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How does it feelto once be extremely gorgeous and pretty, grow old, and now no one paysattention to you? 曾经貌美如花、沉鱼落雁，却慢慢老去，直到现在没人愿意看你一眼是什么感觉？ I don't know about"extremely gorgeous”, but when I was younger I was often asked tomodel. 我不知道什么算“貌美如花”，但我年轻时常被叫去当模特。 I'm 53 now, and noone asks me to model anymore. It's ok. It is what it is. 现在我53岁，没人再叫我去当模特了。没关系，这就是现实。 Sure, I'd preferthe wrinkles go away. I'd love be to be 110# no matter what I eat again, and Ido miss that long, blond, shiny hair…but wishing for something that was, but nolonger is,…that's a recipe for unhappiness. 当然我想让皱纹都消失不见，我想再回到怎么吃体重都是110磅的日子，我真怀念那时长长的金色秀发，但期望那些一去不复回的东西真是自寻烦恼。 It just is what itis. 这就是现实。 I am glad for theyears though. The wisdom that comes with experience is priceless, and somethingthe younger generations just can't understand. 过去的这些年我很开心，阅历带给我的智慧是无价之宝，也是年轻一代不会懂的。 Just about everyonebecomes less attractive as they age. 几乎每个人的容颜都会随着年龄的增长而老去。 I am experiencingthat myself. I used to like to look at myself in the mirror and inpictures. I got a lot of attention from both sexes because of myappearance. 我自己现在正经历着这些，我过去喜欢看镜子和照片里的自己，因为我的外表无论男女都会投来目光。 I’m now middleaged, slightly overweight, and really nothing special to look at. 现在我人到中年，稍胖，也真的没什么特殊之处可看了。 But my self-worthis derived from what I do for people, how I care for my friends and family, andwhat I am capable of doing. 但我的自身价值也从为他人所做的事、对朋友和家人的关心照顾以及我自己的能力中得到了体现。 It feels likewearing acloakofinvisibility. 那感觉就像穿了隐形斗篷。 When I was in my20's and 30's, I had an excellent figure (36-23-35), and was considered"beautiful" by many people. 我二三十岁时身材很好(36-23-35)，很多人都说我很漂亮。 I was used tomen's heads swiveling when I walked by, and people watching when I crossed theroom. 我习惯了走过男人身边时的回头率，穿过房间时人们投来的目光。 Time and healthproblems have taken their toll; but you know what--when someone likes me--Iknow they like me for who I am inside--not as a pretty "doll-like"individual that many did not want to bother to get to know, beyond the decorativefactor. 时间和健康问题都在摧残着我的容颜，但你知道吗？现在有人喜欢我时，我知道他们喜欢的是我的内在，而不是很多人除了外表都不想费心去了解的漂亮“洋娃娃”。 A co-worker and Iwere discussing marriage vs raising children as a single mom, the difficulty indating again and other things surrounding my life at the time. 同事和我正讨论是该结婚还是做一个单亲妈妈独自带娃、再去约会的困难，还有当时我生活中的其他事情。 I told her I justwasn’t feeling like seriously dating anyone yet. 我告诉她我没有再认真约会的心情了。 She got quiet fora while and then told me that I “really should enjoy being young because oneday you will wake up and you will have become truly invisible”. 她沉默了一会儿，然后告诉我“真该好好享受年轻的时光，因为有一天醒来会发现真是没人会看你了。 I was 38 at thetime. She was nearing retirement and said a man hadn't looked at her that wayin 15 years, except her husband of course. 我当时38岁，她要退休了，她说有15年没有男人那样看过她了，当然除了她丈夫。 She said itliterally occurred to her one day. 她说这其实就是一夜之间的事。 I don't think Ibothered to really “enjoy being young” as Sue had suggested.
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