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美貌也可以人造了Beauty Can Also Be Made 人类制造的痕迹似乎遍布了人类生存的每一个角落： 从维持人类生存的食品到能够毁灭人类自身的原子弹，从 每日必用的锅碗瓢盆到难得一见的航空母舰，再从很久很 久以前的竹简到今天四通八达的互联网……可以说，人的作 用力几乎无处不在。 Man-made things seems to pervade every corner of the human world – from the food that sustains the human survival to the A-bomb that can exterminate man himself, from the daily necessities like kitchen utensils to rare aircraft carriers, still from the bamboo writing slips of long, long ago to today’s omnipresent Internet. It can be said that the results of the human action can be found everywhere. 是技术使得越来越多的制造和改造成为现实，也使得人们 对自身的能力有了新的认识，而这种新的认识又使得人们在改 造世界和改造自身的征途上越走越远。人类一面惊叹这自己征 服自然和改造自然的能力，一面又拓展这新的领地。在这些新 的领地中，人自身无疑是最值得注意的一部分。而在对人自身 的改造中，整容无疑是最直观的一种证明。 It is technical expertise that has turned the making and remaking into a reality and has allowed man to see his own capabilities in a new light which, in turn, has carried humans increasingly far on his expedition to reshape the world and man himself. Man marvels at his powers to conquer and remake nature in probing into new domains where man himself is undoubtedly most worthy of note. Surely, plastic surgery is a most tangible proof in the process of reforming himself. “人造美女”是近来很抢眼的一个词。美貌在男子甚至在 女子中的受欢迎程度，使得几乎所有的女人都希望自己倾国倾 城。这其中有一部分女子，在抱怨自己不是天生丽质的同时， 毅然决然地躺在了整容手术台上，圆一个在短时间里从丑小鸭 变成白天鹅的美丽梦。爱美之心人皆有之，这么神奇的手术， 引得众人趋之若鹜。 “Plastic beauty” is an eye-catching phrase in recent years. Males and even females pursue good looks so hotly that virtually all females hope to have overwhelming beauty. A proportion of ladies who complain of lack of natural beauty choose to lie on the operating table with great determination, to achieve a beauty dream of a duckling turning into a swan. Everyone has his heart in beautiful things. Such magic surgery has attracted hordes of people. 对于女人来说，美丽的价值在迅速攀升，美丽几乎被理 解为成功的门票。然而，正当女子们为了美貌而甘受皮肉之 苦而男士们为满眼春色大感其慨、唏嘘不已之时，一大群爱 美的男青年也挤过来凑热闹，攒足了钱的和正在攒钱的，一 窝蜂冲到医院里实施美容工程。 With females, the