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Can someone be beautiful and brainy at the same time？

有沒有人可以集美貌與智慧于一身呢？

Or is it that models or people who are physically attractive are not usually that smart？ Does being more beautiful make you brainier， or does being brainy make you any less beautiful？ According a recent research conducted in the US and UK， physically attractive men and women are much smarter than regular people. It goes on to say that attractive women have an IQ that is 11.4 points higher than average-looking women.

要么，模特或外表靚麗的人一般都不怎么聰明？到底是美貌讓人變聰明，還是聰明使人顯得更其貌不揚(yáng)？美國和英國近期的一項(xiàng)研究顯示，外表出眾的男性和女性要比普通人更聰明。而且，漂亮女性的智商比一般女性要高11.4個(gè)百分點(diǎn)。

I dont buy that argument， because I feel their intelligence is because of them as people， not because of their pretty faces. We have all seen fantastic-looking women say the dumbest things. We have all heard Miss Universe contestants failing to answer questions that even five-year olds can. However， there are myriad of examples that prove that as a concept， beauty and brains can go hand in hand.

對(duì)此我無法茍同，因?yàn)槲艺J(rèn)為智慧是由“個(gè)體”決定的，而非得益于漂亮臉蛋兒。 大家都見過言談粗俗的漂亮女人，也都聽說過世界小姐候選人連5歲小孩都知道的問題也答不上來。不過，也有很多例子表明，美貌與智慧可以兼得。

1. Natalie Portman 娜塔麗·波特曼

She is a Harvard graduate. Thats right， Harvard！ Has contributed to scientific journals and even given a lecture on terrorism at Columbia. Wow！ And she looks spectacular， doesnt she， and a phenomenal actress to top it.

她可是哈佛大學(xué)出身呢。沒騙你，真是哈佛大學(xué)！娜塔莉在科學(xué)雜志上發(fā)表過文章，甚至還在哥倫比亞發(fā)表過關(guān)于恐怖主義的演講。哇！而且她相貌出眾，絕對(duì)稱得上一位頂呱呱的女演員！

2. Famke Janssen 法米克·詹森

The X-Men hottie graduated from Columbia in English literature and is also fluent in Dutch， German， English and French. Now thats a combination that is hard to beat.

這位《X戰(zhàn)警》中的辣妹畢業(yè)于哥倫比亞大學(xué)英語文學(xué)專業(yè)，能流利講荷蘭語、德語、英語和法語。法米克智慧與美貌兼得，真是無懈可擊啊。

3. Kate Beckinsale 凱特·貝金賽爾

This Vampire-butt-kicking beauty is not just a pretty face. She graduated from Oxford. When she was younger， she also won the W.H. Smith Young Writers award for her creative writing. She speaks French and Russian. Man， is she talented.

這位主演吸血鬼的美女可絕不是花瓶兒。凱特畢業(yè)于牛津大學(xué)。年輕時(shí)，她還因個(gè)人創(chuàng)作榮獲W.H.史密斯青年作家獎(jiǎng)。凱特會(huì)講法語和俄語。各位，她很有才吧。

4. Emma Watson 艾瑪·沃森

The innocent-looking wizard from Harry Potter is currently attending Brown University， studying European womens history and drama. She will go on to Oxford for a year post Brown. The beautiful Emma who stole a million hearts with her portrayal of Hermoine Granger， is also a very smart cook.

這位《哈利波特》里的漂亮小巫師目前正就讀于布朗大學(xué)，學(xué)習(xí)歐洲女性歷史與戲劇。此后她將去牛津大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)一年。美麗的艾瑪因?yàn)槌錾缪莺彰簟じ裉m杰而贏得無數(shù)人的欽慕，而且她還很聰明。

5. Jennifer Connelly 詹妮弗·康奈利

The actress who has mesmerized us all through all these years went to not one， but two Ivy League schools， Yale and then later to Stanford.

這位深入人心的迷人演員畢業(yè)于兩所常青藤院校——耶魯大學(xué)和斯坦福大學(xué)。

Both beauty and brains depend on the genes that are passed on to us. The other things that contribute towards building brains and a healthy image of ourselves include， the kind of books we read， social circle， people we respect and follow， ideas and thoughts that have been fed to us and the ones we develop by ourselves， music we listen to， art we appreciate， opportunities we get， encouragement we receive from our loved ones， and most of all， personal motivation. All in all， beauty and brains can go hand in hand， or could have nothing to do with each other. It all depends from person to person.

美貌和智慧都受遺傳影響。除此之外，要想變得智慧、健康美麗，人們還受以下因素影響：閱讀的書籍、社交圈子、欽佩的人和榜樣、被灌輸?shù)募皞€(gè)人形成的思想觀念、所聽的音樂、喜歡的藝術(shù)、遇到的契機(jī)、來自愛人的鼓勵(lì)，而且，最重要的是，自我的動(dòng)力?？偠灾烂才c智慧可以兼得，并且彼此不受影響。一切都得看個(gè)人具體情況。