听播客学英语 293 make up

 　　The idiom “to make up” has at least three different meanings. First, it can mean to invent, for example, a story. The story is not true – it did not really happen – it came from my imagination. I made it up.

　　Second, make-up is the stuff¹ women put on their faces – you know, eye-liner, eye-shadow, lipstick² and so on. And if a woman makes herself up, it means³ that she puts her make-up on.

　　Third, suppose two friends have an argument. They part feeling angry with each other. But later, they decide to forget their argument and to become friends again. We say that they have made up.

　　Here is a summary of the latest developments in our soap opera – Podcast People! Joanne is making herself up. She carefully puts on her eye-shadow, powder and lipstick. Kevin, her boyfriend, is suspicious⁴. Joanne does not usually do her make-up so carefully. Joanne tells him that she has an important meeting at work and needs to look her best. But Kevin doesn’t believe her. He thinks she is making up the story about the important meeting, and that she is secretly meeting someone else. They have a row, and Joanne storms out slamming⁵ the door behind her. The next day Kevin feels lousy about the things he said to Joanne. He rings to say he is sorry. She is sorry too, so they kiss and make up.

　　Beautiful, isn’t it! Goodbye.

1 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

2 lipstick   

n.口红，唇膏

参考例句：

• Taking out her lipstick,she began to paint her lips.她拿出口红，开始往嘴唇上抹。
• Lipstick and hair conditioner are cosmetics.口红和护发素都是化妆品。

3 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

4 suspicious   

adj.可疑的，容易引起怀疑的，猜疑的，疑心的

参考例句：

• A man was hanging about the house in a suspicious manner.一个男人在房子周围可疑地荡来荡去。
• He's so suspicious he would distrust his own mother.他这个人疑心太重，连自己的母亲也不相信。

5 slamming   

n.砰击v.砰地关上（门或窗）( slam的现在分词 )；用力一放；使劲一推；猛劲一摔

参考例句：

• When Mrs. Richards walked towards him, he fled, slamming the door behind him. 当理查德夫人向他走去时，他把门“砰”的一声关上就跑开了。 来自《用法词典》
• "All right,'said Vance, slamming the coach door, and the conveyance rolled away. “行了，"万斯说，砰的一声关上车门，车子就上路了。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