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母亲又坐在镜前梳妆,理理青丝,便向脸上抹着各式各样……我呢,手捧书卷,焚上一枝檀香,泡一杯香茗,“窝”在卧室的一隅为自己的生命添画几笔典雅的妆。
翻开书籍,整齐的字迹在明黄的灯光下散发出一种动人心神的墨香。啜一口清茶,为自己的“妆”开个好头。书籍中有着各式的妆:有《再见故宫》里的沧桑庄重,有《诗经》中的恬静淡雅,更有《花间词》中的浓妆艳抹。
我翻开一本《你若安好便是晴天》,深深地坠入其中无法自拔。清新隽永的文字就像是一道清风拂过心怀,有止不住的清凉。我随着“我匆匆的来,挥挥手,不带走一片云彩”一起感受康桥上心灵的律动;我追寻着“你是人间四月天”体会着对于心灵的探求。林徽因本来是历史长河中的一位普通女子,没有张爱玲的回肠荡气,更没有陆小曼的纸醉金迷……
但她的平淡普通,造就一朵无法被世人遗忘的白莲,轻灵、圣洁,迷醉了无数人。一颗真实美丽的心就展现在我的眼前,充满希望却无限迷离。
是啊,“你是人间四月天”。四月是春季最美好的光阴,但也最易逝去。如果时光在停在着生机勃勃的季节里有多好。所以,我们每一个人都要珍惜现在的时光,因为他们就像是易碎的珍宝,要我们去保护。
合上眼,仿佛看见一位慧心如兰的女子从我身旁走过,以毕生的精力去追求人生的理想,讲感情闲置在一旁。她便教会了我如何去理智面对生活,教会了我如何去追逐梦想……睁开眼,嘬一口清茶,仿佛将所有的高雅风韵,典雅气质吞了下去。一瞬间,我竟感受心中是如此的充盈、空灵。因为,我坚信这个莲一样的女子教会了我一个受用终生的道理。合上书,让满卷书香在心中萦绕,默默地体会心中的感动。我的生命在一次得到了升华。
这一刻,我为生命画上了淡然典雅的妆。
终于等到比赛这一天了,就连中午吃的饭都不香了,心里只想着比赛。我积极地换好衣服后,发现不是所有人都跟我一样积极。没错,我成为了家长义工们的第一只“实验小白鼠”。先是一路走走问问地到后门的地方梳了光额头露出发际线的干净利索高马尾,我很庆幸当时没有镜子照着我,不然可能会被吓晕。我刚从梳头的凳子上起身,一转头,就看见有一群妈妈围着另一个凳子微笑地向我招着手。虽然说她们的笑容本是很亲切、很温柔美丽的,但我却莫名的感到背后发凉——因为我知道这样的演出妆不可能会不奇怪。
果不其然,她们让我在脸上抹了些奇怪的东西,又在我脸上打了些奇怪的东西,本能性的后退让我差点椅子上跌倒。接着又在一位妈妈颤抖的'手下涂上了大红唇,她的手倚靠在我的脸上颤抖时,我的心也在害怕的颤抖。很快又被拉去画了眉毛,本以为这会是我整张脸上化的最好看的一个部分了,但还是有一点蜡笔小新的影子。眼影,应该是整张脸上最“惊艳”的部分了。
我排队时,一两个同学在旁边猜眼影是什么稀奇古怪的颜色,猜对了,又在旁边庆祝,这样欢乐的笑容让我误以为这件事情不会发生在他们身上一样。我不是第一个化上这蓝精灵同款蓝色眼影的人,但看到前面一个同学画成这种铺满整个眼眶的荧光蓝,一言难尽,自己内心的恐惧又多增了几分。在眼影进攻完我的眼睛后,遮住我眼睛的双手就没离开过了。不过化到最后,大家脸上都一样的布满了奇怪的颜色,内心的伤悲好像也就被削弱了不少。
化妆是为了更好地体现我们班的精神神风貌,但好像我并不具备拥有精神风貌的脸。
童年的梦,七彩的梦;童年的歌,欢乐的歌;童年的脚印一串串;童年的故事一摞摞,我的童年故事真是多又多。记忆深刻的是在我三岁时,可爱、调皮成了我的天性,淘气的我在一天中午,竟然化起了妆……
那天中午,爸爸、妈妈正在客厅睡着香香的觉,做着甜甜的梦。我坐在旁边,闲着没事做,正想像往日一样吵一吵他们,结果我刚开口,看见了早上妈妈放在茶几上的口红,赶忙跑过去,顿时有了一个坏主意。
我把口红放在口袋里,蹑手蹑脚地走进卧室,把门轻轻的关上。然后,我爬上梳妆台,把梳妆台柜子里的东西全翻出来。随后,我看见了一些大大小小的瓶子。我先把一支像笔一样的又细又长的小东西画在脸蛋上,像三根胡须,妈妈好像在用它抹头发,抹了之后亮晶晶的。于是我把那大瓶子一把抓过来挤了一大坨,可我还不罢休,把大瓶子用力一扯,开了!我把里面的东西全倒在我的头上,我把我的头发一根根的立起来,成了个“爆炸头”!我在梳妆台上为自己的杰作沾沾自喜。我又拿了一个饼干形状的盒子,一打开,哇!里面的“面粉”全撒在屋里。我高兴的哈哈大笑,我又把“面粉”撒在了脸上,一照镜子,啊!这是谁呀!我大叫,我左看看,右望望才发现是自己,我又捧腹大笑。这时,我才想起口袋中的口红,然后我把口红“扯出来”,打开盖子,二话不说,立刻往自己眼睛上“戴眼镜”。我又对着镜子一看,就笑了起来,觉得自己真像一只“机器猫”。
在客厅睡午觉的爸爸妈妈听见我的大笑声,推开卧室的门,看见“花野猫”似的我,大吃一惊,这个“怪物”是谁呀!!细细一看后,不禁开怀大笑!捉住我,赶紧去洗回了原形。
童年的故事很多很精彩,但这件事直到现在,每每想起都让人忍俊不禁!!
