身臨其境練一練:
本對(duì)話選自《Ugly Betty》(丑女貝蒂)。本段是雜志創(chuàng)意總監(jiān)Wilhelmina與服裝設(shè)計(jì)師Christina之間的對(duì)話,她們在談?wù)撽P(guān)于女性如何保持美麗青春的問題,同時(shí)Wilhelmina也感慨自己年齡越來越大了,不能和其他漂亮女孩子一起競爭了。
萬用句型背一背:1.I'm not going to that ridiculous party.
我不想去那個(gè)可笑的晚會(huì)了。
2.In what ways can people improve their appearances?
人們通過哪些方式來改變面貌?
3.I want to be slim and beautiful,but I'm fat.
我想更苗條更漂亮,但是我現(xiàn)在很胖。
4.I've always been jealous of her skin color in thesummer.
夏天的時(shí)候我很嫉妒她的皮膚顏色。
5.She's having some cosmetic surgery.
她正在做一些整容手術(shù)。
錦囊妙語學(xué)一學(xué):
1.punitive:adj.令人受苦的,嚴(yán)厲的
And finally our government must change its punitive attitude towards both big and little business. 最后,政府必須改變對(duì)大小事務(wù)一律懲罰的態(tài)度。
2.a bevy of:一組,一群
There came a bevy of youths and maidens. 那邊來了一群男女青年。
3.for Pete's sake:俚語表達(dá),老天啊
for sb.'s sake在美式英語中經(jīng)常使用這樣的表達(dá)方式,翻譯起來要結(jié)合上下文意思。