Eztalk美语【209】我们不喜欢晒黑

Saturday,walking through the park

Yi-jun: Hey, the pool's open now!
Holly¹: As of today it is. Memorial Day marks the end of the school year and the beginning of summer.
Yi-jun: So it's time for the kids to get outdoors...
Holly: ...and for us to get tans in our new bikinis.
Yi-jun: Not this Taiwanese girl. We don't like to get suntans.
Holly: That's smart these days with all the news on skin cancer. Hey, there's everybody! [yells out] We made it!

school year
学年。美国的一学年，通常是指九月到隔年五月左右
The school year is almost over.
本学年快结束了。

suntan (n.)
晒成的古铜肤色。suntan (n.) 晒黑
A: Why are you staying out in the sun like that?
为什幺你要那样子待在阳光下？
B: I want to get a suntan!
我想要做日光浴。

bikini (n.)
比基尼泳装
Your bikini is so cute.
你的比基尼好可爱。

星期六，穿过公园

怡君：嘿，游泳池现在开放耶！
荷莉：今天起开放。阵亡将士纪念日是学年的句点，也是夏天的起点。
怡君：所以对小孩而言，去户外活动的时间到了……
荷莉：…而对我们来说，是穿上新比基尼，去晒成古铜色的时间到了。
怡君：我这台湾女孩可不觉得。我们不喜欢晒黑。
荷莉：在这幺多皮肤癌报导的今日来看，那是明智之举。嘿，大家都在那！（大叫）我们来了

1 holly   

n.[植]冬青属灌木

参考例句：

• I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree.最近我从一棵冬青树上弄了些木料。
• People often decorate their houses with holly at Christmas.人们总是在圣诞节时用冬青来装饰房屋。