纯正地道美语(外教讲解)171：修指甲

　　A: Honey, I’ll be right back!
B: Where are you going?
A:I told you already! I’m going to get my nails done.
B: Again? You just went last week! You spend more time at the nail salon¹ than you do here at home! Honestly, why do you need a manicure every week?
A: Well, first of all, I like to pamper² myself, and my nails look great. You should come with me!
B: Why? I don’t want to have nail polish or anything like that!
A:They don’t only paint my nails!  The manicurist will remove my cuticles³, file my nails, and apply at least nails coats of nail polish!
B: Yeah, sounds like something I should definitely do.
get someone’s nails done 修指甲
pamper  v. 纵容, 溺爱
Don't pamper your little daughter.
别把你的小女儿娇惯坏了。
file v.锉
I like to file my fingernails when I have nothing to do.
没有事可做的时候我洗 锉指甲。
apply vt.涂，敷，抹
Apply medicine to his wound.
在他伤口上涂药。
coat n.表皮
拓展词汇】
French Manicure 法式美甲
nail  clipper 指甲钳
nail   polish remover 洗甲修护水
acrylic nails 由丙烯酸树脂制成的假指甲
gel nails 凝胶指甲

　　A: 亲爱的，我会很快回来。
B: 你去哪儿？
A: 我已经告诉过你了。我要去修理指甲。
B: 又去修指甲？你上周刚去过。你在指甲店花的时间比在家里花的时间多。老实说，你为什么每周都得去修指甲？
A: 好吧，首先，我喜欢关怀指甲，而且我的指甲看起来很漂亮。你应该和我一起去。
B: 为什么？我就不想修理指甲或做那类的事。
A: 他们不仅为指甲彩绘。美甲师会去除表皮，为我锉指甲，至少会给指甲涂上指甲油。
B: 听起来我应该去尝试一下。
 

1 salon   

n.[法]沙龙；客厅；营业性的高级服务室

参考例句：

• Do you go to the hairdresser or beauty salon more than twice a week?你每周去美容院或美容沙龙多过两次吗？
• You can hear a lot of dirt at a salon.你在沙龙上会听到很多流言蜚语。

2 pamper   

v.纵容，过分关怀

参考例句：

• Don't pamper your little daughter.别把你的小女儿娇坏了！
• You need to pamper yourself and let your charm come through.你需要对自己放纵一些来表现你的魅力。

3 cuticles   

n.（手指甲或脚趾甲根部的）外皮( cuticle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The cuticles of most vascular plants are covered with a thin layer of largely hydrophobic constituents. 大部分维管囊植物的角质层都被有薄薄一层很疏水的成分。 来自辞典例句
• And there would have been traces of blood from his cuticles. 而且那会留下他的血迹和表皮痕迹。 来自电影对白