英语美文赏析
The Ugly Truth about Beauty
By Dave Barry
If you're a man, at some point a woman will ask you how she looks.
"How do I look?" she'll ask.
You must be careful how you answer this question. The best technique is to form an honest yet sensitive opinion, then collapse on the floor with some kind of fatal seizure.* Trust me, this is the easiest way out. Because you will never come up with the right answer.
collapse[k??l?ps]vi.／n.倒坍，塌下；崩溃，突然失败
fatal[?feitl]a.致命的，灾难性的；重大的，决定性的
seizure[?si:??]n.没收；占有；抵押
The problem is that women generally do not think of their looks in the same way that men do. Most men form an opinion of how they look in seventh grade, and they stick to it for the rest of their lives. Some men form the opinion that are irresistibly handsome and they do not change this opinion even when their noses bloat to the size of eggplant s and their eyebrow s grow together to form what appears to be a giant
forehead-dwelling tropical caterpillar.*
stick to粘贴在…上；紧跟；坚持，忠于，信守
irresistibly adv. 不可抵抗地(压制不住地, 无可反驳地)
bloat vt. 使肿胀adj.肿胀的n. 膨胀，自傲, (家畜)肠道炎
eggplant n. 茄子
eyebrow n.眉毛
dwelling n.住处
caterpillar n.毛虫，蝴蝶的幼虫
Most men, I believe, think of themselves as average-looking. Men will think this even if their faces cause heart failure in cattle at a range of 300 yards.* Being average does not bother them; average is fine, for men. This is why men never ask anybody how they look. Their primary form
of beauty care is to shave themselves, which is essentially the same form
of beauty care that they give to their lawns. If,
at the end of his four-minute daily beauty
regimen, a man has managed to wipe most of
the shaving cream out of his hair and is not
bleeding too badly, he feels that he has done
all he can, so he stops thinking about his
appearance and devotes his mind to more critical issues, such as the Super Bowl.*
regimen n.养生法，生活规则
Women do not look at themselves this way. If I had to express, in three words, what I believe most women think about their appearance, those words would be: "not good enough." No matter how attractive a woman may appear to be to others, when she looks at herself in the
mirror, she thinks: woof. She thinks that at any moment a municipal animal-control officer is going to throw a net over her and haul her off to the shelter.*
woof [wu:f] n. 纬线，织物n. （狗的）低吠声vi.狗吠municipal [mju:'nisipl] adj. 市的,市政的n. 政府证券
haul vt./ n.(用力)拖，拉；(用车等)拖运，运送
Why do women have such low self-esteem? There are many complex psychological and societal reasons, by which I mean Barbie. Girls grow up playing with a doll proportioned such that, if it were a human, it would be seven feet tall and weigh 81 pounds, of which 53 pounds would be bosom s. This is a difficult appearance standard to live up to,* especially when you contrast it with the standard set for little boys by their dolls … excuse me, by their action figures. Most of the action figures that my son played with when he was little were hideous -looking. For example, he was very fond of an action figure (part of the He-Man series) called "Buzz-Off," who was part human, part flying insect. Buzz-Off was not a looker. But he was extremely self-confident. You could not imagine Buzz-Off saying to the other action figures: Do you think these wings make my hip s look big?"
esteem [is'ti:m] n. 尊敬vt. 认为,尊敬
proportioned adj. 成比例的(相称的)
bosom n.胸部，乳房；胸怀，内心
hideous a.极其丑陋的，难看的
hip[hip]n.臀部，髋部
But women grow up thinking they need to look like Barbie, which for most women is impossible, although there is a multibillion-dollar beauty industry devoted to convincing women that they must try. Sorry, your browser doesn't support Java(tm). I once saw an Oprah show wherein supermodel Cindy Crawford dispensed make up tips to the studio audience. Cindy had all these middle-aged women applying beauty products to their faces;* she stressed how important it was to apply them in a certain way, using the tips of their fingers. All the women dutifully did this, even though it was obvious to any sane observer that, no matter how carefully they applied these products, they would never look remotely like Cindy Crawford, who is some kind of genetic mutation. browser n. 吃嫩叶的动物, 浏览书本的人
dispense vt.分配，分发；配(药)，发(药)；实施
dutifully ['dju:tifuli] adv. 忠实地, 忠贞地
sane[sein]a.神志正常的；清醒的，明智的
mutation n.突变，变异
I'm not saying that men are superior. I'm just saying that you're not going to get a group of middle-aged men to sit in a room and apply cosmetic s to themselves under the instruction of Brad Pitt, in hopes of looking more like him. Men would realize that this task was pointless and
demeaning. They would find some way to bolster their self-esteem that did not require looking like Brad Pitt. They would say to Brad: "Oh YEAH? Well what do you know about LAWN CARE, pretty boy?" cosmetic a.美容的；装饰性的n.[ pl.]化妆品
demean v.贬抑，降低
bolster vt.支撑
lawn n.草地，草坪
Of course many women will argue that the reason they become obsess ed with trying to look like Cindy Crawford is that men, being as shallow as a drop of spit, want women to look that way. To which I have two responses:
obsess vt.着迷
1. Hey, just because we’re idiot s, that does not mean you have to be; and
idiot n.白痴，傻子，笨蛋
2. Men don't even notice 97 percent of the beauty efforts you make anyway. Take fingernails.* The average woman spends 5,000 hours per year worrying about her fingernails; I have never once, in more than 40 years of listening to men talk about women, heard a man say, "She has a nice set of fingernails!" Many men would not notice if a woman had upward of four hands.
