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刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-01-11
难易度:Low
关键字:concerned, flatter, hose, spill, unbroken, muffin top


























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Look your best!
That's right.
We're talking about ways you can look your best with the clothes that you have.
Many people are concerned about the clothes they wear.
They worry that the clothes don't flatter their bodies.
We all have trouble spots.
Nobody is perfect.
Right now we're going to take a look at some of these problem areas that people
have in our second reading of today.
(Music).
Look Your Best.
Problem areas.
Short Legs.
Few people have long legs like a model, but short legs can appear longer.
Create an unbroken line by matching your hose to your shoes.
Wear black shoes with black hose.
By matching them both to the bottom of your dress, you'll create an extra long
line.
High heels and pointed-toed shoes also make legs look longer.
"Muffin top".
Fat around the middle can spill over your pants, causing a "muffin top." Avoid
this by staying away from pants that are too tight or too low.
Instead, choose pants that fit above your hips and close to your waist.
Well, we have some problem areas here.
But wait a minute.
Before the break, there was a sentence there that used some words: trouble
spots.
Here we see this title is "Problem areas." Problem areas and trouble spots?
Carolyn, can you help us out?
What is the difference between a trouble spot and a problem area?
Well, they are a little bit different.
When I think of a problem area, an area is usually a large space.
Yeah, big.
So a big area.
And a trouble spot, a spot is very small, just a little spot.
So a trouble spot is a small place that is trouble, a problem.
And a problem area is a large problem.
OK. Well, can you give us an example of maybe how to use "problem area" versus
"trouble spot"?
Well, when you're learning English, maybe you have a problem area.
Maybe you have problems with learning English grammar; it's very complicated.
But perhaps you have just a little problem with one structure.
And that would be a trouble spot.
OK, excellent. OK.
So a problem area is general whereas a trouble spot is smaller.
But we can't say a trouble area or a problem spot.
Usually we hear these phrases like "trouble spot" and "problem area." Now today
we're talking about some problem areas.
The first one is short legs.
Few people have long legs like a model - and it's true - but short legs can
appear longer.
Nathanael, how can short legs appear longer?
Short legs can appear longer by creating an unbroken line by matching your hose
to your... to your shoes.
Your hose...? Carolyn, I... what, your hose?
Well, don't worry about this too much, Nathanael, because women usually wear
hose, not men.
So you don't have to worry either, Gabe. Yes.
OK.
Take a deep breath.
Nathanael, we don't have to worry about wearing hose.
That's a good thing.
Yeah.
"Hose" are something that women usually wear when they wear a dress or a skirt.
And it helps their legs to look a little bit nicer.
All right. Well, I've heard another word, um, stocking, S-T-O-C-K-I-N-G.
Can you tell us the difference between hose and stockings?
Well, stockings and hose are pretty much the same thing now.
But stockings used to mean very long socks.
And now hose and stockings are socks, or very thin socks, that women wear that
come all the way up their legs.
All right.
Well, I see something very interesting about this word "hose." Uh, create an
unbroken line by matching your hose.
Why doesn't it say your "hoses"?
Does that word never have an S?
No. So "hose" is both singular and plural.
All right. So "hose" is always H-O-S-E, even as the plural form.
Well, you can match your hose to your shoes.
I like that word "match." What else should you match, or try to match, when you
are putting your clothes on?
I usually think of matching my belt with my shoes, actually.
I think the color of your belt should be the same as the color of your shoes.
But what other things can you match?
Well, a lot of women like to match their bag with their shoes... (OK.) as part
of their wardrobe.
OK, matching your bag with your shoes.
Nathanael, is there anything that you try to keep in mind when you're dressing?
Do you try to match something with something else?
No. I really don't care about matching that much.
I just kind of put on whatever I want.
Nice. Well, that's good because you don't have to worry about wearing hose.
Women have to worry about making sure their hose match their shoes.
Well, this is all very interesting.
Um, but I don't really understand this.
Carolyn, can you help us understand this?
Well, we see in the reading:
If you wear black shoes with black hose, by matching both of them to the bottom
of your dress, you'll create an extra long line.
So if you have black shoes and black hose, you make a long line down your legs.
And it helps to make your legs look longer.
All right.
So this is all in efforts to make your legs look longer.
For those who have short legs, try to match your... match your hose with your
shoes.
And also try to match your shoes to your dress as well.
That way you can create that extra long line that you are looking for.
Well, we continue.
High heels and pointed-toed shoes also make legs look longer.
High heels, what are those?
Well, high heels are shoes that have a long heel.
So they make you a little bit higher and also help to make your legs look
longer.
Now Nathanael, what else can high heels help women do?
Play soccer. They can help women play soccer?
They make you...
No.
No, no, no.
Taller?
Taller, yes!
So high heels can also help women be taller because sometimes you feel a little
bit short.
So high heels are very good at making your legs longer and making yourself
taller.
All right. Well, we see one more problem area here today.
It is the muffin top.
As we continue:
Fat around the middle can spill over your pants, causing a muffin top.
Now we see that word there: spill.
That means... I usually think of water coming out of a cup onto the floor or
table.
You did it accidentally.
It's a spill.
You spill something.
But this could just mean it's coming out from its boundaries.
So the fat can spill over the top of your pants, causing a muffin top.
Well, how else can we use that word "spill"?
You know, it can also be used as a noun.
Someone needs to clean up the spill, this mess.
You can use it that way as well.
All right.
You clean up that mess.
I think if oil spills too.
Sometimes oil spills into the ocean, causing a lot of damage to the environment.
Well, let's continue.
Avoid this by staying away from pants that are too tight or too low.
Instead, choose pants that fit above your hips and close to your waist.
Well, these have all been very good tips.
Now let's continue with Michelle at the Language Lab.
OK.
(Chinese).
And let's get back to teachers.
Well, we've talked about different ways that you can look your best with the
clothes that you have.
You don't need to be concerned anymore about your clothes making you look good
because they can flatter your body.
We've talked about a couple of problem areas too, and we will have more to learn
next time.
And Carolyn, I think that you are ready now to go shopping this weekend, aren't
you?
Well, these tips were pretty helpful, but I'd really like to learn a little bit
more about how I can look my best.
Hey, that's great.
Well, you will be here next time, of course.
We have more to learn, everybody, next time here atStudio Classroom. We'll see
you then.