A:Stone. I'd like to know some words about toiletries. You know it's funny. I've been learning English for 12 years and not until yesterday did I know how to sa toilet paper.
Stone.我想知道一些關(guān)于衛(wèi)生用品的詞。你知道我學(xué)了十二年英語(yǔ),可直到昨天我才知道衛(wèi)生紙?jiān)趺凑f(shuō)。
B:What? You're kidding.
什么?你開玩笑。
A:I'm not. There're always times that I can't find the correct word. Like all those toiletries. I don't know most of them.
沒(méi)有。我總是找不到我想說(shuō)的詞。比如說(shuō)衛(wèi)生用品吧。大部分詞我都不知道。
B:Easy,buddy. I'm here to help. So what do you wanna know?
容易。我來(lái)幫你。你想知道什么?
A:What's the stuff that you use to wash your hair?
你們用來(lái)洗頭的東西叫什么?
B:Ok, that's called shampoo. And nowadays you could find shampoo for all kinds of hair in the supermarket, dry hair, oily hair and normal hair. You know what I mean?
叫shampoo.現(xiàn)在你可以在超市里買到適合所有發(fā)質(zhì)的洗發(fā)水。適合干性,油性,和中性發(fā)質(zhì)的都有。
A:Yeah.
是的。
B:Ok. After washing my hair, I'd always use some hair conditioner, which is something that makes your hair glow.
洗完頭發(fā)之后,我會(huì)用一些護(hù)發(fā)素。那種能讓你頭發(fā)發(fā)亮的東西
A:And what's the stuff that you use to shave?
那你們用來(lái)刮臉的東西呢?
B:Well, Chinese like to use shaver, cause they don't have that much hair. As for me, I'd prefer a razor. And in order to shave, we have to buy shaving cream, which can make shaving easier.
中國(guó)人喜歡用電動(dòng)刮臉刀,因?yàn)樗麄儧](méi)那么多胡子。我則更喜歡用剃須刀。還有為了刮起來(lái)更容易,我還會(huì)買剃須膏。
A:Skip the bursh-teeth part. I know tooth brush and tooth paste.
刷牙部分就不用說(shuō)了。我知道牙刷和牙膏。
B:Ok. After shaving. I'll use some deodorant.
好。刮臉之后,我要用一些除臭劑。
A:What is deodorant?
那是什么?
B:That is something which can remove your bad smell. It's like a stick. You can apply some under your arm.
就是那種能去處體味的東西。它一般是棒狀的。你可以抹在胳膊下。
A:Do you use perfume?
你用香水嗎?
B:Listen. Perfume is for girls. Men use cologne.
聽者。香水是給女人用的。男人用古龍。
Attention Please…特別提醒
[你可以請(qǐng)外教反復(fù)幫你模仿/訓(xùn)練下面句子/詞組的正宗美式發(fā)音]
[1]shampoo and hair conditioner洗發(fā)水和護(hù)發(fā)素對(duì)于每個(gè)人來(lái)說(shuō)都是必不可少的。除了這兩樣?xùn)|西之外。人們還會(huì)用hair lotion {發(fā)乳}, hair tonic{炬油膏},styling gel {發(fā)膠},mousse {摩絲}等。
[2]tooth paste如果你使煙民,你也許要買那種能去煙漬的牙膏。那種牙膏叫smoker's tooth paste .不過(guò)那種牙膏除了價(jià)格貴一些之外與普通牙膏沒(méi)什么分別。
[3] deodorant除臭劑odor指的是氣味。在odor之前加上前綴de-,就有了否定的意思。成了除臭劑。
Related Words…相關(guān)詞匯
以下這些詞并未給出漢語(yǔ)意思,你可以試著用我們學(xué)到的英語(yǔ)問(wèn)問(wèn)外教它們的意思
[ ie:What does "***"mean?"***"是什么意思?]
to squeeze toothpaste on the toothbrush to gargle and spit out the foam
to rub my hands together to create lather to blow dry my hair exfoliate