upward of超过、多于
Anyway, to get back to my original point: If you're a man, and a woman asks you how she looks, you're in big trouble. Obviously, you can't say she looks bad. But you also can't say that she looks great, because she'll think you're lying, because she has spent countless hours, with the help of the multibillion-dollar beauty industry, obsessing about the differences between herself and Cindy Crawford. Also, she suspects that you're not qualified to judge anybody's appearance. This is because you have shaving cream in your hair.
重点词解析
-1. point: moment
e.g. At that point, the professor got up and left the office.
0. technique: a special skill or way of doing sth.
e.g. They adopt new techniques to produce special effects in movies.
1. sensitive: easily hurt, upset, or offended by things that people say
e.g. Jane’s very sensitive about her figure.
2. collapse: v. 1. to fall down suddenly
e.g. Uncle Ted’s chair collapsed under his weight.
3. to fail
e.g. The business finally collapsed because of heavy debts.
4. to fall helpless or unconscious
e.g. The man has collapsed: call for the doctor !
5. fatal: causing or resulting in death
e.g. This piece of news is fatal to his political future.
6. seizure: a sudden attack of an illness
e.g. The old man you mentioned yesterday died of a heart seizure.
7. come up with: to produce; to think of (a plan, an answer, a reply, etc.)
e.g. When I asked him why he was late he couldn’t come up with an answer.
8. stick to: to refuse to change
e.g. John sticks to his view that we should increase the size of the port.
9. irresistibly: that cannot be resisted
10. bloat: to cause to swell
e.g. Overeating will bloat your stomach.
11. giant: extremely big
e.g. There is a giant supermarket just outside town.
12. dwell: to live
e.g. The two young men are dwelling on an island.
13. tropical: (living) in the tropics
e.g. Bananas are tropical fruit.
14. caterpillar: a type of small long many-legged wormlike creature which feeds on the leaves of plants
e.g. In the tropical forests you can encounter all kinds of colorful caterpillars.
15. think of …as: consider … as …
e.g. I think of him as one of my friends.
16. at a range of : with a specified distance between one person or thing and another
e.g. A bat can detect a moth at a range of less than 8 feet.
17. primary: 1. of chief importance; principal
e.g. The government’s primary aim is to see significant reductions in unemployment.
2. earliest in time or order of development
e.g. The country is in the primary stage of socialism.
18. regimen: a fixed plan of food, exercise, etc., in order to improve one’s health
e.g. The young woman is following a strict regimen.
19. devote one’s mind to sth.: to concentrate all one’s mind on sth.
e.g. He devotes his mind to the sports program on TV.
20. issue: 1. an important topic or problem for discussion
e.g. The issue of global warming is becoming more and more serious today.
2. each of a regular series of publications
e.g. Have you read the July issue of this magazine?
21. woof: the barking sound of a dog
22. municipal: relating to a town or its governing body
e.g. The municipal government offices are located in the center of the town.
23. haul: to pull sth. with effort or force
e.g. He hauled his bike out of the shed.
24. shelter: 1. a building or enclosure offering protection
e.g. There is a wooden shelter in the public garden.
2. an animal sanctuary
25. self-esteem: the feeling that you are someone who deserves to be liked, respected, and admired
e.g. Teachers need to help build up their students’ sense of self-esteem.
26. psychological: connected with the way that people’s minds work and the way that this affects their behavior
e.g. There must be some psychological explanation for his bad temper.
27. societal: relating to society e.g. societal change
28. proportion: to adjust sth. so that it has a particular or suitable relationship to sth. else
e.g. Allowances for expenditure have been proportioned to your income.
29. live up to: to fulfill expectations
e.g. You should live up to your promise.
