纯正地道美语(外教讲解)217：胡子

　　Officer Brown: OK,Sally, we have an artist here to help us. We’ll ask you questions about the bank robber¹ you saw and Paul will draw a picture. Are you ready?
Sally: Yes, hmmm. Well, he had brown hair... long  hair...and  he  had  some  facial hair... was brown, too.
Officer Brown: Good!  Ok, the facial hair, was it a beard or a mustache?
Sally: Both!  His mustache was very short and thin,  on the top of his lip.
Paul: un-uh hmmm..., like this?
Sally:  Yes, that’s the mustache!  But the beard isn’t right, mean, it didn’t cover his whole face... think it was just on his chin.
Officer Brown: A goatee? Was it like Paul’s?
Sally: Ah yes, that’s it, he had a goatee...
Paul: Okay,  what about sideburns?   Did he have sideburns?
Sally: Um, they were long and thick, yours!
Paul: Alright, was this the man you saw?
Sally: Yes, that’s him! Hmmmmm, he looks a lot like you.
Officer Brown: Hmmm, why yes he does. Paul, where were you on Friday afternoon?
Paul: What? That’s ridiculous! It wasn’t me! I didn’t do anything.
facial hair 胡子
beard n.  胡须
mustache n.小胡子
goatee n. 山羊胡
sideburns n. 连鬓胡子
thick adj.浓密的
why yes 事实上
ridiculous a.可笑的
Officer Brown: 好的，Sally，这儿有个画家来帮我们。我们将要问你有关银行劫匪的问题，Paul：将会画出那个人的长相。你准备好了吗？
Sally: 是的，他有着棕色的头发……长头发……他有些胡子……也是棕色的。
Officer Brown: 好的，是胡须还是小胡子？
Sally: 都有。他的胡子很短，很细，长在嘴唇的上面。
Paul:像这样？
Sally: 是的，是那类胡须。但胡须不对，我的意思是，胡子并没有长满脸，胡子只长在下巴处。
Officer Brown: 山羊胡？像Paul的那样胡子？
Sally:对，他长着山羊胡.
Paul：是连鬓胡子吗？他有连鬓胡子吗？
Sally: 胡子又长又密，很像你的胡子。
Paul：好的，这是你看到的那个人吗？
Sally:正是他。他看起来很像你。
Officer Brown: 确实很像。Paul，周五下午你在哪儿？
Paul: 什么？那太可笑了。根本不是我，我什么都没做。
 

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n.抢劫者，强盗，盗贼

参考例句：

• The robber told the woman to come across with her purse.拦路抢劫者勒令那个女人把钱包交出来。
• The robber tried to run away but a man tackled him.强盗企图逃跑，但一个人把他抓住了。