巴灵芝

“我”的連心眉曾让“我”感到羞耻。但是，当“我”开始接受它以后，它却像一条道路，开辟了“我”生活的许多其他方面，成为“我”探索自己身份的象征。实际上，每个人都有自己的“连心眉”，一个关于自己到底是谁，属于哪里的生命命题。

I spent my entire life trying to hide from who I was because I had a unibrow. This bothering visual representation on my face was just like a flag that I could not strip away.

I live in New York with my three beautiful girls， Scarlet， Savannah and Celine and my husband Nicolas. I was born and raised in America， but my family are from Iran. So I grew up with this duality（二元性） of my Persian heritage also mixed in with this American culture as Im first?generation. I always grew up with this tension of who I am and where I belong. I always kind of felt different and lonely.

It was not until I became a mother that I faced these things and made up my mind to accept a true myself. If my children didnt see me embracing myself for how I looked， my children would never have the courage to face their  identities because children absorb every single thing that we do.

The experiment started by October for Halloween. That year， I went as Frida for Halloween. I love Frida， an entity， and an energy force that is just so comfortable with who she is. She can have a unibrow. She can have a mustache. She can dress like she wants.

One of my closest friends told me that I had never been more confident. She thinks that I should start an Instagram and talk about this. Also， she has a name for me—My Fierce Brow.

Thats kind of how this evolution started， and very shortly I started to get international press calling me. And， I just couldnt believe that something that I actually did for myself， for my children， would appeal to so many people. I became more comfortable with my weight， pursuing my dreams and sharing and talking about the things that happened to me as a child with my friends and family. I even started to do workshops with teens to talk about embracing ourselves and our identities.

My visual representation was like a pathway that opened up many other aspects of my life. I think the unibrow is just a symbol of an exploration of our own identities for me. Actually， everyone， kind of， has his own “unibrow” story. Its just a matter of finding what that is for you.

Reading Check

1. What troubled the author according to paragraph 1？

A. Her appearance.  B. Her poor income.

C. Her living environment. D. Her educational background.

2. What does Para. 2 mainly talk about？

A. The authors family background.

B. The authors growing experience.

C. The feelings of the authors family.

D. The relationship between her family.

3. What made the author decide to accept her unibrow？

A. Attending a party.  B. Talking with her friend.

C. Carrying out an experiment.  D. Being a mother of three children.

4. What does the author intend to imply in this text？

A. Man proposes， God disposes.

B. Plant a flower and it will blossom.

C. Perseverance and determination make success.

D. There is actually no bad thing unless you consider it to be.

Languag Study

上挑眉、拱形眉、柳葉眉和平直眉是四种常见眉型。你见过“连心眉”吗？

Complete the passage using a proper word or the proper form of the given words.

A unibrow refers to long 1.  _______（eye?brow） that connect together. If youre 2. ______（curiosity） about what actually causes it， youll need to turn 3. ______ your DNA. According to a recent study 4.  ______  （publish） in Nature Communications， 5. ______ investigation of more than 6，000 subjects yielded specific genes that were associate with hair density， greying， curling， 6. ______   brow fusion（融合）. Unibrows were found in people （specifically， men） with the gene dubbed PAX3.

7.  ______  unibrows arent the style of choice in the United States， the Asian nation of Tajikistan considers it to be a trademark of beauty. Women 8.  ______   （lack） in PAX3 usea green herb to fake it， creating a solid line of brow.