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第PAGE\*MERGEFORMAT2页共NUMPAGES\*MERGEFORMAT2页 英语四级美文听力第56篇:ThePowerofBeauty ThePowerofBeautyOneofthemostsuccessful,influentialandbelovedwomeninAmericanhistory,EleanlorRooseveltoncesaidthatshehadoneregret:shewishedshehadbeenprettier.Whohasn'tfeltthesameway?Wearealltooawareofourphysicalimperfections.Tooverconethem,wespendbillionsofdollarseveryyear--oncomestics,dietproducts,fashionandplasticsurgery.Whydowecaresomuchabouthowwelook?Becauseitmatters.Becausebeautyispowerful.Becauseevenwhenwelearntovaluepeoplemostlyforbeingkindandwiseandfunny,wearestillmovedbybeauty.Nomatterhowmuchweargueagainstitorpretendtobeimmune,beautyexertsitspoweroverus.Thereissimplynoescape.Aristotlesaid,"Beautyisagreaterrecommendationthananyletterofintrodution."It'snotfair,butit'strue.Wesimplytreatbeautifulpeoplebetterthanwedoothers.Attachaphotographofabeautifulauthortoanessay,andpeoplewillthinkthatitismorecreativeandmoreintelligentlywrittenthanexactlythesameessayaccompaniedbythephotoofahomelyauthor.OursensitivitytoPhysicalbeautyisnotsomethingwecancontrolatwill.Wearebornwithit.ExperimentsconductedbypsychologistJudithJ.Langloisshowedthatevensmallinfantsprefertolookatattractivefaces.Beforetheyhavemetasinglesupermodel,beforetheyhavewatchedasingleTVshow,beforetheyhaveopenedupasinglefashionmagazine,theyaredrawntothesamefaceswhichadultshavejudgedtobeattractive.Therearemoreimportantthingsinlifethanbeauty.ButasNancyEtcoffsays,"Wehavetounderstandbeauty,orwewillalwaysbeenslavedbyit."ifyouaimtobewiseandkindandfunny,itdoesn'tmeanthatyoucan'talsotryyourbesttolookbeautidul.There'snoreasontofeelguiltyaboutbeingmovedbybeauty'spower.Itmovesusall.
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