记得在我5、6岁的时候,我就给自己化了一次妆呢,但那次的化妆经历差点害得我成为了一个难看的“小妖精”。
“妈妈又去洗澡了!”我低声埋怨道:“谁给我梳头呀。”无可奈何中,我只好自己试着梳头了。梳完头后看到妈妈的化妆品,我突发奇想:化一下妆,打扮打扮自己,给妈妈一个惊喜。想到这里,我拉开梳妆台的抽屉,哇!我顿时惊呆了,好多化妆品呀,我真有些目不暇接了。先从眼睛开始,可是我找不到眼影刷,只好先用手来代替。接着我又去拿粉饼。这时,眼影刷又“跳入”了我的视线,原来它混在化妆堆里面了。“可恶”幸好我眼快,发现了它,我快速把它“抓”了出来。“哈哈,小捣蛋鬼,还是乖一点吧。你是逃不出我的手掌心的。”我在梳妆柜里上下翻找,终于装备都齐全了!
开始化妆了,先抹眼影,“什么颜色呢?”我闭上眼睛,聚精会神地想着:我最喜欢白色了,穿得衣服又是白色的,对,就选白色吧!我轻轻地在眼皮上抹上了白色的眼影。然后照了照镜子,咦!我的眉毛怎么也变成了白色的了?好像年买的爷爷,眼睛上也像是涂了一层痱子粉呢?“哦,不,不,我没有痱子。”原来是眼影!我哭笑不得啊,只得重画。抹完了眼影、眉毛、腮红、口红。我觉得很满意,就大摇大摆地走了出去,非常得意。周围的人们都在看我,我想人们一定都在说我很厉害,夸我很漂亮呢!
这时,妈妈走过来对我说:“宝贝,你的头发这么乱啊,像鸟窝一样,脸上画得就像一个滑稽的小丑。你怎么把自己搞成了个“小妖精”!“听了这话,我连忙跑回家照起镜子来。镜子里的人吓了我一跳,我越看越可笑,最后终于忍不住“扑哧”一声笑出声了。
第一次化妆虽然失败了,可是非常有趣。
动物学校举行化装舞会啦!这是为什么呢?原来是万圣节呀。看,小兔子雅雅、猴子迪迪忙的不亦乐乎:发传单、布置学校、装饰T台……传单上的内容是这样的:万圣节,一个神秘而好玩的节日……我校在万圣节之夜举化装舞会,冠军1名,亚军2名,季军2名,由100名大众评审评出,公平公正。有意参加的,请到学校教务处孔雀米娅老师那报名。舞会主持人由百灵鸟荀梦、黄莺灀函担任。
夜晚,舞会开始了。动物学校布置得亮丽堂皇,“各位安静,我校举办的化装舞会重在参与,友谊第一,比赛第二!参赛选手有天玺班的蜂鸟心音、鹦鹉诗文,水系班的鸭子姬芸、天鹅纳兰,土熙班的猫咪杰森、小狗伊苏,万希班的北极熊裴藜、龙羽鳯,小夕班的大象、狗熊,高羲班的长颈鹿比勒、梅花鹿姈茹,梦昔班的凤凰冰冉,祺烯班的麒麟藜闵。”荀梦、灀函说。心音、诗文戴着南瓜头,手中捧着糖果,抛给群众;姬芸、纳兰穿着白色的长衣飞起来,就像幽灵浮在空中;杰森、伊苏手提南瓜灯,戴着面具;裴藜、羽鳯则抛花,像从空中飞下的阵阵花雨;比勒、姈茹打扮成老巫婆,向评审要糖;冰冉飞向天空洒下“糖果雨”;藜闵扮成鬼,向群众“索要”糖,还说着流利的英文:“Trick or treat!Give me a sweet. Happy Halloween!”…… 比赛结果出来了:冰冉得了冠军,“天女洒糖”得到了大众评审的36票;藜闵、羽鳯得了亚军,共34票;纳兰、诗文是季军,共30票。“舞会进行到此,很高兴,冠亚季都出来了!最后祝大家万圣节快乐!!”荀梦、灀函诉说着激动的喜悦。大家高兴的喊着:“Happy Halloween!”
