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10.时尚杂志 Newspapers and Magazines

《VOGUE》杂志从独特视角力求反映出版所在地的文化。她对相关行业的扶持作用是无与伦比的。尤其值得一提的是,《VOGUE》杂志推动了全球时尚产业的发展。当今很多著名设计师都是从《VOGUE》杂志被发掘的。

交流应急句

1.Is the news in the paper reliable?

这报纸上的新闻可靠吗?

2.Do you have any back issues of Vogue?

你有过期的《时尚》杂志吗?

3.There are so much advertisement in newspapers and magazines.

报纸和杂志上的广告真多啊。

4.Do you know the circulation of this magazine?

你知道这份杂志的发行量吗?

5.Would you please tell me about the Fortune magazine?

你给我谈谈《财富》杂志,好吗?

6.How much does a one-year subion cost?

订一年多少钱?

7.What kind of paper do you want to subscribe?

你想订什么类型的报纸?

8.I got a subion to TIME magazine.

我订了一份《时代周刊》。

9.I got the newest issue in the maiI today.

今天我信箱里收到了最新一期的报纸。

10.How often does this magazine come out?

这种杂志多长时间出一期?

实用情景对话

A:Why are you so keen on this paper?

B:Cause it's the top one among those offering inside stories.

A:Don't you think they are just out-and-out fabrications?

B:Well, we'll never know the sheer truth. I just read between Iines.

A:你为什么对这份报纸这么热衷?

B:因为在所有提供内幕消息的报纸中,这份可算是最好的。

A:你不觉得那纯粹是假的吗?

B:其实我们永远也无法得知事情的真相。我只是从字里行间琢磨而已。

欧美文化360°洗礼

全球时尚杂志介绍

在美国,《Vogue》被称为“时尚圣经”,即使在国外久负盛名的《Cosmopolitan》(中文杂志名“时尚”)也没有达到能够与《Vogue》同台竞争的水平,而《MarieClaire》更是没和《Vogue》在同一层面上,真正与《Vogue》形成竞争的只有《Harper's Bazaar》和《ELLE》,其他杂志根本就很难匹敌。

《VOGUE》杂志成立于1892年,是世界上最重要的杂志品牌之一,被公认为全世界最领先的时尚杂志。《VOGUE》杂志介绍世界妇女时尚,包括美容、服装、服饰、珠宝、保健、健美、旅行、艺术、待客、名人轶事和娱乐等方面的内容。

11.中性风潮Unisex

中性风就是无显著性别特征的、男女皆适用的服饰、发式等,完全颠覆了传统观念中男性需表现出稳健、庄重、力量的阳刚之美;女性则应该带有娴淑、温柔、轻灵的阴柔之美。

交流应急句

1.I Iike a girI who's tough.

我喜欢坚强的女孩。

2.She's such a tomboy!

她真是个假小子!

3.It's okay to be boyish.

男孩子气也是可以的。

4.She's kind of a tomboy, but I have a huge crush on her.

她是那种假小子,但我还是狂热地爱上她了。

5.She works on a farm, but she's still very girly.

她在农场工作,但她还是很有女人味的。

6.Independent girls are so attractive!

独立的女孩很有吸引力!

7.What a tomboy!

好一个假小子!

8.Don't worry about it.It's alright to be a tomboy.

别担心,做一个假小子也没什么的。

9.I have such a big crush on that tomboy girI in class.

我狂热地爱上了班里那个假小子了。

10.She maintains her feminine side even though she's so masculine sometimes!

尽管她有时候很男性化,但她仍保持着她女性的一面。

实用情景对话

A:I Iike a girI who's tough.

B:Me too.

A:Do you Iike tomboys?

B:No, I don't Iike tomboys. I Iike girls who wear dresses and act very feminine.

A:I Iike tomboys on the contract.

A:我喜欢坚强的女孩。

B:我也是。

B:你喜欢中性美女吗?

A:我不喜欢中性美女,我喜欢穿裙子并且有女人味的女孩。

B:相反,我喜欢中性美女。

欧美文化360°洗礼

When a person wears short hair, makeup, lipstick.,popular for eyeshadow and high heeled shoes, you can't. Tell it if it's a man or s woman.There says, it's popular that men and women look alike, and the only way to determine their genders are through their voices.

偶遇陌生人,留着利落短发,打着细腻粉底,上着润泽唇彩,涂着质感眼影,还足登高跟鞋,从肩膀以上部位判断此人是男士女好像并不容易。今天,男人和女人看起来难以分辨的现象越来越普遍,唯一能辨别他们的方式就是通过他们说话声音的差异。

12.月光族 Moonlight Group

“月光族”是相对于努力攒点钱的储蓄族而言的。“月光族”的口号:挣多少花多少。

交流应急句

1.Could you Iend me some money?

能借点钱给我吗?

2.If I don't find a new job I won't be able to keep up with my money.

如果我找不到新的工作,我的钱可能就不够用了。

3.I really need this next paycheck or I won't be able to make rent.

我盼望下月的工资,否则我就交不起房租了。

4.I'm scared I'll have to take out a second mortgage.

我怕我又得交第二期的抵押贷款了。

5.If this raise doesn't come through, I won't have money for food.

如果这次提薪没有通过,我连吃饭的钱都没有了。

6.I'm afraid I'll have to take a payday Ioan out to make ends meet.

我恐怕得弄一个发薪日贷款来保持收支平衡了。

7.I can't even afford to eat this week.

这周我连吃饭的钱都没有了呢。

8.I don't think I'm going to be able to make ends meet.

我觉得我没办法做到收支平衡。

9.Is it OK if I borrow some money?

借给我点钱可以吗?

10.I might have to file for a second mortgage.

我可能要申请第二期按揭贷款了。

实用情景对话

Paycheck to Paycheck

Lillian:Can I talk to you for a second?

Julie:Sure, what's up?

Lillian:Where do you get all of your money?

Julie:Well, from my job, obviously. Why did you ask me that?

Lillian:Oh, alright. I was just curious.It seems Iike you've been spending all your money on stuff you don't need.

Julie:Well sure, but it's my money.