2025年06月四级第3套仔细阅读 Passage 1 原文翻译及答案解析

Our society places a high value on physical beauty. Americans spend an average of over $722 each year on their appearance. One in ten Americans has tried to look like a star.

我们的社会高度重视外在美。美国人平均每年花费超过722美元用于外表。十分之一的美国人曾试图看起来像明星。

There's nothing wrong with trying to look our best, but excessive focus on physical appearance misses the soulful aspects of what it means to be beautiful. Trying to look like the magazine pictures can take us on a long ride away from what beauty is really about.

努力展现最佳状态并无不妥，但过度关注外表会忽视美的真正内涵。试图看起来像杂志图片可能会让我们远离美的本质。

Many of us spend far too much time, energy, and money trying to polish an image of what we think will bring attention, love, and connection. In the process, we may fail to attend to ourselves in a way that would move us toward deeper intimacy, fulfillment, and meaning.

我们中许多人花费过多时间、精力和金钱来塑造我们自认为能带来关注、爱和联系的形象。在这个过程中，我们可能未能以一种能让我们走向更深层亲密、满足和意义的方式来关注自己。

It may sound trite (老生常谈的), but beauty is only skin deep; it's not what brings love toward us. Just read about the latest Hollywood starlets whose seeming love turns into resentment and bitter court battles.

这听起来可能老生常谈，但美只是肤浅的；它并不能带来爱。只需看看那些最新的好莱坞年轻女星，她们看似美好的爱情最终变成了怨恨和激烈的法庭争斗。

Outer beauty can be as much of a curse as a blessing. We may develop a habit of being so focused on maintaining a perfect appearance that we never cultivate the inner qualities necessary to sustain and deepen intimacy and connection. As I describe in my book, The Authentic Heart, it is the courage to be authentic that connects us in a deeper way.

外在美既是福也是祸。我们可能会养成一种习惯，过于专注于维持完美外表，以至于从未培养维持和深化亲密与联系所必需的内在品质。正如我在《真实之心》一书中所描述的，正是做真实自己的勇气让我们以更深层次的方式连接。

While our initial attraction may be based, in part, on physical chemistry, it is the meeting of our inner worlds that creates the lasting intimacy and spiritual connection for which we long. If we redirect our attention toward cultivating inner qualities, we might find a magnetic attraction that moves us from something superficial to something that connects us to our depths.

虽然最初的吸引力可能部分基于外在的化学反应，但正是我们内心世界的相遇创造了我们渴望的持久亲密和精神联系。如果我们将注意力转向培养内在品质，我们可能会发现一种磁性吸引力，让我们从肤浅的事物转向连接我们内心深处的事物。

The path toward cultivating inner beauty is really simple. But what is simple is not always easy. Not everyone will see us and appreciate us as we take the courageous risk to allow ourselves to be seen as we really are. But if they don't, it is their loss, not ours. Eventually we'll find those compatible souls who appreciate us as we are.

培养内在美的路径其实很简单。但简单并不总是容易。当我们勇敢冒险，允许他人看到真实的自己时，并非每个人都会看到和欣赏我们。但如果他们不，那是他们的损失，不是我们的。最终我们会找到那些欣赏我们本来面目的相容灵魂。