Jennifer: That way they look longer. Billy: Now what are you doing? Jennifer: Putting on mascara. Billy: Nasty. You’d better not rub your eyes. Jennifer: I won’t. Billy: And you’d better not cry or you’ll have black streaks running down your face.
Billy: Gross! What are you doing to yourself? Jennifer: Chill! I’m just curling my eyelashes. Billy: It looks like some kind of primitive form of torture. Jennifer: You’re such a wimp! You’re afraid of an eyelash curler. Billy: Well, you might pinch your eyelid! Or lose an eyeball! Jennifer: It just makes my eyelashes curl upwards. Billy: What for?
gross (a.) 与nasty同,意思都是「恶心的」
curl (v.) 使弯曲,弄弯
eyelash (n.) 「眼皮」是eyelid
primitive (a.) 原始的
torture (v.) 折磨,刑罚 A: Ahh! I can’t decide which dress I should wear. 啊!我决定不了该穿哪一件。 B: Don’t torture yourself. They both look great. 别折腾自己了。这两件都很好看。
wimp (n.) 懦弱无能的人 A: I’m really tired of walking. Can we rest for a little bit? 我真的走累了。我们可以休息一下吗? B: Come on. Don’t be such a wimp! 拜托。你少没用了!
eyelash curler (n.) 睫毛夹
pinch (v.) 捏,夹 A: What happened to your finger? 你的手指怎么了? B: It got pinched in my car door. 被我的车门夹到了。
Jennifer: When you smell them, they affect your nervous system. Billy: I thought you were supposed to put them in some kind of burner with a candle… Jennifer: You can do that, too. Both methods have a healing effect. Billy: So what’s your illness… shopping fever, sale-itis? Jennifer: Ha-ha…I’m just fatigued. And tomorrow is a big day. Billy: What’s tomorrow? Jennifer: More sales!
nervous system (n.) 神经系统
method (n.) 方法 A: What’s the best method for learning new vocabulary words? 学习新生字最好的方法是什么? B: Doing lots and lots of reading. 大量阅读。