30. action figure: a doll representing a person or fictional character known for vigorous action, such as a soldier or superhero
31. looker: a very attractive person, especially a woman
e.g. What a looker she is !
32. wherein: (relative adverb) in which
e.g. The clay ovens wherein some farm wives still bake bread are very strange.
33. dispense: to give sth. to people
e.g. Villagers dispensed tea to people involved in the accident.
34. tip: a helpful piece of advice
e.g. Steve gives us some helpful tips on how to take good pictures.
35. dutifully: obediently
e.g. The girl dutifully wrote down all the sentences.
36. sane: able to think in a normal and reasonable way
e.g. No sane person would do that silly thing.
37. remotely: to a very small degree
e.g. Cindy isn’t remotely interested in what you’re saying.
38. demeaning: causing a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for someone
e.g. Cleaning the toilets is the most demeaning task at the camp.
39. shallow: not deep; not far from top to bottom
e.g. Do you think you can learn to swim in such a shallow river?
40. upward of: (also) upwards of: more than
e.g. The old couple raised upward of 20 cats at home.
41. original: 1. first
e.g. He is said to be the original owner of the house.
2. completely new and different from anything that anyone has thought of before
e.g. What an original idea!
42. suspect: v. to think that sth. is probably true or likely
e.g. Sue strongly suspected her husband had been lying.
n. someone who is thought to be guilty of a crime
e.g. Two suspects have been arrested today in connection with the robbery.
文本翻译：美丽的丑陋实质
如果你是位男士，某个时刻某位女士就会问你她长得怎么样。
“我长得如何？”她问道。
对这问题该如何作答，你得慎重。最好的办法是先有个诚实而隐秘的看法，然后突然急病发作瘫倒在地。相信我，这是最简单的脱身之道。因为你永远找不到恰如其分的回答。
之所以得这样，是因为一般说来女士与男士对自己相貌的看法大相径庭。多数男士在小学七年级时对自己的长相已有了一定之见，并在今后一生中持之不渝。有些男士认为自己帅呆了，即使后来长得鼻
子膨隆，像只茄子，双眉相接，像条热带大毛虫寄生在额头上，也不改初衷。
我以为，多数男士认为自己长相一般。即便其相貌可使三百码开外的牛群突发心脏病，他们也还是固执己见。相貌平平并不使他们发愁，长得普普通通很好啊，男士们觉得。这就是为什么男士们从不问人自己长得怎么样的原因。男士主要的美容护理形式是给自己修修面，这和他们修剪草坪美化环境时的做法基本无异。如果在每天四分钟的美容护理后，他好歹能擦干净修面膏，脸上也不过分流血的话，他就认为自己已尽了责，因此也就不再去操心他的外表，而把心思用于更为重要的问题，比如说全美橄榄球超级杯赛。
女士们可不这样看自己。在我看来，多数女士对自己相貌的想法，如果不得不只用三个字来表述的话，那就是“不够好”。不管她在别人眼里是多么妩媚，当她看着镜子中的自己时，她想到的是“哇呀”。她想到的是市政府动物管理官员随时会跑来向她投下大网，把她拖走，关进无主动物收容所。
女性为何如此自信心不足呢？这有其复杂的心理和社会原因，我这儿指的是巴比娃娃。女孩们玩着这样一个玩偶长大，如果把它按比例变成真人的话，这玩偶足有7英尺高，81磅重，其中53磅是胸部。这样一种外貌标准可很难达到，若是拿这个标准与男孩子们的玩偶……对不起，是与他们的超级宇宙战士玩具标准相对照时，尤为如此。我儿子小时候玩的超级宇宙战士玩具大多数相貌丑陋。例如，他
很喜欢一种叫Buzz-off的半人半会飞的昆虫的超级宇宙战士（属于希曼系列）。Buzz-off不是美男子，但他非常自信。你不可能想象Buzz-off会对另外的超级宇宙战士说：你们说我这些翅膀是不是让我的臀部显得突出了些？
然而女性自幼认为自己必须长得与巴比娃娃一样，这对多数女性而言是不可能的，尽管价值数十亿美元的美容行业竭力劝她们必须试上一试。我曾看过一个由奥普腊主持的娱乐节目，其中超级模特辛迪·克劳福特向演播室的听众传授了不少化妆方面的诀窍。辛迪让所有在场的中年女性往脸上抹化妆品；她强调涂抹的方式有多么重要，要用指尖来涂。在场的所有妇女都尽心尽力地照样做了，但就任何一个神志正常的旁观者看来，显而易见，不管她们在涂抹化妆品时有多么小心仔细，她们也永远无法变得与辛迪·克劳福特稍稍相似，辛迪是某种基因突变的产物。
我并不是在鼓吹男士优越，我只是说你不可能让一帮中年男子坐在房间里，按布莱德·皮特的指导给自己涂抹化妆品，希望把自己弄得更像他一些。男士会意识到这种做法毫无意义且有失身份。他们会找到别的支撑自己自尊的方法而必要求自己长得像布莱德·皮特。他们会对布莱德说：“哦，怎么着？那么你懂得草坪护理吗，帅小子？”
当然，会有不少女性争辩说，她们之所以如此痴迷，想让自己相貌象辛迪·克劳福特，全因为男人，浅薄得像口唾沫的男人要女人们这样的。对这一点我有两个回答：
1、嗨！就算我们是愚蠢，那也不等于你们就非得一样不可；还有
2、不管怎么说，男士们对你们作出的美容努力的百分之九十七根本连注意都没注意到。就拿你们的手指甲来说吧。平均每个女性每年要花上5千小时为手指甲操心；可在我40多年听男士们谈论女性的历史中，我从未听过任何一位男士说；“她有一副漂亮的指甲！” 哪怕某位女子有四只手，也会有许多男士根本就注意不到。
无论如何，请回到我的原来的论点：假如你是位男士，有女士问你她长相如何，你就有麻烦了。显然你不能说她长得丑。但你也不能说她长得美极了，因为她会认为你在撒谎，因为她在有数十亿美元产值的美容业的帮助下，已花了无数个小时钻研自己与辛迪·克劳福特间的差异。另外，她怀疑你根本不配评价别人的相貌。这么说是因为你头发上还沾着剃须膏呢。
关于作者：About the author: Dave Barry
