节目资讯
刊物:空中英語教室
日期:2012-02-24
难易度:Medium
关键字:blonde, along the way, frankly, vanity, redhead


























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(Music).
Hello, everybody.
Welcome to Studio Classroom Worldwide.
Thanks for joining us today.
My name is Steve.
And my name is Kaylah.
Now Kaylah, I think the question that all of us are wondering: What is on your
head?
It's a towel.
OK. A better question might be: Why is there a towel on your head?
Well, last night I was dyeing...
Wow... What? Are you OK?
No, not "dying" like I'm going to die; "dyeing" as in coloring my hair.
Oh... you had me concerned.
So, wait, why do you have a towel on your head again?
Well, I wasn't sure what people would think.
Oh, so you convered your hair.
Yes. Some people don't think that dyeing your hair is a good idea.
Well, can we see the hair?
No!
Why not?
Well, what is your opinion of dyeing hair?
Well, I don't really have a strong opinion either way.
I don't really care.
Well, not everyone does.
Let's find out some of the arguments around dyeing hair on page 48 in our Studio
Classroom magazines.
To Dye or Not to Dye.
Should you keep the hair color nature gave you or change it?
Jane and Lucy are friends who have not seen each other for two months.
Hey, Lucy!
Hi.
You look... different.
You've colored your hair again!
Yes. I got it done yesterday.
I was getting tired of being a blonde.
You look stunning as a redhead, but isn't it bad for your hair to be dyeing it
all the time?
Well, I don't do it all the time.
Let's see, you had light brown hair in August.
You were back to black in November, blonde after that and now red!
Wow, has it been that many already?
I lost count along the way!
But it doesn't matter.
I'm having fun.
Well, friends, "To Dye or Not to Dye?" That's is the question.
Oh... Now are we talking about actually dying here, Kaylah?
Of course not, Ryan.
Of course.
We all want to live.
We're talking about "dye," D-Y-E, which means to color your hair.
Should you keep the hair color... your hair color natural or should you change
it?
So this is the real question: Do you keep your hair the way it is or do you try
to change the color?
Now this is a VIEWPOINTS article, which means we are going to look at a
conversation between two people.
That's right.
Now Ryan, before we get into this, have you ever dyed your hair?
Um... Well, I didn't dye all of it, but I did put a little bit of blonde, or
golden, parts in my hair.
Oh, did that look nice?
Um... I don't think so, actually.
Well, the problem with dyeing your hair is it's permanent, it stays there.
Well, there's a lot of questions.
There's multiple sides to the story, so let's get started with Jane and Lucy.
They are friends who have not seen each other for about two months.
Right. OK. So we start off looking at Jane who says: Hello, Lucy.
And she starts to say something about the way Lucy looks.
She says, "You look... different." Now Kaylah, when you say "you look...
different," what does that usually mean?
Well, there's a couple of things.
One, it can mean you just actually look different.
Or sometimes it means maybe you don't look as good as the last time I saw you.
Here I'm hoping, though, she means it as: Uh, something's different. I... I
can't tell what it is. But oh! You've colored your hair again.
Oh, there it is.
She realized Lucy had changed the color of her hair or dyed her hair.
Lucy says: Yes. I got it done yesterday.
So her hair dye job is very new and very recent.
Mmhm. That's something you get done.
And uh, she says, "I got tired of being a blonde." Now you heard me use this
word a little bit earlier.
Kaylah, can you explain what a blonde is?
Sure. "Blonde" refers to someone who has either yellow or golden hair.
So it's a light color.
Now actually if you are watching, we have a gold blonde wig sitting here next to
me.
But blonde is a color that is just yellow and kind of maybe the color of hay, we
could say.
Yeah.
It's a very pretty hair color.
Yeah. You can also find a picture of blonde hair on page 48 in your Studio
Classroom magazine.
That's right. So this is blonde.
She said, "I got tired of being a blonde." So when we say I am a... then a hair
color, that means that is the hair color you have.
So my hair is brown.
So I would say I am a brunette because I have brown hair.
Right. Brunette means you have brown hair.
And now we're going to learn another one here with Jane.
She says: You look stunning as a redhead, but isn't it bad for your hair to be
dyeing it all the time?
Now red hair is exactly what it sounds like.
A "redhead" is someone who has red hair, and this is not like the color of a
fire-hydrant red.
This is more of a... an orange and brown color mixed together.
And as an example, we do have an example here in the studio with us today.
But you can also see some in your magazine.
Exactly, yeah. We've got some red hair here as well.
It looks a little bit more brown.
But you can also find more examples of red-colored hair elsewhere.
Well, she says, "You look stunning as a redhead." That means you look so
beautiful.
This word "stunning" is a great word to remember.
It helps... it makes people feel really good when you tell them they look
stunning.
It means you look so good there's just really no other word to describe it.
Yeah. She says: You look amazing as a redhead, but maybe it's not good to dye it
all the time.
And Lucy says: Well, I don't do it all the time.
That's right. Maybe she just does it sometimes.
She says: Well, let's see, you had light brown hair in August.
You were back to black in November, blonde after that and now red!
So that's... uh, I think that is a lot of hair dyeing.
Yeah. And even that, I think Lucy says: Wow, has it been that many already?
Oh, that is a lot.
She says: I lost count along the way! But it doesn't matter. I'm having fun.
Now when you say "along the way," that means during the process, during the
journey along.
So as she has... as time progressed, she lost count of how many times she has
dyed her hair.
That's right.
And she has certainly done it many different times, but she says, "Who cares?
I'm having fun." All right.
Right now let's visit the Chat Room.
Hey, Bryan, I'm so glad the library has this book.
I've been looking for it a long time.
Oh. That book, Pottery for Beginners.
Well, Ken, that does look very interesting.
Yeah, it is.
I'm really excited about making some of my own pots, vases and bowls and...
Brian is something wrong?
Oh, nothing.
Wait a minute.
You don't really think this book looks interesting, do you?
Who? Me?
Oh, I, well... No, not really, Ken.
Actually, to be honest, it looks boring to me.
Then why did you say the book look interesting?
I'm sorry, Ken.
I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.
You see, native English speakers use words like "interesting" a lot to try to be
polite and avoid offending others.
These words are called euphemisms.
Well, I'm glad you're being honest with me.
Hey, can you teach me some other common euphemisms so I can understand what
people are really saying?
OK. Sometimes when people say something is "different," they really mean that
thing is strange or bad.
So if someone describes a certain song or painting as "different," they might
actually be saying it's bad or terrible?
Yes, they might.
Another common euphemism is unique.
Unique? How can that word be used to hide your true feelings?
I thought most people consider "unique" things to be good.
Most of the time people do praise people or things as being unique.
But once in a while, people say something is "unique" when they really mean that
thing is strange or undesirable.
Hmm. Can you give me some examples?
I'll try.
How about this:
That is a very unique painting.
Or the dish we had for dinner was very unique.
In either case, chances are that the speaker is trying to hide their dislike of
the object.
I see. Well, thanks, Bryan.
This has been a very unique lesson.
And I really mean that!
Thanks, Ken.
So, should I check out that interesting book you have?
Yes, please.