PETS-2語法講解 (353)

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What's your daily beauty regime?
    每個人的保健方法都不同,當你見到朋友的容顏保養(yǎng)得十年如一日的樣子,你不妨向她請教一下:What's your daily beauty regime?(你每天的美容法是什么?)有些人早上和晚上的美容習慣都不一樣,早上/晚上的美容慣例是 morning/evening beauty routine,有些人每周也做護理,英文叫weekly treatment(每周護理)。
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    Candy: It's good to see you here. I haven't seen you in years.
    Rita: Thanks. I know, it's been a long time.
    Candy: You look great. Tell me, what's your daily beauty regime?
    Rita: Well, I get up at six and have a glass of warm water with lemon in it…
    at five to mid-night I take off my make-up and put cold cream on and….
    Candy: No wonder you never get out. See you in five years.
    Rita: Wait! Wait! I haven't told you about my weekly beauty regime yet.
    坎蒂: 很高興在這兒遇到你,我很久沒見過你。
    莉達: 我知道,真的很久了。www.Examda.CoM
    坎蒂: 你看來容光煥發(fā),告訴我你每天的美容法是什么?
    莉達: 噢,我六點鐘起床,然后喝一杯溫檸檬水…五點鐘至午夜我才卸妝和涂冷霜,然后…
    坎蒂: 怪不得你老是不出門,五年后見。
    莉達: 等等!我還未告訴你我每周美容法啊。
    坎蒂見莉達容光煥發(fā),問她what's your daily beauty regime? Regime有兩個常見意思。一是指政權(quán),往往帶貶義,例如:Italy was then under a fascist regime.(意大利當時由法西斯政權(quán)統(tǒng)治)。Regime也可指‘有益的生活或飲食規(guī)則’,和另一個字regimen同義,可以通用,例如:He follows a strict dietary regime/regimen prescribed by the doctor.(他根據(jù)醫(yī)生指示,日常飲食限制十分嚴格)。
    女人多數(shù)都有一套修飾儀容的方法,這叫做beauty regime/regimen。Her daily beauty regime includes at least eight hours of sleep, a lot of hair care and skin care, and a very hot bath.即 ‘她每天的美容法包括至少八小時睡眠,仔細的頭發(fā)、皮膚護理,以及一個大熱水澡’。睡眠對美容十分重要,所以英文戲稱為beauty sleep。 Without my beauty sleep, I'll get dark-ringed eyes. 即‘我睡眠不足,就會有黑眼圈’。
    說到皮膚護理,有幾個字必須談?wù)劊篴cne/pimple(青春痘)、blackhead(黑頭粉刺)、zit(小膿包)。Acne是不可數(shù)名詞(uncountable noun),pimple則和blackhead、zit一樣,都可以數(shù)(countable)。要說‘她左頰有一粒青春痘’英文是She has (got) a pimple on her left cheek,a pimple不可改為an acne當然,你可以說:She tried to clear up her acne/pimples with some herbal medicine.(她想用些草藥去除臉上的青春痘)。