純正地道美語 第171期(外教講解):修指甲
A: Honey, I’ll be right back!
B: Where are you going?
A:I told you already! I’m going to get my nails done.
B: Again? You just went last week! You spend more time at the nail salon than you do here at home! Honestly, why do you need a manicure every week?
A: Well, first of all, I like to pamper myself, and my nails look great. You should come with me!
B: Why? I don’t want to have nail polish or anything like that!
A:They don’t only paint my nails! The manicurist will remove my cuticles, file my nails, and apply at least nails coats of nail polish!
B: Yeah, sounds like something I should definitely do.
get someone’s nails done 修指甲
pamper v. 縱容, 溺愛
Don't pamper your little daughter.
別把你的小女兒嬌慣壞了。
file v.銼
I like to file my fingernails when I have nothing to do.
沒有事可做的時候我洗 銼指甲。
apply vt.塗，敷，抹
Apply medicine to his wound.
在他傷口上塗藥。
coat n.表皮
【拓展詞彙】
French Manicure 法式美甲
nail clipper 指甲鉗
nail polish remover 洗甲修護水
acrylic nails 由丙烯酸樹脂製成的假指甲
gel nails 凝膠指甲
A: 親愛的，我會很快回來。
B: 你去哪兒？
A: 我已經告訴過你了。我要去修理指甲。
B: 又去修指甲？你上週剛去過。你在指甲店花的時間比在家裏花的時間多。老實說，你爲什麼每週都得去修指甲？
A: 好吧，首先，我喜歡關懷指甲，而且我的指甲看起來很漂亮。你應該和我一起去。
B: 爲什麼？我就不想修理指甲或做那類的事。
A: 他們不僅爲指甲彩繪。美甲師會去除表皮，爲我銼指甲，至少會給指甲塗上指甲油。
B: 聽起來我應該去嘗試一下。