星期天,爸爸正在午睡。呼噜呼噜的鼾声震得我耳朵都快聋了。哼,爸爸不陪我玩,那我就把他的脸画成大老虎。我想到了妈妈化妆包的眉笔和口红。我拿出眉笔,小心翼翼地在爸爸的脑门上写了一个大大的王字,然后又在爸爸的眼睛周围画了两个圈,当眼镜。突然,估计是爸爸感觉到了脸上的异样,动了动脑袋,用手挠了挠脸,吓得我赶紧躲到了床下,大气都不敢出,生怕把他吵醒。直到呼噜声再次响起,我又探出脑袋,继续作画。我心里又紧张又觉得好笑,一只手捂着嘴,另一只手又快速在爸爸嘴边画了几根胡须。接着,我拿出口红,给他画上了两个腮红。终于画完了,看着他的样子,我再也忍不住了,笑得捂着肚子直不起腰来。
爸爸被我的笑声吵醒了,当他看到我一直笑个不停,脸上露出了纳闷的表情,我笑得更欢了。这时候,门铃响起,爸爸急忙起床去开门。眼看我的恶作剧要被揭穿了,我赶紧逃回自己的房间,躲在门后偷偷往外瞧。爸爸一开门,就传来了妈妈的笑声,她一边笑一边往屋里走,爸爸觉得很奇怪,问她:什么这么好笑啊?妈妈指着爸爸的脸,笑得上气不接下气,说不出话,爸爸疑惑地走进了卫生间。不一会儿,只听见爸爸在卫生间里喊道:这是哪个捣蛋鬼干的!快出来!说着,他已经走出卫生间。大事不妙,我吓得赶紧溜到妈妈身后躲起来。可是看到爸爸的脸,我还是忍不住大笑起来。爸爸自己也被我们逗乐了,哈哈大笑起来。妈妈边笑边拿出手机对着爸爸一阵狂拍,边看边说:这是我宝贝女儿的杰作,我要留个纪念。爸爸追着我们抢手机,我们在屋里笑成了一片。
某天晚上,我打开卫生间洗手台的柜子,偶然发现了妈妈千年珍藏的化妆品。嘿,我诡异一笑,一个大计划随之出台。
第二天一大早,我马上奔向洗手间,开始实施化妆计划。反正妈妈都不怎么用,正好帮她分担一下嘛,嘻嘻!
首先拿出妈妈的保湿精华乳涂在脸上,然后挨个给化妆品解开封印。我首先历尽千辛万苦,找到了粉底液,一开始我只是把粉底液涂在手上,用另一只手把使劲涂在脸上,可发现这样子要很吃力才能涂均匀,怎么办呢?我努力回想以前在学校表演时化妆的步骤,对了,化妆分湿粉底和干粉底的,前者好像就是把粉底液挤在化妆棉上,然后擦在脸上吧。管他对不对呢,先擦了再说!
搞了一会,感觉似乎不太对劲,这没效果呀!算了,擦干粉。没想到,干粉也不见得白,唉!我就纳闷儿了,是我太白了,还是粉底太黑了?会不会是化妆棉并没有把粉底弄上去?反而把它吸回去了,于是我又按了一点,还挤了一下化妆棉,想把粉底挤出来。过了很久,我才稍微感觉脸白皙了一点儿,接着还要抠细节:鼻梁、眼圈、脖子唉,化个妆真累!
抹好了粉底,还要涂口红。一打开口红,哎呀,妈妈的口红上怎么有那么多的小水珠?这还能涂吗?我想用口红盖刮掉小水珠,没想到口红比较软,而我又太用力的缘故,刮几下口红就瘦了一圈。口红涂完,想盖上盖子,没承想摸到染了口红的纸巾,手马上就像触到番茄酱一样,全红了!口红防水,洗不掉
不知过了多久,我的盛世红颜终于登场,虽然只用了粉底和口红。因为妈妈不喜欢浓妆艳抹,她追求的是自然风。
化了妆,当然少不了自拍啦,今天又是精致的一天!
