我曾经和一个哲学家一起去看一出悲剧。“多么美好！”他说道。“你在这里面发现了什么美好的东西？”我问他。“是因为作者已达到了他的目的。”他说。第二天他吃了一些对他身体有好处的药。它达到了它的目的”，我告诉他说，“多么美好的药！”他意识到不能说药是美好的，并意识到在你把美这个词运用到任何事物以前，它一定在你身上引起了敬佩和愉悦的感情。他同意说那悲剧在他身上引起了这两种感情，并说这就是美。
我们一起去了英国：同样那出戏也在那里上演，翻译得一字不差；可它使得所有的观众都打起了哈欠。“呵，呵！”他说，“美的理念对英国人来说和对法国人来说不一样。”良久思索以后，他得出结论：美是很相对的，就如同在日本是正派的事到了罗马就不正派，在巴黎最时髦的东西到了北京就未必是，于是他使自己省却了写一篇有关美的长篇论文的麻烦。
思考：
1、本文作者的观点是什么？你同意作者的观点吗？
2、与课文相比，你觉得两篇文章的观点有相通之处吗？
四、 相关链接
（一）《论美》原文
Of Beauty
VIRTUE is like a rich stone, best plain set; and surely virtue is best, in a body that is comely, though not of delicate features; and that hath rather dignity of presence, than beauty of aspect. Neither is it almost seen, that very beautiful persons are otherwise of great virtue; as if nature were rather busy, not to err, than in labor to produce excellency.
And therefore they prove accomplished, but not of great spirit; and study rather behavior, than virtue. But this holds not always: for Augustus Caesar, Titus Vespasianus, Philip le Belle of France, Edward the Fourth of England, Alcibiades of Athens, Ismael the Sophy of Persia, were all high and great spirits; and yet the most beautiful men of their times.
In beauty, that of favor, is more than that of color; and that of decent and gracious motion, more than that of favor. That is the best part of beauty, which a picture cannot express; no, nor the first sight of the life.
《说美》教学设计2