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刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2012-10-23
难易度:Low
关键字:estimate, seal, remove, childhood, donate


























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Hi, everybody.
Welcome to Studio Classroom Worldwide.
Thanks for joining us today.
My name is Steve.
As a kid growing up, you don't want to be different.
You want to be normal like your classmates and friends.
Some things that make kids different from others like height or lack thereof
can't be helped; other things like baldness can.
And that's where Locks of Love comes in.
This organization exists for the purpose of helping children who have lost their
hair to have a more normal life,
to have a healthier self-image and to have more self-confidence.
Let's get into today's reading now and learn about how Locks of Love helps bald
children enjoy their childhood on page 43.
Locks of Love.
The hairpieces are made of hair donated by ordinary people.
They grow their hair long, cut off at least 10 inches of it and mail it to Locks
of Love.
Locks of Love then sends the hair to a company that manufactures hairpieces.
The organization estimates that 80 percent of those who give their hair are
children who want to help other children.
The hairpieces attach to the wearer's head with a tight seal.
Hello, friends.
Thank you so much for joining us right here in the studio.
My name is Kaylah.
My name is Ryan.
Friends, we're back looking at Locks of Love,
this organization that is devoted to giving hairpieces to children who have lost
their hair due to medical reasons.
That's right.
Now families often can't afford hairpiece because hairpieces can be extremely
expensive.
So Locks of Love was created as a non-profit organization to give children
either a free hairpiece or one that is affordable.
But how does this organization donate?
How are they able to do this for these families?
Well, I think it's important also to know how how they donate them and how these
hairpieces are made.
They're not just made out of fake hair, they're made from real human hair
donated by ordinary people.
You've heard us use that word "donate" a couple of times now.
To "donate" means you give something to help an organization or a person.
You do not get paid for it.
So people donate their hair, they give their hair to Locks of Love.
They cut it off and give it to them.
Ryan, you can sell your hair for a lot of money to wig organizations that make
expensive wigs for theater companies or for movie companies.
You can get paid a lot of money to sell good hair.
But instead, these people donate, they give it.
Exactly. And so that's how they're able to give these away, or donate them for
free.
So let's see how these wigs, or how these hairpieces, are actually made.
OK. Well, people grow their hair long, and then cut off at least 10 inches of it
and then they mail it to Locks of Love.
Now Ryan, do you know why it needs to be 10 inches?
Actually, I don't.
I would like you to explain that.
OK.
Well, they need at least 10 inches of hair because when you make a hairpiece you
have to weave,
or sew, the strands of hair into a net shape that goes on someone's head.
And to do that, you need to have long hair.
So 10 inches of hair just becomes a short-hair wig.
Now Kaylah, 10 inches is pretty long.
I could not donate to Locks of Love because I only have maybe one or two inches
of hair.
Right. It takes a lot of hair.
If I was going to donate my hair right now, I would have hair as long as yours
when I was done.
Uh oh, I don't think anyone would want that.
Well, it's important then that these people are willing to donate to Locks of
Love because it will drastically, or greatly, change the way you look.
And that's why they grow their hair so long, means they don't cut it for a long
time.
Now Locks of Love then sends the hair to a company that manufacture hairpieces.
OK, so they're manufacturing these hairpieces.
And to manufacture means you are building or putting something together.
So they are creating these hairpieces, or these wigs, from the hair that people
have donated.
Now what's cool about this organization is that they can estimate that 80
percent of those,
of those people, who give their hair are children who want to help other
children.
I think that's wonderful, a wonderful estimation.
If you "estimate" something, that means you are guessing, using as much
information as you can to make it a good guess.
That's right.
Now that's cool that they can do this.
And they do this by taking in statistics, these facts.
I have actually donated to Locks of Love before when I was in high school.
I grew my hair very long and cut it very short to donate it.
And when you send your hair in, you send a card that goes with it telling them
where you're from and why you donated your hair and your name and how old you
are.
And that's how they can estimate that 80 percent of these hairpieces, these...
these locks come from kids.
Yeah, that's really touching actually that kids are willing to help other kids.
That's right.
Friends, you can actually see pictures of little girls who have donated their
hair on page 43 in your magazine.
These little girls are sitting with very short hair.
And you know that because they are holding these ponytails that used to be on
their head that they're now giving to other little kids.
That's wonderful.
I love that.
So these hairpieces then are donated from anyone who wants to give 10 inches or
more of their hair.
And then once they are made into these hairpieces, they attach to the wearer's
head with a tight seal.
That's right.
So these hairpieces are not just a normal type of wig.
They're special to go on a bald head because a lot of wigs you have to clip in
to your hair by using pins.
But this one creates a seal on the... on the skin of the head.
OK. And a "seal" means that something is completely touching all the way around
or holding something.
Sometimes, Kaylah, we can put a seal on something like a bucket to hold water in
it and prevent any from getting out.
Or if you have a lid, you turn the lid on to something to seal it shut.
It connects it so it can not be just pulled away.
And we say it's a tight seal, what does that mean?
Well, something that is tight means it's putting a lot of pressure on it.
It's holding very strongly.
So this "seal" is something that is not easy to break then.
Exactly. It's not easy to take these hairpieces off.
And we'll see that after we come back from the break.
That's right.
So these... this company that is manufacturing these hairpieces is doing a very
good job and a very special way of making them for kids so their small heads,
but that are throng seals so that they can actually put them on the bald head
not having to have hair underneath.
Yeah, so they'll stay on.
And we'll see how that works after we visit the Chat Room.
Yeah, I need to get a haircut, but my barber moved away.
Can you introduce me to a barber?
Well, actually, Ken, I don't go to barbers anymore.
You know, when they cut my hair, they don't give me enough style.
That's why I usually go...
Wait, wait, wait. Let me guess, you go to a hair saloon instead, right?
Ken, no! You mean a hair salon, spelled S-A-L-O-N.
A saloon, spelled S-A-L-O-O-N, is one of those bars you see in old cowboy
movies.
Oh, I guess you're right, salon.
I meant to say hair salon.
Now you're talking.
Yes. There is one salon I've been going to lately.
I can introduce you to my hairdresser if you'd like.
I think I'd like that if hairdresser means the person who cuts your hair.
Oh, she does cut my hair, but she also styles it.
A hairdresser is another name for a hair stylist, or "stylist" for short.
Well, in that case, I'd like to visit your stylist.
I see she does good work.
Thank you, Ken.
She's great.
You know, I haven't had many bad hair days since I started going to see her.
A bad hair day? What's that?
It's a noun phrase that refers to having messy hair as well as having a bad day
in general.
You know, sometimes you have those days when you wake up and you just can't get
your hair to look right and then other things seem to go wrong as well.
It all ends up being a bad hair day.
Yep, I'm familiar with that.
There are some days when everything seems to go wrong and you just want to start
over.
Well, fortunately, Ken, today is not a bad hair day.
Let me get you my stylist's card.
You can give her a call sometime.
Thanks.