夏天迈着轻盈的步伐走了,秋天这个化妆师,高兴地跳着小圆舞曲来了,一不小心打翻了她的化妆盒。
妆粉被风吹向四面八方,花草树木们争先恐后地簇拥着,生怕自己喜欢的颜色被抢走。
大树仗着自己个子高,一把将红、黄、绿三色揽入怀中,得意地手舞足蹈起来。树叶随风飘落,像一只只金色的蝴蝶将秋天的消息带向大地。桔子早就厌烦了一身绿色,赶紧抱走了橘色;苹果也不甘示弱,抢到了嫩嫩的粉色;而石榴抢到了红色,也高兴得笑裂了嘴。
妆粉飘向田野,地里的高粱急了,伸长了双手,抢到了最爱的红色,如愿地给自己画了个艳丽的腮红。一大块金色不偏不倚撒在了稻田里,稻子被这突如其来的幸运砸弯了腰。白色没人要,棉花毫不费力地得到了自己想要的颜色,然后龇着一口白牙悠闲地看别人争抢。
花园里的花朵们傲娇地仰着头,她们才不屑争抢,因为她们早就和秋天约好了,要设计新造型的。看!那菊花白的如雪,绿的像玉,红的似火……她们一个个形态各异,一个个金丝银线,迎霜而开,美丽极了。
秋天哪能少了“八月遍地香”的桂花呢,她像个害羞的小姑娘,躲在翠绿的枝叶后,将自己装扮得金灿灿、香喷喷的,却又好奇地探出头来,打量着这五彩缤纷的美丽世界。
秋雨突然来了,如同绣花针般在空中织起了细密的网,眼前的景色一下变得朦胧起来,如烟如雾,红红火火的景象一下有了江南烟雨的味道。
秋天是个技艺高超的化妆师,春天只有百花争艳,而秋天不只花草,就连树木和蔬果也能各领风骚,平分秋色,千变万化的景色,美不胜收!
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1 基督教的教育理论与民族主义是不相容的。一种恰当的教育理论应该包括一些良好的道德品质比如说公正,仁爱和一定的自控能力。2 在一个没有成人干涉的儿童社区里,会有一种强者为尊的统治规则,这种规则往往会比成人社会的统治规则还要残酷。3 那种有欲望的兴趣一般会包含在儿童世界中自发产生的乐趣,没有任何不明目的。4 不论多么明智的规则,都无法代替理智与情感。1 当契约人告诉我可以参加一个暑期的建筑工程时我很快的兴奋起来并且对它充满向往。但是最终我发现这项工作不外乎大量的挖掘、筛以及打扫。2 我开始工作那天的一大早,我会对每一个动作保持警觉并小心翼翼的做好。慢慢地,我开始学会站直身体,让我的头后仰,享受那疲倦至极时休息的奢侈感觉。3 令我感到惊讶的是,工地上的工人会在他们将工地上的垃圾废物运走来为建材腾出空间的时候探讨汽车并且比较不同品牌的耗油量。5 在一所犹太人的学校,我看到来自穷人家的女孩子们模仿最流行的模特。那一刻她们在学校走廊里的样子好像在跳舞,一队人在性感的假面下摆弄姿态、6 我发现我可以表现得如同一个公众人物——能够维护我的利益,去团结,去请愿,去大声的讲话,去挑战以及要求。1 真正的朋友必须在对方须要得知哪怕是最残酷的现实的时候告诉对方。相比之下,一般的朋友可以是你任何时间认识的任何人:从隔壁的邻居到和你共乘一辆车的妇女。2 对于一般的朋友来说,你或许允许发狂,但是不能对愤怒视而不见(这句话我也没理解),或者你可以说这个月你的生活很拮据但是绝对不能说对钱担心的要命。5 作为女儿,我们通常会表现的比自我表现的本性还要多一点;而作为母亲,我们更趋向于接收女儿所传达的信息。6 上周在家,我一边吹着电吹风,往脸上涂着染眉剂和口红,一边完全放松的坐下来与我的一个同事Peter交谈。1 作者的争论是基于这样一个前提:爱是需要知识和努力的。它不仅仅是出名和拥有性感的外表。2 在维多利亚时代,婚姻要么是被父母所定,要么就是为媒人所指,或者干脆没有这些中介机构。4 陷入爱河的人们也许在第一时间不会发现他们爱情的激烈程度或许只是他们孤独程度的一个反映。7 为了经历全人类的手足之情,透过表象看到本质以获得最根本的内在联系是非常有必要的。
厦门混世小魔王
1.Christian理论教育是不相容的,与民族主义。正确的理论教育必须包括道德品质,如inpartiality ,和蔼和些许的自我控制。 2.In社区儿童是没有成人干扰有一个专制的强大,这很可能是更为残酷的暴政比大多数成人。 3可取某种利益的是,其中包括自发性高兴,在场的儿童,没有任何不可告人的目的。 4.No规则,但是明智的,吃了substuitude的感情和技巧。 1 。当承包商告诉我,一个夏天建设工作的情况下,我迅速警觉,并希望在我工作uncoiled 。但事实证明,这一工作将大量的铲和清污和清扫。 2 。早在那一天,我开始工作,这将是我最警惕的感觉和紧张的行动。随着一天结束时,我要直立,并让我的头慢慢回落, luxuriating在紧张的感觉如释重负。 3 。这惊喜我,这些工人在施工现场谈到车,比较省油的各种使营而换下清除空间碎片的建筑材料。 5在一个贫民区高中。我看到女孩来自贫困家庭模仿高时装models. /目前,他们的行动是在学校走廊dancelike ,游行体位性面膜。 6 ,我意识到我可以作为一个公众人物_able ,以捍卫我的利益,工会,请愿发言最多的挑战和需求。 1 。真正的朋友必须严酷的事实告诉对方当严酷的真理,必须告诉。相比之下,方便的朋友可以任何你知道了一段时间:筑巢邻居,一个女人在你的汽车库。 2 。更方便的朋友,你是疯了许多接纳而不是盲目的愤怒,或者您可能会说,你捏这个月,但从未您担心死钱。 5 。作为女儿,但我们往往不超过我们的份额自我启示;作为母亲,我们倾向于接受有什么发现。 6 。根据机上周在家里,把上睫毛膏和高棉在镜子前,我坐在舒适的交谈以叫彼得 1了作者的论点是基于这样一个前提:爱情需要的知识和努力。它不仅是一个问题,正在流行和发生性关系的吸引力。 2.in维多利亚年龄,婚姻是由家庭承包,或由婚姻经纪人,或在帮助这些中介机构。 4.People谁是爱上了在乍一看不知道的“强度”的爱情只可证明他们的程度之前孤独。 7 。为了体验这种友爱作为联盟的所有男女,有必要深入从外围向核心能感知“中央关联。 ”
苏州小熊
1.Christian theory of education is incompatible to that of nationalism. A proper theory of education must include moral qualities such as impartiality , kindliness and a modicum of self control.基督教教育理论与民族主义教育是不相容的。一套严格的教育理论必须包括道德品质教育,如公正,友善以及一点点自律。2.In a community of children which is left without adult interference there is a tyranny of the stronger, which is likely to be far more brutal than most adult tyranny.在没有成人介入的孩子团体中,强者欺负弱者的暴行将比成年人的暴行无情。(该句为意译,这样好理解一些。the stronger在这里指the stronger children,the+adj(形容词)表示某一类人)3.The desirable sort of interest is that which consists in spontaneous pleasure in the presence of children, without any ulterior purpose.一个令人满意而有趣的现象是,目前存在于孩子中的率真的(直译:自发的)快乐,毫无疑问是没有任何不可言说的目的的。4.No rules, however wise, ate a substuitude for affection and tact.无论有多明智(聪明),没有任何规则能够取代喜爱和老练。1. When the contractor told me that a summer construction job was available, I was quickly alert and desire for the job uncoiled within me. But it turned out that the work would be lots of shoveling and raking and sweeping.