什么是美-Beauty
Beauty
Beauty usually refers to what appeals to the eye. A nice and well built girl is regarded as beautiful. A bunch of vigorous flowers are also considered as beautiful. A splendid waterfall coming down from a mountain is as well looked on as beautiful.
Beauty also refers to what appeals to the mind. The virtue of the Chinese nation industry and bravery are taken as beautiful, because it helped to produce such a magnificent culture in the world. Einstein＇s theory of relativity is also perceived as beautiful, for it explains many natural phenomena so perfectly.
Beauty is around us. If you keep an eye or pay some attention, it is never difficult to find something beautiful somewhere about you. Wonderful natural spots, historical relics, fine arts, splendid buildings, and kind people are just a few inches away.
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美是人們所崇尚的。作者先列舉了具體的美，然后指出了抽象的美，在結(jié)尾段里告訴我們美是無所不在的。只要我們留意隨時都會發(fā)現(xiàn)。
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美
美通常是指那些對于感現(xiàn)有吸引力的東西�？蓯�、體型勻稱的少女被認為是美麗的，一束怒放的鮮花也被認為是美麗的；飛流直下的瀑布同樣也是美麗的。
美也指那些對思想有吸引力的東西。中華民族勤勞勇敢的美德被認為是美麗的，因為它為人類社會造就了燦爛輝煌的文化。愛國斯坦的相對論也被認為是美麗的，因為它極精湛地解釋了大自然中的許多現(xiàn)象。
美隨處可見。如果你留神觀察，你從不覺得在你的周期難以找到美的東西。壯麗的自然風光、歷史古跡、藝術(shù)作品、輝煌的建筑、善良的人們近在咫尺。