Packing a person 美文欣赏

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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 advantage. To display personal charm in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. A master packager knows how to integrate art and nature without any traces of embellishment, so that the person so packaged is no commodity but a human being, lively and lovely. A young person, especially a female, radiant 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 moment of doze. Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to conceal the furrows ploughed by time. If you still enjoy life's exuberance enough to retain self-confidence and pursue pioneering work, you are unique in your natural qualities, and your charm 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 complacent stage of serenity indifferent to fame or wealth. There is no need to resort to hair-dyeing； the snow-capped mountain is itself a beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old synchronizing 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 deluxe edition that fascinates one so much as to be reluctant to part with. As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity establishes its brand by the right packaging.

From: http://www.hxen.com/englisharticle/chendu100/2009-05-17/77032.html

tingroom

i like it very much

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      一个人，就像一件商品，需要包装，过分夸张会令人反感。但是，一点点的夸张，无损于以个人的独特魅力展现出来的优势。通过一种舒适又自然的手法展示个人魅力，更重要的是可以很好的认识自我。一位包装大师知道如何把艺术和自然两者有机融合在一起，而不留下任何修饰过的痕迹，这样包装出来才不会是商品，而是一个生动而可爱的人。

     一位年轻人尤其是女性，有着所有上帝赐予她的恩惠，美丽以及充满全身的活力这都让她光彩照人。任何涂脂抹粉都是多余的。然而，青春在打盹的片刻，如来时般眨眼间就溜走了。中年的包装主要是掩饰岁月在脸上留下的沟沟渠渠。如果您觉得充沛的精力足以让你拥有自信，争创事业高峰，这种天然本色让你与众不同，那么保持你的这种魅力和优雅。

      如果老年人的生命之河已依次通过平原，山川和丛林，正如河流应该的这样，这样的老年人无疑是美丽的。现在这样平静、淡泊名利的生活，不必借助染发就能达到。皑皑雪山本就是仙境中的一个美丽场景。人的外貌应该遵循自然衰老规律，从青丝如云到白发苍苍，与自然保持和谐，和谐本就是美，反之则让人怪异。对于一个有着深厚文化底蕴，历史悠久的企业，就像读一本厚厚的精装版书，读来令人着迷舍不得放手。人也只有找准自己的位置，才能知道如何包装自己，就如同一件商品使用正确的包装来建立它的品牌一样。


      （我翻译的还行吧！）

xuxiaolin

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tingroom

你翻译的好好，太强悍了。