当承包商告诉我有暑期建筑工作时,我立马留神,希望得到这份工作。(此处意译)然而,这份工作原来都是些铲子,筛子和清扫。(与之前想象不同,以为是建筑的,结果都是些杂事,粗活——个人根据语境理解)2. Early in the day when I began to work, I would be most alert to the sensations of movement and straining. As the day came to a close, I would stand upright and slowly let my head fall back, luxuriating in the feeling tightness relieved.一大早,我就开始工作。我会保持高度注意力,注意行动和应变能力。当一天结束时,我会站得笔挺的,然后慢慢的低下头,沉浸在完全放松的心情中。3. It surprises me that these workers on the construction site talked about cars, comparing the gas mileage of various makes of campers while hauling off debris to clear spaces for building materials.让我吃惊的是,工地上的工人们一边拉废料来清理建筑材料堆放空间,一边谈论着汽车,比较各个露营者用一加仑汽油所行驶的路程。5 In a ghetto high school. I saw girls from poor families mimic high-fashion models./For the moment ,their movement in school hallways are dancelike ,a procession of postures in a sexual masque .在贫民区的中学,我看见贫民窟的女孩子们模仿着时髦的模特们的穿着。/那一刻,她们手舞足蹈地走在学校走廊上,像假面舞会上性感的姿势一样。6 I realized I could act as a public person _able to defend my interests, to unionize, to petition to speak up -to challenge and demand.我意识到我可以像公众人物一样,维护自己的权益,成立工会,请愿,大声地讲出自己的看法——来挑战,来提出要求。1. True friends must tell harsh truths to each other when harsh truths must be told. In comparison, convenient friend can be anyone you know for some time: a nest-door neighbor, a woman in your car pool.真正的朋友在必要的时候会告诉对方严酷的事实。相反,一个合适的朋友可以是任何一个你认识一段时间的人:一个隔壁的邻居,在汽车合用社团遇到的女人。2. With a convenient friend, you many admit being mad but not blind with rage, or you might say that you're pinched this month but never that you're worried sick over money.和一个合适的朋友在一起,你可以和他说你很恼火,但不能大发雷霆,或者你可以说你这个月有点困难,但不能说你在担心这个月的经济问题。5. As daughters, we tend to do more than our share of self-revelation; as mothers, we tend to receive what's revealed.作为女儿,我们通常做的不仅仅是分享自己的情感;作为母亲,我们往往是接受别人的倾诉。6. Under the dryer at home last week, putting on mascara and rouge in front the mirror, I comfortably sat and talked with a fellow named Peter上个星期,在家里的烘干机(dryer这个单词没写错吧,这意思怪怪的)下,我对着镜子描了眉毛,涂了口红,和一个叫Peter的同事舒适地坐着聊天。1.The author`s argument is based on the premise that love requires knowledge and effort .It is not only a matter of being popular and having sex appeal.作者是在爱情需要学识和努力的前提下论证的。他认为,爱情不仅仅是受欢迎和拥有性吸引力。2.in Victorian age, marriage was contracted either by families, or by a marriage broker, or without the help of such intermediaries .在维多利亚时代,婚姻是通过男女双方家庭、介绍人或没有撮合者的情况下以条约的方式确定下来并进行的(后面这句楼主写掉了吧,以下是这篇文章的原文出处,引自Erich Fromm 《The Art of Loving》的第一章)4.People who are falling in love at the first sight do not know that the "intensity" of their love may only prove the degree of their preceding loneliness.一见钟情的人们不知道他们“炽热”的感情也许只是证明他们先前寂寞的程度。7. In order to experience this brotherly love as a union with all men, it is necessary to penetrate from the periphery to the core to perceive the "central relatedness."为了体验这种人类之间的兄弟之爱,有必要从表面到核心(即,彻底地)探索和理解(人类之间的)核心关系。《The Art of Loving》的第一章Is Love an Art? by Erich FrommIs love an art? Then it requires knowledge and effort. Or is love a pleasant sensation, which to experience is a matter of chance, something one "falls into" if one is lucky? This little book is based on the former premise, while undoubtedly the majority of people today believe in the latter. Not that people think that love is not important. They are starved for it; they watch endless numbers of films about happy and unhappy love stories, they listen to hundreds of trashy songs about love -- yet hardly anyone thinks that there is anything that needs to be learned about love. This peculiar