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1、1ThePowerofBeauty2Oneofthemostsuccessful,3influentialandbelovedwomeninAmericanhistory,4EleanorRooseveltoncesaidthatshehadoneregret:5shewishedshehadbeenprettier.6Whohasn tfeltthesameway?7Wearealltooawareofourphysicalimperfections.8Toovercomethem,9wespendbillionsuponbillionsofdollarseveryyearoncosmeti
2、cs,10dietproducts,fashion,andplasticsurgery.11Whydowecaresomuchabouthowwelook?12Becauseitmatters.13Becausebeautyispowerful.14Becauseevenwhenwelearntovaluepeople15mostlyforbeingkindandwiseandfunny,16wearestillmovedbybeauty.17Nomatterhowmuchweargueagainstitorpretendtobeimmune, 18beautyexertsitspowerov
3、erus.19Thereissimplynoescape.20Aristotlesaid,21“ Beautyisagreaterrecommendationthananyletterofintroduction.”22It snotfair,butit strue.23Wesimplytreatbeautifulpeoplebetterthanwedoothers.24Attachaphotographofabeautifulauthortoanessay,25andpeoplewillthinkthatismorecreativeandmoreintelligentlywrit ten26
4、thanexactlythesameessayaccompaniedbythephotoofahomelyauthor. 27Oursensitivitytophysicalbeautyisnotsomethingwecancontrolatwi ll.28Wearebornwithit.29ExperimentsconductedbypsychologistJudithJ.Langlois30showedthatevensmallinfantsprefertolookatattractivefaces.31Beforetheyhavemetasinglesupermodel,32before
5、theyhavewatchedasingleTVshow,33beforetheyhaveopenedupasinglefashionmagazine,34theyaredrawntothesamefaceswhichadultshavejudgedtobeattractiv e.35Therearemoreimportantthingsinlifethanbeauty.36ButasEtcoffsays,37“Wehavetounderstandbeauty,orwewillalwaysbeenslavedbyit.38Ifyouaimtobewiseandkindandfunny,39itdoesn tmeanthatyoucan talsotryyourbesttolookbeautiful.40There snoreasontofeelguiltyaboutbeingmovedbybeauty spower.41Itmovesusall.