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论美

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    美德好比宝石,它在朴素背景的衬托下反而更华丽。同样,一个打扮并不华贵却端庄严肃而有美德者是令人肃然起敬的。

    美貌的人,未必也具有内在的美,因为造物似乎是吝啬的,他给了此就不再予彼。所以许多美男子徒有其表却不是真正的男子汉,他们过于追求形体之美而忽略了内心的修养。但这不可绝对而论,因为奥古斯都、菲斯帕芗、菲力普王、爱德华四世、阿尔西巴底斯、伊斯梅尔等,都既是大丈夫,又是美男子。就形貌而言,自然之美要胜于服饰之美,而优雅行为之美又胜于单纯仪容之美。最高的美是画家所无法表现的,因为它并非人力所能创造。这是一种奇妙的美。曾经有两位画家——阿皮雷斯和丢勒滑稽地认为,可以按照几何比例,或者通过摄取不同人身上最美的特点,用画合成一张最完美的人像。其实像这样画出来的美人,恐怕只表现了画家本人的某种偏爱。美是很难制定规范的(正如同音乐一样),创造它的常常是机遇,而不是公式。有许多脸型,就它的部分看并不优美,但作为整体却非常动人。

    有些老人也会显得很可爱,因为他们的作风优雅而练达。有一句拉丁谚语说:“四季之美尽在晚秋。”而尽管有的年轻人少年俊秀,却由于缺乏优美的举止和修养而不配得到赞美。

    美犹如盛夏的水果,是容易腐败而难保持的。世上有许多美人,他们有过放荡的青春,却迎受着愧悔的晚年。因此,应该把美的形貌与美的德行结合起来。这样,美才会放射出灿烂的光辉。

(选自《培根论人生》,何新译,有删改)

下面不符合作者观点的一项是(    )

A:有些人过分追求外在的美而忽略了内在的美。

B:人的至美不能用固定的公式直观地描绘出来。

C:美的形貌与优雅的行为相结合才是理想的美。

D:老人比年轻人更有阅历,更能显示美的光辉。

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    When I was nine yean old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that wasn't very fun about it was that he could catch many fish white I couldn't catch anything. I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why. He always answered, “Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish”, I remember being even more upset then because, “I'm not a fish!”I didn't know how to think like a fish. Besides, I reasoned, how could what I think influence what a fish does?

    As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really meant. So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending the monthly meetings. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade. Yet, fish don't have any eyelids(眼皮)and the sun hum their eyes... The more I understood fish, the more I became effective at finding and catching them.

    When I grew up and entered the business world, I remember hearing my first boss say, “We all need to think like salespeople.” But it didn't completely make sense. My dad never once said, “If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.” What he said was, “You need to think like a fish.” Years later, with great efforts to promote long-term services to people much older and richer than me, I gradually learned what we all need is to think more like customers. It is not an easy job. I will show you how in the following chapters.