英语小达人 393 Packaging a Person

 　　Packaging a Person人的包装A person, like a commodity, needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable¹. A little exaggeration, however, does no harm when it shows the person's unique qualities to their advantages. To show personal attractiveness in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. A skilled packager knows how to add art to nature without any signs of embellishment, so that the person so packaged is not a commodity but a human being, lively and lovely.

　　人如商品需要包装，但切忌包装过头。稍许夸张包装，只要展示了个性的独特品质，并无害处。要在随意与自然中表现人的个性美，重要的是认识自己。包装的高手在于懂得如何不留痕迹，将外在的修饰与内在的特性浑然一体，这时你不再是商品，而是充实生动的人。

　　A young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, has all the favor granted by God. Any attempt to make up would be self-defeating. Youth, however, comes and goes in a flash. Packaging for the middle-aged² is primarily to hide the marks made by years. If you still enjoy life enough to keep self-confidence and work at pioneering work you are unique in your natural qualities; and your attractiveness and grace will remain. Elderly people are beautiful if their river of life has been through plains mountains and jungles, running its course as it should. You have really lived your life, which now arrives at a self-satisfied stage of quietness and calmness with no interest in fame or wealth. There is no need to make use of hair dyeing. The snow-capped mountain is itself a beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness. To be in the elder's company is like reading a thick book of deluxe³ edition that attracts one so much as to be unwilling⁴ to part with.

　　青年特别是女性拥有美丽和充盈的生命力而光彩照人，这是上帝赐予的神采，任何涂抹都是多余的败笔。然而青春在打个盹的时间里就过去。中年的包装主要是修复岁月的磨痕，如果中年的生命生气勃勃，保有自信，积极开拓，你将拥有无与伦比的内在气度，你依然魅力散发。于是老年人，在你真正生活之后，如果你生命的河流沿着生命的指引的轨道流过了平原高山和丛林，那么你是美的。这种呈现出安详与淡泊。不必要去染白发，老人的白发像高山积雪，有中仙境之美。人该年轻时就年轻，该年老是就年老，这是自然同步，这是自然和谐统一。和谐就是美，反之就是丑。和老年人在一起就像读一本厚厚的精装书，魅力无穷，令人爱不释手。

　　As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity sets up its brand by the right packaging.

　　人只要真正找到了自己，就找到了品牌。就找到了恰当的包装。

1 undesirable   

adj.不受欢迎的，不良的，不合意的，讨厌的；n.不受欢迎的人，不良分子

参考例句：

• They are the undesirable elements among the employees.他们是雇员中的不良分子。
• Certain chemicals can induce undesirable changes in the nervous system.有些化学物质能在神经系统中引起不良变化。

2 middle-aged   

adj.中年的

参考例句：

• I noticed two middle-aged passengers.我注意到两个中年乘客。
• The new skin balm was welcome by middle-aged women.这种新护肤香膏受到了中年妇女的欢迎。

3 deluxe   

adj.华美的，豪华的，高级的

参考例句：

• This system puts the top hotels in a special deluxe category.这种分类法把最高级的旅馆列为特殊豪华级。
• I liked the deluxe edition,but I could afford only a second best.我喜欢精装版，但我只买得起一本稍差一点的。

4 unwilling   

adj.不情愿的

参考例句：

• The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
• His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。