英语名篇诵读 和谐即美（在线收听）

Harmony Itself Is Beauty

和谐即美

A person, like a commodity , needs packaging . But going too far is absolutely undesirable . 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.

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-aged 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 aging 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 that attracts one so much as to be unwilling to part with.

人和商品一样需要包装。但过分包装绝对不可取。而略微夸张一下并无害处，可使人的优点凸现。为了自然地显露个人魅力，不露雕琢，人们要有自知之明，这很重要。技艺高超的包装师知道如何给自然添加艺术的成分，而毫无雕琢之痕，这样包装起来的人不是一个商品，而是个鲜活可爱的人。

年轻人，特别是女性，乃上天的宠儿，朝气蓬勃，楚楚动人。任何粉饰打扮都会失其本真，弄巧成拙。然而，青春短暂，韶华易逝。中年时期的包装主要是为了掩盖岁月留下的痕迹。如果你依然热爱生活，充满自信，做着开创性的工作，你的自然素质就出类拔萃，你的魅力和优雅也就卓然犹存。老年人，如果他们的人生之河一路高歌，流过平原、高山和丛林，那他们依然很美。你认真地生活过，现在已到达平静安详、自满自足的阶段，对名利已无兴趣。没有必要染发。白雪皑皑的山峰本身就是仙境美景。让你的容貌跟随自然老化的过程，从年轻变得苍老，与自然保持和谐，因为和谐本身就是美，而不和谐则会导致不良的后果。与老者做伴，就像读一本厚书，深深地吸引着你，让你难舍难分。