2015年ESL之就医和人际交往 04 Personal Grooming

Personal Grooming¹ 

Giorgio: I’ll pick you up tonight at 7:00, okay? 

Anna: You’d better make it 8:00. I need time to get ready. 

Giorgio: You just need to go home, take a shower, and throw on some clothes. How much time do you need? 

Anna: You have no idea what a woman has to do to look her best, do you? Not only do I have to bathe, I need to exfoliate and depilate. 

Giorgio: “Depilate”?! What’s that? 

Anna: That’s shaving and waxing to you. I have to shave and wax my legs, my armpits, and bikini area. 

Giorgio: Whoa! That’s way too much information. I didn’t need to know that. 

Anna: After that, I’ll need my nail clippers, nail file, and tweezers² to do my nails and my plucking. 

Giorgio: I don’t even want to know what you pluck. 

Anna: Just my eyebrows³ and my... 

Giorgio: Stop! I don’t need to know the ins and outs of your personal grooming. Is all that really necessary? 

Anna: You are going to introduce me to your brother, aren’t you? Your very handsome brother? 

Giorgio: I was until I heard all that. I don’t know if I want my brother dating a woman who’s so high-maintenance. 

Anna: High-maintenance? High-maintenance?! Who are you calling high- maintenance? 

Giorgio: And high- strung! 

 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 grooming   

n. 修饰, 美容，（动物）梳理毛发

参考例句：

• You should always pay attention to personal grooming. 你应随时注意个人仪容。
• We watched two apes grooming each other. 我们看两只猩猩在互相理毛。

2 tweezers   

n.镊子

参考例句：

• We simply removed from the cracked endocarp with sterile tweezers.我们简单地用消过毒的镊子从裂开的内果皮中取出种子。
• Bee stings should be removed with tweezers.蜜蜂的螫刺应该用小镊子拔出来。

3 eyebrows   

眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
• His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。