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PETS-2语法讲解358

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I've just had a manicure.

指甲护理是一门学问,所以有些爱美的女士会到美容院找专人修甲,如果你刚刚做完指甲护理,英文可以说:I've just had a manicure,指甲护理可改用pedicure。指甲护理除了修剪指甲外,也包括磨甲皮,指/趾甲根部的角皮叫cuticles,可用cuticle scissors(硬皮剪刀)来修剪;磨指甲可用emery board(指甲砂锉)或金属造的nail file(指甲锉刀);指甲修剪好后,可涂上喜爱指甲油 (nail polish)。

对 话
Brian: Rita, can you help me move the sofa?
Rita: Sorry, love to. The thing is, I've just had a manicure.
Brian: Oh that's a shame. Why don't you go and cook dinner then?
Rita: I can't, I've just had a manicure. I can't use my hands at all.
Brian: Then I guess this diamond ring which I was going to surprise you with will have to go back to the jewelers.
Rita: Let me see. Honey give me the ring.
Brian: So are you going to help me move the sofa?
Rita: No, I've just had a manicure.

布莱恩: 莉达,可以替我搬沙发吗?
莉达: 对不起,我很乐意但办不到,因为我刚做了指甲护理。
布莱恩: 噢,真可惜!为何你不去烧饭?
莉达: 我不行,我刚做了指甲护理,我完全不能用我双手。
布莱恩: 那么我想我要退回这只钻戒给珠宝商了。
莉达: 给我看看,蜜糖儿给我戒指吧。
布莱恩: 那么你会替我搬沙发吗?
莉达: 不,我刚做了指甲护理。

莉达修了指甲之后,什么都不想做:The thing is, I've just had a manicure. The thing is是成语,常用来带出原因或问题,例如:I seldom shop here . The thing is, the prices are excessive.(我很少在这里买东西。他们售价过高)。

修剪以至涂染指甲(fingernail)、脚趾甲(toenail)、一叫manicure,一叫pedicure:拉丁文manus 指‘手’,ped指‘脚’,cura指‘护理’。读英文,常会看到拉丁文的痕迹。除了manicure和pedicure,manuscript(手稿)、pedestrian(行人)、cure(治疗)等都是例子。

Manicure、pedicure二字可作动词或名词,例如:(1) In addition to a manicure, she gave me a pedicure.(她除了为我修指甲,还修脚趾甲)。(2) Her hands are forever beautifully manicured, and her feet pedicured. (她的指甲、脚趾甲总是修得漂漂亮亮)。

修甲,可用指甲剪刀(nail scissors)、指甲钳(nail clipper);讲究美观,则可用指甲锉(nail file)、指甲砂锉(emery board)。She never bothered to file her nails: she just clipped them.即‘她懒得用指甲锉,向来都是用指甲钳’。指甲油叫nail polish / varnish / enamel。She applied a clear nail polish with a brush. 即‘她用指甲刷涂上无色的指甲油’。

说到指甲,须认识的字还有cuticle,即指甲下方边缘的表皮,以及nail moon或lunula,即指甲下方的白色弧影。例如:Nail moons are said to be indicative of your health.(据说指甲上的白色弧影可显示健康状况)。

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