Billy: Gross! What are you doing to yourself?
Jennifer: Chill! I'm just curling my eyelashes.
Billy: It looks like some kind of primitive form of torture.
Jennifer: You're such a wimp! You're afraid of an eyelash curler.
Billy: Well, you might pinch your eyelid! Or lose an eyeball!
Jennifer: It just makes my eyelashes curl upwards.
Billy: What for?
gross (a.)
与nasty同，意思都是「恶心的」
curl (v.)
使弯曲，弄弯
eyelash (n.)
「眼皮」是eyelid
primitive (a.)
原始的
torture (v.)
折磨，刑罚
A: Ahh! I can't decide which dress I should wear.
啊！我决定不了该穿哪一件。
B: Don't torture yourself. They both look great.
别折腾自己了。这两件都很好看。
wimp (n.)
懦弱无能的人
A: I'm really tired of walking. Can we rest for a little bit?
我真的走累了。我们可以休息一下吗？
B: Come on. Don't be such a wimp!
拜托。你少没用了！
eyelash curler (n.)
睫毛夹
pinch (v.)
捏，夹
A: What happened to your finger?
你的手指怎么了？
B: It got pinched in my car door.
被我的车门夹到了。
upwards (adv.)
向上地。「向下地」是downwards
珍妮花在化妆
比 利：恶心！你在对自己做什么？
珍妮花：别紧张！我只是在卷眼睫毛。
比 利：这看起来活像是原始的酷刑。
珍妮花：你这个逊脚！连个卷睫毛夹都怕。
比 利：那你用它夹眼皮看看啊！看会不会少颗眼球！
珍妮花：这只是用来帮我的睫毛往上卷。
比 利：卷了又怎样？ |