書中自有顏如玉--one more random thought

很久以前看過一部郭凱敏和張芝華主演的沒什麽名氣的電影，所有情節我現在全忘了，唯獨記得故事裏張芝華的鄉下地主老爹的一句話：“女孩子讀了書，就是一份最好的嫁妝。” 我那時候覺得這老爺子真TNND俗氣！直到前些日子收拾自家書櫃，看到那些我們一次次搬家，從東到西，一直象老鼠搬家一樣不舍得扔掉的那些書，才終於理解了這位“老地主”-- 也可能是如今我自己也老成了俗人一個。:-) 喔，不要忘了吹了，很小的時候祖母就給俺講過這個“顏如玉”的道理，隻是她說的可不是什麽嫁妝！

都怪奶奶！沒辦法，咱們愛讀書，更愛煙如玉。今天看美壇的真人秀，就不禁有神清氣爽之感。咱們這個nerdy壇，好象人長得都一點都不nerdy嘛！你們說，到底是長得好的人都愛讀書呢，還是愛讀書的人都長得好？！

When I was little, Grandma told me that if I did my school work well and read a lot, I would be able to floor a handsome young man when I grew up -- which was her interpretation of "there is a Song Yu in books" (書中自有顏如玉). I trusted my grandmother, for I knew she would never fail me! I did my best at school besides reading quite a lot books that wouldn't have helped me with the college entrance exam. And I ended up marrying a guy who is decent looking, though far from even comparable to Song Yu, but has read a wider range of books than I.

Today, when I saw the pictures of friends in MYSJ forum, I recalled that old saying Grandma had taught me again. And I can't help wondering: is it that all the bookworms are good looking, or that all the good looking people love books?

-- End of the story. I'd deeply appreciate it if you can proof read it and give me your feedback. Thanks.

 

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• Haha, I prefer to become a person of 愛讀書 ... -yingyudidida- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/07/2013 postreply 20:00:00

• The other item will automatically come to you then. :-) 推都推不掉 . -北京二號- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/07/2013 postreply 20:26:58

• 哈哈，用中文寫的，不算。 罰用英文重寫一遍。 -EnLearner- ♂ (170 bytes) () 01/07/2013 postreply 20:13:42

• 好，我一會兒就去重寫英文版！ -北京二號- ♀ (181 bytes) () 01/07/2013 postreply 20:25:23

• 哈哈，我能得出結論，但有一個條件。。 -beautifulwind- ♀ (45 bytes) () 01/07/2013 postreply 20:15:17

• 還缺一個條件你的結論就出來了？看來耐心的美醫生也有心急的時候。：-） -北京二號- ♀ (149 bytes) () 01/07/2013 postreply 20:33:11

• 那俺太不幸了，連個影都沒看到啊。 -beautifulwind- ♀ (79 bytes) () 01/07/2013 postreply 21:12:22

• 來日方長，不定哪天我們就在哪兒偶遇了呢！ -北京二號- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/07/2013 postreply 22:06:54

• We are what we read！ -ntotl- ♂ (320 bytes) () 01/07/2013 postreply 21:03:54

• I second you. -北京二號- ♀ (113 bytes) () 01/07/2013 postreply 21:27:31

• 回複：書中自有顏如玉--one more random thought -EnLearner- ♂ (2159 bytes) () 01/07/2013 postreply 22:13:03

• Thank you! -北京二號- ♀ (2180 bytes) () 01/07/2013 postreply 22:31:14

• N/P -EnLearner- ♂ (721 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 19:41:54

• Oh, -北京二號- ♀ (1259 bytes) () 01/09/2013 postreply 00:38:59

• Good. You can consult an English-English dictionary as well. -EnLearner- ♂ (10518 bytes) () 01/09/2013 postreply 20:50:10

• 看到了。 -北京二號- ♀ (230 bytes) () 01/09/2013 postreply 21:10:20

• In addition to ... -北京二號- ♀ (199 bytes) () 01/09/2013 postreply 13:05:18

• Good question! And I would say, both, sir! -衝浪潛水員- ♂ (51 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 01:38:14

• You bet. :-) -北京二號- ♀ (57 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 12:27:51

• beauty is in the eyes of beholder -bmdn- ♀ (480 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 06:41:20

• Exceptional is only an adjective. -北京二號- ♀ (345 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 12:36:17

• education is the best thing you can give to your children -tingfeng- ♀ (49 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 08:36:46

• Absolutely! -北京二號- ♀ (84 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 12:38:13

• Like the article and totally agree with you -同學小薇- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 09:54:04

• :-) -北京二號- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 12:38:33

• yan2 cai3 se4 -走馬讀人- ♂ (147 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 10:18:19

• You are the expert. :-) -北京二號- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/08/2013 postreply 12:39:21

• 讀了你的文章,讓我想起了林清玄的[美麗的心]: -紓珈- ♀ (4276 bytes) () 01/10/2013 postreply 11:03:12

• 美麗的文字，美麗的音樂，美麗的帖。收存了。謝謝你紓珈！ -北京二號- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/11/2013 postreply 12:01:44