純正地道美語 第217期(外教講解):鬍子

Officer Brown: OK,Sally, we have an artist here to help us. We’ll ask you questions about the bank robber you saw and Paul will draw a picture. Are you ready?

Sally: Yes, hmmm. Well, he had brown hair... long he had some facial hair... was brown, too.

Officer Brown: Good! Ok, the facial hair, was it a beard or a mustache?

Sally: Both! His mustache was very short and thin, on the top of his lip.

Paul: un-uh hmmm..., like this?

Sally: Yes, that’s the mustache! But the beard isn’t right, mean, it didn’t cover his whole face... think it was just on his chin.

Officer Brown: A goatee? Was it like Paul’s?

Sally: Ah yes, that’s it, he had a goatee...

Paul: Okay, what about sideburns? Did he have sideburns?

Sally: Um, they were long and thick, yours!

Paul: Alright, was this the man you saw?

Sally: Yes, that’s him! Hmmmmm, he looks a lot like you.

Officer Brown: Hmmm, why yes he does. Paul, where were you on Friday afternoon?

Paul: What? That’s ridiculous! It wasn’t me! I didn’t do anything.

facial hair 鬍子

beard n. 鬍鬚

mustache n.小鬍子

goatee n. 山羊鬍

sideburns n. 連鬢鬍子

thick adj.濃密的

why yes 事實上

ridiculous a.可笑的

Officer Brown: 好的，Sally，這兒有個畫家來幫我們。我們將要問你有關銀行劫匪的問題，Paul：將會畫出那個人的長相。你準備好了嗎？

Sally: 是的，他有着棕色的頭髮……長頭髮……他有些鬍子……也是棕色的。

Officer Brown: 好的，是鬍鬚還是小鬍子？

Sally: 都有。他的鬍子很短，很細，長在嘴脣的上面。

Paul:像這樣？

Sally: 是的，是那類鬍鬚。但鬍鬚不對，我的意思是，鬍子並沒有長滿臉，鬍子只長在下巴處。

Officer Brown: 山羊鬍？像Paul的那樣鬍子？

Sally:對，他長着山羊鬍.

Paul：是連鬢鬍子嗎？他有連鬢鬍子嗎？

Sally: 鬍子又長又密，很像你的鬍子。

Paul：好的，這是你看到的那個人嗎？

Sally:正是他。他看起來很像你。

Officer Brown: 確實很像。Paul，週五下午你在哪兒？

Paul: 什麼？那太可笑了。根本不是我，我什麼都沒做。