Dave Barry is a syndicated humor columnist in the U. S. who works for both the Miami herald newspaper and Tropic Magazine (a Miami-area local magazine). His Pulitzer Prize-winning articles appear in hundreds of newspapers every week. He is invariably finding a way to make millions of people laugh every day. The New York Times has pronounced him “ the funniest man in America”.
长难句解析：
1.The best technique is to form an honest yet sensitive opinion, then
collapse on the floor with some kind of fatal seizure. The best way is to base your opinion on the truth but keep it to yourself, then pretend to fall on the ground with a heart attack or other deadly illness.
2. Some men form the opinion that they are irresistibly handsome and they do not change this opinion even when their noses bloat to the size of eggplants and their eyebrows grow
together to form what appears to be a giant forehead-dwelling tropical caterpillar.
Some men believe that they are extremely good-looking and they never change this idea even though they are terribly ugly. (Here the author uses the figurative way of exaggeration: noses → size of eggplants; eyebrows → tropical caterpillar)
3. Men will think this even if their faces cause heart failure in cattle
at a range of 300 yards.
Men will regard themselves as average-looking even if the cattle 300 yards away may drop to the ground and die upon seeing their faces. (Here we can detect a sense of humor)
4. …, so he stops thinking about his appearance and devotes his mind to more critical issues, such as the Super Bowl.
…, therefore his own appearance is ignored and he concentrates himself on the more important matters such as the American National Football League Championship Game.
5. She thinks that at any moment a municipal animal-control officer is going to throw a net over her and haul her off to the shelter. Even though she may be very attractive in appearance, being lack of self-confidence, she thinks of herself to be so ugly that she would be caught, as an ugly homeless dog or something, at any time by the animal-control officer of the city and put into an animal sanctuary. (Another humor)
6. This is a difficult appearance standard to live up to,… It’s hard for (girls) to grow to meet such an appearance standard,…
7. Cindy had all these middle-aged women applying beauty products to their faces;
to have sb. doing sth.= to ask sb. to do a kind of concrete action
to apply sth. to sth. else = to use a method, idea, or law in a particular situation, activity or process.
8. Take fingernails. Take fingernails for example.
经典英语美文欣赏80篇(适用于成人)
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Weeks with sees our attractiveness level as akin to that of a discarded dishcloth, and the most physical we could see ourselves being with the guy who actually likes us is a game of ping pong over an especially long table. All of which means that someone usually ends up getting rejected. I'm sure I'm not alone when I say I have struggled with the scenario where I am not interested in a man romantically, but I want to keep him as a friend because he is funny and I enjoy his company, or he has shown himself to be that rare specimen known as "a nice, genuine person, " or he simply doesn't mention his therapist in every other sentence. Rather than string him along and give him hope, I feel compelled to somehow communicate to him sooner rather than later that we'll just be staying friends, nothing more. Otherwise, I think I am being unfair to him. Why should he waste his romantic stamina on me when there are loads of other single women out there who might fall instantly in love with him? 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