迷你对话学地道口语第16期:未婚职业女性

[00:00:19] Do you know Sally?
你知道Sally吗？
[00:02:15] Sally.
Sally?
[00:03:36] She is a bachelor girl.
她是个未婚职业妇女。
[00:06:07] She is an excellent designer.
她是个很棒的设计师。
[00:08:11] Many of the company's advertisements are her child trains.
公司很多广告都是她的杰作。
[00:14:07] Why is she still single?
为什么她还是单身呢？
[00:16:32] She must have a face that would stop clock.
她一定是长得很丑。
[00:21:27] Oh, quite the other way round.
哦，刚还相反、
[00:24:45] She is a knock out.
她很漂亮。
[00:26:46] She devotes much of her time to her career.
她注重事业了。　　

习语：a bachelor girl
讲解：Bachelor通常是指“未婚男子”，即“单身汉”，但是与girl连用时就是指“未婚女人”了，此语特指“不依靠别人，自己维持生活的女人”。目前，在英美国家，指“未婚职业妇女”，与汉语口语中的“女强人”有相似之处。
迷你对话：
A :Do you know Sally?
你知道Sally吗？
B :Sally. She is abachelor girl. She is an excellent designer. Many of the company's advertisements are herchild trains.
Sally? 她是个未婚职业妇女。她是个很棒的设计师。公司很多广告都是她的杰作。
A :Why is she still single? She musthave a face that would stop clock.
为什么她还是单身呢？她一定是长得很丑。
B :Oh, quite theother way round. She is aknock-out. Shedevotesmuch of her timetoher career.
哦，刚还相反，她很漂亮。她注重事业了。
词海拾贝：
child train （比喻）处女作；杰作
Sb has a face that would stop a clock. （One's face would stop a clock.）某人极为丑陋。
Eg. You can hardly imagine that a handsome man like Li Tong would marry a girl like Sun Li who has a face that would stop the clock.
你真不敢想象李通这样英俊的小伙子竟然和丑无比的孙丽结了婚。
knock-out 非常漂亮引人注目的人（用来指女性）
Eg. She is gorgeous, a total knock-out with a killer¹ body and she's just my dream girl.
她是绝世的美女，身材惹火，简直就是我的梦中情人。
devote to 把 ... 献于, 把 ... 用于
Eg. The time he can spare from the adornment² of his person he devote to the neglect of his duty.
他把花在打扮上的时间省下来，却用到了玩忽职守上去。
Quite the other way round. 完全相反。
这是个省略句。完整的句子为——It is the other way round. 这正好想法。加上quite，就是完全相反。
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1 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

2 adornment   

n.装饰；装饰品

参考例句：

• Lucie was busy with the adornment of her room.露西正忙着布置她的房间。
• Cosmetics are used for adornment.化妆品是用来打扮的。