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读书使人优美

毕淑敏

       ①优美在字典上的意思是：美好。

       ②做一个美好的人，我相信是绝大多数人的心愿。谁不愿意美好啊？除了心灵的美好，外表也需美好。为了这份美好，人们使出了万千手段。比如刀兵相见的整容，比如涂脂抹粉的化妆。为了抚平脸上的皱纹，竟然发明了用肉毒杆菌的毒素在眉眼间注射，让面部微小神经麻痹，换来皮肤的暂时平滑……让我这个曾经当过医生的人，胆战心惊。

       ③其实，有一个最简单的美容之法，却被人们忽视，那就是读书啊！

       ④读书的时候，人是专注的。因为你在聆听一些高贵的灵魂自言自语，不由自主地谦逊和聚精会神。即使是读闲书，看到妙处，也会忍不住拍案叫绝……长久的读书可以使人养成恭敬的习惯，知道这个世界上可以为师的人太多了，在生活中也会沿袭洗耳倾听的姿态。而倾听，是让人神采倍添的绝好方式。所有的人都渴望被重视，而每一个生命也都不应被忽视。你重视了他人，魅力就降临在你双眸。

       ⑤读书的时候，常常会会心一笑。那些智慧和精彩，那些英明与穿透，让我们在惊叹的同时拈页展颜。微笑是最好的敷粉和装点，微笑可以传达比所有语言更丰富的善意与温暖。有人觉得微笑很困难，以为是一个如何掌控面容的技术性问题，其实不然。不会笑的人，我总疑心是因为读书的不够广博和投入。书是一座快乐的富矿，储存了大量浓缩的欢愉因子，当你静夜抚卷的时候（当然也包括网上阅读），那些因子如同香氛蒸腾，迷住了你的双眼，你眉飞色舞，中了蛊似的笑起来，独享其乐。也许有人说，我读书的时候，时有哭泣呢！哭，其实也是一种广义的微笑，因为灵魂在这一个瞬间舒展，尽情宣泄。告诉你一个小秘密:我大半生所有的快乐累加一处，都抵不过我在书中得到的欢愉多。而这种欣悦，是多么地简便和利于储存啊，物美价廉重复使用，且永不磨损。

       ⑥读书让我们知道了天地间很多奥秘，而且知道还有更多的奥秘，不曾被人揭露，我们就不敢用目空一切的眼神睥睨天下。读书其实很多时候是和死人打交道，图书馆堆积的基本上都是思索者的木乃伊，新华书店里出售的大部分也是亡灵的墓志铭。你在书籍里看到了无休无止的时间流淌，你就不敢奢侈，不敢口出狂言。自知是一切美好的基石。当你把他人的聪慧加上你自己的理解，恰如其分地轻轻说出的时候，你的红唇就比任何美丽色彩的涂抹，都更加光艳夺目。

       ⑦你想美好吗？你就读书吧。不需要花费很多的金钱，但要花费很多的时间。坚持下去，持之以恒，优美就像五月的花环，某一天飘然而至，簇拥你颈间。

    Life is colorful. Sometimes it's just like potato salad; when it's shared it becomes a picnic.

    With three young children, my husband John and I were very 1. “Can we go on a picnic, Mom?” my six-year-old daughter, Becky 2. “Please.” I had said no so many times in 3 months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores could 4. To her 5, I agreed.

    I prepared a few sandwiches and 6 a cooler with ice and drinks and called John 7. My eleven-year-old twin sons loaded the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some 8 time together as a family.

    About the time I got the lunch 9 out on the table, John arrived on the 10.That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was filled with 11. We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school responsibilities for so many months. John and the boys 12 rocks into the lake. Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly on the picnic table, 13 God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.

    That night as our children went to bed, I kissed their cheeks and 14 what a wonderful life I had. As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest 15 could become a picnic when it's shared with the ones you 16. Even though the kids have now grown up and 17 from home, I can still remember how I felt that day while sitting at the picnic table.

    Maybe today would be a good time to 18 potato salad, call all of my 19 kids, feed some hungry ducks and skipped a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let's make it a 20.