[ti:2]
[00:02.293]Passage 2.“Packing ”a  Person
[00:06.239]A  person,like  a  commodity,needs  packaging.
[00:09.353]But  going  too  far  is  absolutely  undesirable.
[00:13.340]A  little  exaggeration,however,
[00:18.618]does  no  harm  when  it  shows
[00:20.734]the  person's  unique  qualities  to  their  advantage.
[00:24.262]To  display  personal  charm  in  a  casual  and  natural  way,
[00:28.913]it  is  important  for  one  to  have  a  clear  knowledge  of  oneself.
[00:34.564]A  master  packager  knows  how  to  integrate  art  and  nature  without
[00:38.660]any  traces  of  embellishment,
[00:42.703]so  that  the  person
[00:43.503]so  packaged  is  no  commodity
[00:45.431]but  a  human  being,lively  and  lovely.
[00:50.641]A  young  person,especially  a  female,
[00:53.539]radiant  with  beauty  and  full  of  life,
[00:57.95]has  all  the  favor  granted  by  God.
[00:59.530]Any  attempt  to  make  up  would  be  self-defeating.
[01:02.846]Youth,however,comes  and  goes  in  a  moment  of  doze.
[01:06.794]Packaging  for  the  middle-aged  is  primarily
[01:08.573]to  conceal  the  furrows  ploughed  by  time.
[01:12.715]If  you  still  enjoy  life's  exuberance  enough  to
[01:15.75]retain  self-confidence  and  pursue  pioneering  work,
[01:21.49]you  are  unique  in  your  natural  qualities,
[01:24.148]and  your  charm  and  grace  will  remain.
[01:27.452]Elderly  people  are  beautiful
[01:29.248]f  their  river  of  life  has  been,
[01:32.176]through  plains,mountains  and  jungles,
[01:33.773]running  its  course  as  it  should.
[01:37.293]You  have  really  lived  your  life
[01:38.994]which  now  arrives
[01:40.20]at  a  complacent  stage  of  serenity
[01:43.32]indifferent  to  fame  or  wealth.
[01:46.322]There  is  no  need  to
[01:47.576]resort  to  hair-dyeing ；
[01:49.355]the  snow-capped  mountain  is  itself
[01:50.782]a  beautiful  scene  of  fairyland.
[01:53.108]Let  your  looks  change  from  young
[01:55.409]to  old  synchronizing  with
[01:56.806]the  natural  ageing  process
[02:01.554]so  as  to  keep  in  harmony  with  nature,
[02:03.888]for  harmony  itself  is  beauty,
[02:05.894]while  the  other  way  round  will
[02:07.920]only  end  in  unpleasantness.
[02:10.990]To  be  in  the  elder's  company
[02:12.829]is  like  reading
[02:13.839]a  thick  book  of  deluxe  edition
[02:16.192]that  fascinates  one
[02:17.606]so  much  as  to  be  reluctant  to  part  with.
[02:22.55]As  long  as  one  finds  where  one  stands,
[02:25.23]one  knows  how  to  package  oneself,
[02:26.975]just  as  a  commodity  establishes  its  brand
[02:29.842]by  the  right  packaging