attitude is based on several premises which either singly or combined tend to uphold it. Most people see the problem of love primarily as that of being loved, rather than that of loving, of one's capacity to love. Hence the problem to them is how to be loved, how to be lovable. In pursuit of this aim they follow several paths. One, which is especially used by men, is to be successful, to be as powerful and rich as the social margin of one's position permits. Another, used especially by women, is to make oneself attractive, by cultivating one's body, dress, etc. Other ways of making oneself attractive, used both by men and women, are to develop pleasant manners, interesting conversation, to be helpful, modest, inoffensive. Many of the ways to make oneself lovable are the same as those used to make oneself successful, "to win friends and influence people." As a matter of fact, what most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal. A second premise behind the attitude that there is nothing to be learned about love is the assumption that the problem of love is the problem of an object, not the problem of a faculty. People think that to love is simple, but that to find the right object to love -- or to be loved by -- is difficult. This attitude has several reasons rooted in the development of modern society. One reason is the great change which occurred in the twentieth century with respect to the choice of a "love object." In the Victorian age, as in many traditional cultures, love was mostly not a spontaneous personal experience which then might lead to marriage. On the contrary, marriage was contracted by convention -- either by the respective families, or by a marriage broker, or without the help of such intermediaries; it was concluded on the basis of social considerations, and love was supposed to develop once the marriage had been concluded. In the last few generations the concept of romantic love has become almost universal in the Western world. In the United States, while considerations of a conventional nature are not entirely absent, to a vast extent people are in search of "romantic love," of the personal experience of love which then should lead to marriage. This new concept of freedom in love must have greatly enhanced the importance of the object as against the importance of the function. Closely related to this factor is another feature characteristic of contemporary culture. Our whole culture is based on the appetite for buying, on the idea of a mutually favorable exchange. Modern man's happiness consists in the thrill of looking at the shop windows, and in buying all that he can afford to buy, either for cash or on installments. He (or she) looks at people in a similar way. For the man an attractive girl -- and for the woman an attractive man -- are the prizes they are after. "Attractive" usually means a nice package of qualities which are popular and sought after on the personality market. What specifically makes a person attractive depends on the fashion of the time, physically as well as mentally. During the twenties, a drinking and smoking girl, tough and sexy, was attractive; today the fashion demands more domesticity and coyness. At the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of this century, a man had to be aggressive and ambitious -- today he has to be social and tolerant -- in order to be an attractive "package." At any rate, the sense of falling in love develops usually only with regard to such human