hard stand.

通常胆小的人喜爱黄色。喜欢黄色的人很容易和别人相处，因为害怕与人摩擦和争论。然而，尽管懦弱，私下里他们享受兴奋。他们幻想成为红色性格的人；只有他们缺乏勇气让自己梦想成真。他们可能会做被电影明星深爱或者管理数百万美元这样的白日梦。黄色性格的人往往更可能出卖自己的朋友和亲人。他们缺乏正直的原因可能是他们更喜欢为了让自己处于有利地位而撒谎和欺骗。

The color blue is loved commonly by sad people who have a low self-esteem, and who probably often suffer from depression. Lovers of blue believe in others rather than themselves. "Mr. X is so much better than I am" is a typical comment made by blue-lovers. One who chooses blue is probably more quiet or shy than one who prefers red or yellow. He is often drawn⁴ to sad movies, gloomy philosophies, and sad memories. This group of people would rather follow than lead.

悲伤的自我意识比较差，或者经常遭受抑郁症折磨的人通常喜欢蓝色。蓝色性格的人相信他人而不是自己。“X先生是比我好多了”是典型的蓝色性格的人做出的评价。一个选择蓝色的人可能更安静或比红色和黄色性格的人更害羞。他们对悲情的电影，悲观的哲学，和悲伤的记忆情有独钟。这群人宁愿被动也不愿意主动。

Color psychology⁵ can be an interesting field in which to do some studies, but there is no proof to indicate that its findings are reliable.

色彩心理学是一个有趣的领域，在这个领域，可以做一些研究，但没有证据表明研究其结果一定是可靠的。

1 friction   

n.摩擦，摩擦力

参考例句：

• When Joan returned to work,the friction between them increased.琼回来工作后，他们之间的摩擦加剧了。
• Friction acts on moving bodies and brings them to a stop.摩擦力作用于运动着的物体，并使其停止。

2 cowardice   

n.胆小，怯懦

参考例句：

• His cowardice reflects on his character.他的胆怯对他的性格带来不良影响。
• His refusal to help simply pinpointed his cowardice.他拒绝帮助正显示他的胆小。

3 daydream   

v.做白日梦，幻想

参考例句：

• Boys and girls daydream about what they want to be.孩子们遐想着他们将来要干什么。
• He drifted off into another daydream.他飘飘然又做了一个白日梦。

4 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

5 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。