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“Packaging”A Person(A)

Guidance for Reciting

As the old Chinese saying goes,“Clothing makes a man”,but a wolf in sheep's clothing is still a wolf.

Aperson,like a commodity,needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable. 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. Your charm and grace will remain if you still retain self-confidence and pursue pioneering work. 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.

人的包装(1)

诵读导言

中文俗语里讲“人靠衣装马靠鞍”;披上羊皮的狼终归是匹狼。

人如商品要包装,但切忌过分包装。在随意与自然中表现人的个性美,重要的是认识自己,包装的高手在于不留痕迹,外在的一切应与自身浑然一体,这时你不再是商品,而是活生生的可爱的人。

青年人,尤其是女性,有着充盈的生命的底气,亮丽诱人,这是上帝赐予的神采,任何涂抹都是多余的败笔,青春是个打个盹就过去的东西。中年的包装主要是修复岁月的磨损,如果你依然拥有自信、开拓进取,你将风采依旧。如果你生命的河流正常地流过,流过了平原高山和丛林,那么老年的你是美的。你的美充满了安详与淡泊,因为你真正生活过。

Notes

1.casual [5kAVjuEl] a.偶然的,随便的,非正式的,漫不经心的

2.embellishment [im5beliFmEnt] n.装饰,润色,修饰

3.radiant [5reidiEnt] a.精神焕发的

4.complacent [kEm5pleisnt] a.洋洋自得的 [Compare?押 complacent 洋洋自得的,自满的;complaisant 谦恭的,有礼的,顺从的]

5.serenity [si5reniti] n.宁静,安祥