美国国家公共电台 NPR Video: That Time We Tried Pore Vacuuming In South Korea

 

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Skin care in South Korea is serious business. Beauty products like sheet masks and special serums¹ are among the country's hottest exports. So we sent NPR's Seoul correspondent Elise Hu to try out a new thing that is all the rage in South Korea.

ELISE HU, BYLINE²: The process of pore vacuuming uses suction to remove oil and blackheads right out of your face. The suction wand works a lot like a home vacuum cleaner, but it's about the size of a magic marker. Beauty consultant³ Joyce Kong explains.

JOYCE KONG: So you can think of it as, step one is removing everything on your face, getting it to be as clean as possible. Then step two, they can really go in for the excavation⁴.

HU: It's pretty painless, but you do feel the pulling at your pores.

Oh yeah, I think she's getting my nose pores. Oh, geez, you can hear it - oh, dear, oh, jeez. I can actually feel stuff being sucked up. This is gross.

Afterward⁵, Joyce Kong asked to see what exactly came out of our faces.

KONG: This is the water that has come from the treatment.

HU: Sucking out our pores.

KONG: Yeah, so you can see - this is actually not so bad. The first time I got it done, you could literally⁶ see the squiggles swimming around in - (speaking Korean). This was mine. That's why.

HU: Dermatologist⁷ Dr. Jaewoo Choi said he could see some improvement.

How do my pores look?

JAEWOO CHOI: Very good, yeah, very good, yeah, very good.

HU: I don't think I'll ever get a facial again without a vacuum involved. Elise Hu, NPR News, Seoul.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "BEAUTIFUL")

PARK BO-RAM: (Singing in Korean).

MARTIN: I know you're curious, so to see what pore vacuuming looks like, check out the video. You can find it on the MORNING EDITION Facebook page and at npr.org/elisetries.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "BEAUTIFUL")

PARK: (Singing in Korean).

1 serums   

n.（动物体内的）浆液( serum的名词复数 )；血清；（一剂）免疫血清

参考例句：

• To observe the trends of plague FI antibody serums of Microtus fuscus. 观察青海田鼠血清中鼠疫FI抗体动态。 来自互联网
• The contents of T_3,T_4 and cAMP in serums were increased by 16.01%(P<0.05),17.06%(P<0.05) and 19.88%(P<0.05) respectively. 三碘甲腺原氨酸、甲状腺素和环腺苷酸含量，分别比对照组增加了16.01%(P<0.05)、17.06%(P<0.05)和19.88%(P<0.05)。 来自互联网

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 consultant   

n.顾问；会诊医师，专科医生

参考例句：

• He is a consultant on law affairs to the mayor.他是市长的一个法律顾问。
• Originally,Gar had agreed to come up as a consultant.原来，加尔只答应来充当我们的顾问。

4 excavation   

n.挖掘，发掘；被挖掘之地

参考例句：

• The bad weather has hung up the work of excavation.天气不好耽误了挖掘工作。
• The excavation exposed some ancient ruins.这次挖掘暴露出一些古遗迹。

5 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

6 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

7 dermatologist   

n.皮肤科医师

参考例句：

• I think you should see a dermatologist first.我想你应当先看皮肤科大夫。
• The general practitioner referred her patient to a dermatologist.家庭医生把她的病人交给了皮肤科医生。