ESL Podcast 215 – Getting a Men’s Haircut

It’s been almost three months since I got a haircut and I went to the barbershop where I always get it cut. But when I got there, the barbershop had been replaced by a hair salon¹.

Shinobu: Hi, I used to get my hair cut at the barbershop that was here.

Nicole: Yeah, they closed. We’ve been open for about a month. I can cut your hair.

Shinobu: Uh...I guess that’s okay.

Nicole: Why don’t you come over here and sit down. What do you have in mind?

Shinobu: Well, as you can see, my hair is pretty curly. When it’s long, it looks like an Afro. I want it to be a lot shorter, but I don’t want a buzz cut.

Nicole: Are you sure you want to cut it? If you keep it long, you could have great dreadlocks.

Shinobu: Uh, I’m not sure that that style would work for me.

Nicole: Okay, then. How about if I cut it short on the sides, leave the bangs medium length, and then keep the back long?

Shinobu: No, I don’t think that would work, either. I’d like it an inch off the collar in back, above the ears, no sideburns, with a part down the right side. I really just need a trim.

Nicole: Hmm…how about if I shave your head? You’d look great bald.

Shinobu: No! I definitely don’t want that. You know what, I just remembered that I’m supposed to be somewhere else right now.

Nicole: Oh, are you sure? I’m sure I know exactly what you want.

Shinobu: I’m sure you do, but I really have to go.

I left that hair salon as quickly as I could. Who knows what would have happened if I’d stayed there? She may have given me a Mohawk!


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

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n.[法]沙龙；客厅；营业性的高级服务室

参考例句：

• Do you go to the hairdresser or beauty salon more than twice a week?你每周去美容院或美容沙龙多过两次吗？
• You can hear a lot of dirt at a salon.你在沙龙上会听到很多流言蜚语。