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　　The Weekend - Getting a manicure (C0174)
A: Honey I’ll be right back!
B: Where are you going?
A: Itoldyoualready! I’mgoingto. getmynailsdone.
B: Again? You just went last week! You spend
more time atthe nail salon¹ than you do here at
home! Honestly, why do you need a manicure ev-
ery 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.

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