commodities as are within reach of one's own possibilities for exchange. I am out for a bargain; the object should be desirable from the standpoint of its social value, and at the same time should want me, considering my overt and hidden assets and potentialities. Two persons thus fall in love when they feel they have found the best object available on the market, considering the limitations of their own exchange values. Often, as in buying real estate, the hidden potentialities which can be developed play a considerable role in this bargain. In a culture in which the marketing orientation prevails, and in which material success is the outstanding value, there is little reason to be surprised that human love relations follow the same pattern of exchange which governs the commodity and the labor market. The third error leading to the assumption that there is nothing to be learned about love lies in the confusion between the initial experience of "falling" in love, and the permanent state of being in love, or as we might better say, of "standing" in love. If two people who have been strangers, as all of us are, suddenly let the wall between them break down, and feel close, feel one, this moment of oneness is one of the most exhilarating, most exciting experiences in life. It is all the more wonderful and miraculous for persons who have been shut off, isolated, without love. This miracle of sudden intimacy is often facilitated if it is combined with, or initiated by, sexual attraction and consummation. However, this type of love is by its very nature not lasting. The two persons become well acquainted, their intimacy loses more and more its miraculous character, until their antagonism, their disappointments, their mutual boredom kill whatever is left of the initial excitement. Yet, in the beginning they do not know all this: in fact, they take the intensity of the infatuation, this being "crazy" about each other, for proof of the intensity of their love, while it may only prove the degree of their preceding loneliness. This attitude -- that nothing is easier than to love -- has continued to be the prevalent idea about love in spite of the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet, which fails so regularly, as love. If this were the case with any other activity, people would be eager to know the reasons for the failure, and to learn how one could do better -- or they would give up the activity. Since the latter is impossible in the case of love, there seems to be only one adequate way to overcome the failure of love -- to examine the reasons for this failure, and to proceed to study the meaning of love. The first step to take is to become aware that love is an art, just as living is an art; if we want to learn how to love we must proceed in the same way we have to proceed if we want to learn any other art, say music, painting, carpentry, or the art of medicine or engineering. What are the necessary steps in learning any art? The process of learning an art can be divided conveniently into two parts: one, the mastery of the theory; the other, the mastery of the practice. If I want to learn the art of medicine, I must first know the facts about the human body, and about various diseases. When I have all this theoretical knowledge, I am by no means competent in the art of medicine. I shall become a master in this art only after a great deal of practice, until eventually the results of my theoretical knowledge and the results of my practice