The english we speak(BBC教學)第40期:makeover 大轉變

Catherine: Hello you're listening to The English We Speak with me Catherine.

凱瑟琳：大家好，你們正在收聽的是我們所說的英語，我是凱瑟琳。

Feifei: Catherine? Is that you? Wow!! I alMost didn't recognise you there! You look totally different!

菲菲：凱瑟琳？是你嗎？哇！我幾乎沒有認出你！你看起來完全不一樣了！

Catherine: Yes, it's me. What do you think?

凱瑟琳：是的，就是我。你覺得怎麼樣？

Feifei: You look... Different! You've had your hair cut - and it's a different colour!

菲菲：你看起來...不一樣！你改變了髮型——而且是不一樣的顏色！

Catherine: Do you like it?

凱瑟琳：你喜歡嗎？

Feifei: Well yes I do! It's very different to your normal hairstyle! But it really suits you - and it makes you look a lot... Younger!

菲菲：是的我喜歡！這和你平時的髮型風格很不一樣！但是很適合你——而且它讓你看起來年輕了很多！

Catherine: Younger in a good way, i hope...

凱瑟琳：我希望是年輕好的方面。

Feifei: Most definitely! And, let's see... You're wearing a new jumper... New shoes...

菲菲：當然了！而且，我看看...你穿了新的外衣...新的鞋...

Catherine: Do you like them?

凱瑟琳：你喜歡它們嗎？

Feifei: Well yes! Normally you wear quite dark colours... But these are so bright! You look really pretty!

菲菲：是的！通常情況下你都穿深色衣服...但是這些都是亮色的！你看起來真的很美！

Catherine: Thanks, Feifei!

凱瑟琳：謝謝，菲菲！

Feifei: It's true - but something else is different... Let's see... Aha! Your eyeshadow... Blusher... Lipstick - you've completely changed your make-up!

菲菲：是的，但是還有不一樣的地方...讓我看看...啊哈！你的眼影，腮紅，脣膏——你完全改變了妝容！

Catherine: Oh the make-up? Yes, that's different too. Everything's different, in fact! I've had a makeover.

凱瑟琳：哦，我的妝？是的，這也改變了。一切都改變了，事實上！我做了大轉變。

Feifei: A makeover? I said you've changed your make-up. What's all this about a makeover?

菲菲：一個化妝美容？我說了你改變了妝容。你說的化妝美容是什麼？

Catherine: Yes, I've changed my make-up. And I've changed my hairstyle and the type of clothes I wear too. When you make lots of changes to something so that it looks completely different, fresh, new and much better - you've given it a makeover.

凱瑟琳：是的，我改變了妝容。而且我也改變了我的髮型和穿衣風格。當你做了很多改變因此你看起來完全不一樣，新鮮，全新而且更好了—你就做了大轉變。

Feifei: Ohhh... You've completely changed your appearance so that you look better, fresher, nicer. That's a makeover. What verbs go with makeover?

菲菲：哦...你完全改變了你的外表所以你看起來更好了，更新鮮，更棒了。這是一個大轉變。那麼大轉變搭配什麼動詞呢?

Catherine: Have a makeover, give something a makeover, get a makeover, need a makeover. Here are a few examples:

凱瑟琳：完成一次大轉變，給某事一個大轉變，獲得一次大轉變，需要一次大轉變。這是一些例子：

I was so fed up with the way my husband dressed. He looked so untidy all the time! I threw out all his old clothes and took him shopping for a complete new wardrobe. Now he's had a makeover, he looks as handsome as he did when we first met.

我很厭倦我丈夫穿衣的方式。他總是看起來太不整潔了！我扔掉了他所有的舊衣服然後帶他買了一整個衣櫃的新衣服。現在他做了一個大轉變，他看起來和我們第一次見面時一樣帥。

This room looks so old-fashioned! It really needs a makeover.

這間屋子看起來過時了！它需要一次大轉變。

Yes, if we paint the walls and change the curtains it will look so much better.

是的，如果我們染一下牆再換了窗簾，它會看起來好很多。

Feifei: So not only people but also things can have makeovers.

菲菲：所以不止人，事物也可以做大轉變。

Catherine: You can give almost anything a makeover, Feifei. Even you can have a makeover - I'll take you shopping if you like! We can start with your hair - a nice short cut I think would suit you, then get you a nice new pair of skinny jeans, and change your makeup, and get...

凱瑟琳：你可以給幾乎任何事做大轉變，菲菲。甚至你可以做一次大轉變，如果你願意我可以帶你去購物！我們可以從頭髮開始，我覺得一個很好的短髮會很適合你，接着給你來一條緊身牛仔褲，然後改變你的妝容，然後...

Feifei: I'm quite happy with the way I look, thanks. I don't think I need a makeover.

菲菲：我很滿意我現在的樣子，謝了。我覺得我不需要一次大轉變。

Catherine: Oh, OK, sorry.

凱瑟琳：哦，好吧，抱歉。

Feifei: That's OK.

菲菲：沒關係。

Catherine: Just a haircut then...

凱瑟琳：只要一次理髮那麼...

Feifei: No!

菲菲：不要！

Catherine: Colour change maybe? A little bit of red here and there?

凱瑟琳：或許變一下顏色？在這裏和那裏來一點紅色？

Feifei: I do not need a makeover.

菲菲：我不需要大轉變。

Catherine: Well, if you change your mind, you know where I am! Now I must be going, I'm going to give my living room a makeover and there's a sale on at the furniture shop.

凱瑟琳：那麼，如果你改變了主意，你知道我在哪的！現在我得走了，我要去給我的客廳來一次大轉變，而且傢俱店有打折活動。

Feifei: Well, good luck with that Catherine.

菲菲：那麼，祝你好運凱瑟琳。

Catherine: Thanks Feifei. Join us again for more The English We Speak.

凱瑟琳：謝謝菲菲。加入我們獲得更多的我們所說的英語。