雙語美文：有人誇我的裙子很美

I am a dark skinned girl living in a country

我是一個有着深色皮膚的女孩，在我生活的地方

 

which places white skinned people on a pedestal

淺色皮膚的人都被奉若神明 

and looks down on people with even slightly dark skin tone.

而那些深色皮膚的人，哪怕膚色只是略微深暗，也會遭到鄙夷

Since I am very dark skinned,

由於我的皮膚顏色十分深暗

 

I tend to avoid wearing bright colors like white and yellow

我時常會避免那些明亮的色調，比如白色或者黃色

because they make me look even more darker.

因爲這些顏色會讓我看起來更加黝黑

However, I wore a white blouse today

可是，今天我卻穿着一件白色的襯衣

 

which I bought because it was so pretty

之所以買下它，是因爲它太好看了

 that I just couldn't pass it up.

讓我不得不爲它駐足

 I thought that even if it may not look good on me,

我想，即使這件襯衣不會襯托得我更加美麗

 

it's still a good looking top

它本身也足夠好看了

 

and so I just wore it to work.

於是我穿着它去上班了

And a co-worker complimented me!

沒想到，同事居然誇讚了我！

She said "That top is really cute

她說，“這件襯衣真好看”

and White looks awesome on you!"

“你很適合穿白色的衣服！”

I turned into a puddle.

我立刻哭成了淚人兒

 I am feeling good about myself ever since.

從那之後，我開始有了自信

The point is，

這件事讓我知道

Don't be so insecure

別讓心中的不安全感控制自己

that you might miss something good!

不然你可能會錯過十分寶貴的東西！