are blended into one -- my intuition, the essence of the mastery of any art. But, aside from learning the theory and practice, there is a third factor necessary to becoming a master in any art—the mastery of the art must be a matter of ultimate concern; there must be nothing else in the world more important than the art. This holds true for music, for medicine, for carpentry—and for love. And, maybe, here lies the answer to the question of why people in our culture try so rarely to learn this art, in spite of their obvious failure: in spite of the deep-seated craving for love, almost everything else is considered to be more important than love: success, prestige, money, power—almost all our energy is used for the learning of how to achieve these aims, and almost none to learn the art of loving.Could it be that only those things are considered worthy of being learned with which one can earn money or prestige, and that love, which “only” profits the soul, but is profitless in the modern sense, is a luxury we have no right to spend much energy on?爱是一门艺术吗?如果爱是一门艺术,那就要求人们有这方面的知识并付出努力。或者爱仅仅是一种偶然产生的令人心荡神怡的感受,只有幸运儿才能"堕入"爱的情网呢?这本小册子以第一种假设为基础,而大多数人毫无疑问相信第二种假设 但这大多数人决不认为爱情无关紧要,相反他们追求爱情。悲欢离合的爱情电影他们百看不厌,百般无聊的爱情歌曲他们百听不烦。但他们之中没有人认为,人们本可以学会去爱。 他们之所以持有这种特殊态度是有其各种原因的,这些原因反过来又分别地或总和地加强了他们的这一态度。大多数人认为爱情首先是自己能否被人爱,而不是自己有没有能力爱的问题。因此对他们来说,关键是:我会被人爱吗?我如何才能值得被人爱?为了达到这一目的,他们采取了各种途径。男子通常采取的方法是在其社会地位所允许的范围内,尽可能地去获得名利和权力,而女子则是通过保持身段和服饰打扮使自己富有魅力;而男女都喜欢采用的方式则是使自己具有文雅的举止,有趣的谈吐,乐于助人,谦虚和谨慎。为了使自己值得被人爱而采用的许多方法与人们要在社会上获得成功所采用的方法雷同,即都是"要赢得朋友和对他人施加影响"。事实上,我们这个社会大多数人所理解的"值得被人爱"无非是赢得人心和对异性有吸引力这两种倾向的混合物而已。 产生在爱这件事上一无可学这一看法的第二个原因是人们认为爱的问题是一个对象问题,而不是能力问题。他们认为爱本身十分简单,困难在于找到爱的对象或被爱的对象。产生这一看法有多种原因,这些原因的根源基于现代社会的发展。其中有一个原因是二十世纪在选择"爱的对象"方面所发生的巨大变化。十九世纪在许多传统的文化中爱情往往不是自发的、最后导致婚姻的个人经历。婚姻多半是通过男女双方的家庭、介绍人或者在没有撮合者的情况下以条约的方式确定下来并进行的。婚姻要门当户对。至于爱情,人们认为婚后自然而然就会产生。但最近几十年来,浪漫式的爱情这一概念在西方世界已被普遍承认。尽管传统形式在美国依然可见,但人们更多的是寻求"浪漫式的爱情",寻求个人的会导致辩证法的爱情经历。这种自由恋爱的新方式必定会大大提高爱的对象的重要性,而不是爱情本身的作用意义。 同这一因素紧密相关的是当代文化的特点。我们的全部文化是以购买欲以及互利互换的观念为基础现代人的幸福就是欣赏橱窗,用现金或分期付款的方式购买他力所能及的物品。反之亦是如此。"有魅力"一般就是指这个人有许多令人喜爱、目前又是人口市场上被人问津的特点。什么东西能使一个人有魅力则取决于一时的时髦,这不仅指一个人的生理条件,也包括他的精神气质。二十年代,一个抽烟、喝酒、难以捉摸和有性感的女子被看作是富有魅力,而今天则要求女子能操持家务,为人要谨慎。十九世纪末、二十世纪初富有刺激性和雄心勃勃的男子具有魅力,如今却是心地厚道的男子更受欢迎。(归根结蒂爱情的产生往往是以权衡对方及本人的交换价值为前提。)我想做一笔交易,那我既要考虑从社会价值的角度出发,对方值不值得我追求,也要考虑基于我的一目了然的实力以及潜在的实力,对方会不会看中我。这样当男女双方感觉到在考虑到他们本身的交换价值的情况下,已经找到市场上所提供的最合适的对象,他们就开始相爱。在这笔交易中,如同购买地皮一样,对方的有发展前途的潜力也起到很大的作用。在一个商业化占统治地位以及把物质成功看得高于一切的文化中,事实上是没有理由对下列事实抱有吃惊的态度:人与人之间的爱情关系也遵循同控制商品和劳动力市场一样的基本原则。 产生在爱情这件事上一无可学这一看法的第三个错误是人们不了解"堕入情网"同"持久的爱"这两者的区别。如果我们用fallinginlove和beinginlove这两个英文搭配也许就能更清楚地区分这两个概念。两个迄今为止同我们一样是相互陌生的人,当他们突然决定拆除使他俩分隔的那堵高墙,相许对方,融为一体时,他俩相结合的一刹那就成为最幸福、最激动人心的经历。这一经历对那些迄今为止没有享受过爱情的孤独者来说就更显美好和不可思议。这种男女之间突如其发的奇迹般的亲密之所以容易发生,往往是同性的吸引力和性结合密切相关或者恰恰是由此而引起的。但这种类型的爱情就其本质来说不可能持久。这两个人虽然熟谙对方,但他俩之间的信任会越来越失去其奇迹般的特点,一直到隔坤、失望和无聊把一息尚存的魅力都抹掉为止。当然一开始双方都不会想到这点。事实是:人们往往把这种如痴如醉的入迷,疯狂的爱恋看作是强烈爱情的表现,而实际上这只是证明了这些男女过去是多么地寂寞。 再也没有比爱情更容易的了-这一看法尽管一再被证实是错误的,但至今还占主导地位。再也找不出一种行为或一项行动像爱情那样以如此巨大的希望开始,又以如此高比例的失败而告终。如果是别的事,人们会想方设法找出失败的原因,吸取教训,以利再战或者永远洗手不干。但因为人们不可能永远放弃爱情,所以看起来只有一条可行的路,那就是克服爱情的挫折,找到原因并去探究爱情的意义。 在这方面采取的第一个步骤是:要认识爱情是一门艺术。人们要学会爱情,就得像学其他的艺术-如音乐,绘画,木工或者医疗艺术和技术一样的行动。 学会一门艺术的必要步骤是什么?可以简单地把学会一门艺术分成两个部分,一是掌握理论,二是掌握实践。学医的人首先要认识人体的结构和各种疾病的症兆。但光有理论还无法行医。只有通过长期的实践活动,一直到理论知识和实践经验融会贯通起来变成灵感-也就是掌握了艺术的灵魂,才能成为一名大师。要成为大师,除了学习理论和实践外还有第三个必不可少的因素,即要把成为大师看得高于一切,这一目标必须占据他整个身心。这一点既适用于音乐、医学、雕塑-也适用于爱情。这里也许就解释了为什么在我们这个社会有不少人经常不断地遭受爱情的挫折,却很少有人去努力学会爱情这门艺术。人们一方面渴望爱情,另一方面却把其他的东西:如成就、地位、名利和权力看得重于爱情。我们几乎把所有的精力都用于努力达到上述目的,却很少用来学会爱情这门艺术。