万花筒 2008-11-16&11-17 有毒的性感内衣

It is the eye-popping brand that boasts the world’s most glamorous¹ bras, but Parma resident Roberta Ritter says her Victoria's Secret, Angel Secret Embrace and Very Sexy Extreme Push-Up bras, made her feel anything but glamorous.

 

She says shortly after she bought them at Parmantown Mall last January, “I had the welts, and the very red, hot to the touch, extremely inflamed² like blistery. Ah, it itched³ profusely⁴. I was just utterly⁵ sick. ”

 

The 37-year-old loyal Victoria's Secret shopper filed a lawsuit⁶ against the company last summer. Now her attorneys say dozens of other women have contacted them with similar claims, involving several collections of the brand, many wanting to be part of a potential class action lawsuit. There are even complaints about the bras on the medical website-- medhelp.org.

 

I was just, just floored(1), I thought I have to come out with this. The can of worms(2) has to be open, cause it’s not just me, it’s other people as well.

 

Victoria's Secret released a statement saying: we are sorry that a small number of people have had an issue, and we want to help them determine the cause.

 

Ritter’s law firm did some investigating of its own, saying it bought the same type of bras named in her lawsuit and sent them to a lab. They claimed the bras tested positive for formaldehyde. The company says we have strict quality controls around our products, and we do not use formaldehyde in our bras.

 

That’s not something they specify⁷ to put in their product, but somehow it’s ending up there in the manufacturing process. Er, we can’t explain it, but it was certainly there.

 

Ritter 's bra hasn't been tested yet, but she says her doctor diagnosed her with an allergic⁸ reaction that could have been caused by formaldehyde. Whatever it was, she doesn’t want this to happen to anyone else.

 

It’s woken me up, big time(3). And I just hope to wake people up that, you know, to the reality that it can happen.

 

1 glamorous   

adj.富有魅力的；美丽动人的；令人向往的

参考例句：

• The south coast is less glamorous but full of clean and attractive hotels.南海岸魅力稍逊，但却有很多干净漂亮的宾馆。
• It is hard work and not a glamorous job as portrayed by the media.这是份苦差，并非像媒体描绘的那般令人向往。

2 inflamed   

adj.发炎的，红肿的v.（使）变红，发怒，过热( inflame的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His comments have inflamed teachers all over the country. 他的评论激怒了全国教师。
• Her joints are severely inflamed. 她的关节严重发炎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 itched   

v.发痒( itch的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Seeing the children playing ping-pong, he itched to have a go. 他看到孩子们打乒乓，不觉技痒。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He could hardly sIt'still and itched to have a go. 他再也坐不住了，心里跃跃欲试。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 profusely   

ad.abundantly

参考例句：

• We were sweating profusely from the exertion of moving the furniture. 我们搬动家具大费气力，累得大汗淋漓。
• He had been working hard and was perspiring profusely. 他一直在努力干活，身上大汗淋漓的。

5 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。

6 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

7 specify   

vt.指定，详细说明

参考例句：

• We should specify a time and a place for the meeting.我们应指定会议的时间和地点。
• Please specify what you will do.请你详述一下你将做什么。

8 allergic   

adj.过敏的，变态的

参考例句：

• Alice is allergic to the fur of cats.艾丽斯对猫的皮毛过敏。
• Many people are allergic to airborne pollutants such as pollen.许多人对空气传播的污染物过敏，比如花粉。