新東方4+1英語口語語匯:Beauty

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Beauty
    Everyday Expressions
    n. [c] 美麗的人或事物
    She was a famous beauty in her youth.
    n. [u] 美
    We shall never forget the beauty of the old Beijing.
    n. 優(yōu)點,極具魅力的特色
    The beauty of this machine is its simplicity. (這機器的優(yōu)點在于簡單。)
    衍生詞語
    beautify (美化);
    beautiful (美麗的);
    生活用語 Street Talks
    A: Mom it hurts.
    B: This black eye you got in the fight is a real beauty,huh?!
    A: Please! Mom!
    Saving petrol, you know, that’s the beauty of buying a smallcar.
    The beauty of his new job is that he works his own hours. (flexible hours)
    諺語 Proverbs
    Beauty is but skin-deep. 紅顏易變。
    Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume. 貌美而無德,猶如花之無香。
    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. / Beauty lies in lover's eyes. 情人眼里出西施。
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    復合詞語
    beauty contest (選美比賽);
    beauty salon (美容院);
    常見搭配 Useful Phrases
    美容師 --- beauty aid
    風景點 --- beauty spot
    習語與俗語 Idioms & Slangs
    beauty sleep --- 美容覺(午夜前的睡眠)
    the beauty of sth --- 有優(yōu)勢的方面
    電影對白 Transcripts
    句型 And now for your listening and viewing pleasure, direct from Hollywood, California, our very own beatnik beauty, let’s give a big round of applause to the luscious Bobby Dylan. 《阿甘正傳》
    對話 Jesse Jackson: It’s beautiful to be black, but beauty is not enough.
    Crowd Leader: What do you want?
    Crowd Response: Black power! 《阿甘正傳》
    名言 Quotations
    “Beauty is truth, truth beauty,”—that is all Ya know on earth, and all ya need to know.John Keats (1795-1821), English poet. Ode on a Grecian Urn.
    It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But … it isbetter to be good than to be ugly.Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Anglo-Irish author. Lord Henry, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. 17 (1891).