TE选文:健身服饰
学习重点:1 服装相关词汇 2 有趣的表达
1 标题:英国运动健身品牌 Gymshark。 Primus Inter Pares: first among equals 拉丁文,同侪之首。这里用Insta替换了Inter是为了突出Gymshark的成功与Instagram密不可分
2 an athletic clothing brand 运动服装品牌 go to the gym 上健身房
what going to the gym is really about 去健身房的真意/真谛
P11 a serial entrepreneur 连环创业家,连续创业者 a serial killer 连环杀手
2 snap up sth: to buy or obtain sth quickly and enthusiastically 剁手,买买买
3 hobnob with sb 与要人、名人亲近,过从甚密
相关表达 rub shoulders with sb
4 save for =save 介词
剑桥词典 买岛博佳人一笑的富豪5 flamboyant 炫耀的,卖弄的
6 black and grey outfit 黑色和灰色搭配的衣服
7 Ben Francis的日常:注意使用的是现在进行时
When he isn't working, he's lifting weights举铁, messing around with motorbikes or eating Nando's.
Nando's 英国连锁特色烤鸡店 eat + 店名(不用介词)wear Gymshark(同款搭配 wear + 品牌名)
P21 knack 诀窍,本领
share a knack for doing sth
2 gym gear 健身服饰 gym culture 健身文化
3 make for sth 导致,使……成为可能
P31 tight-fitting gear 紧身衣
2 owe much to sb 归功于某人
3 turn to sb for sth 为某事寻求某人的帮助
4 When he first started going to a gym at 16, he found it intimidating. 最初开始尝试做某事
start doing sth 开始做某事 intimidating 令人紧张的 self-consicous 局促不安的,不好意思
5 influencer 网红 market 动词 role model 榜样
P41 athleisure 合成词 athletic + leisure 运动休闲风
2 favor A over B 比起B更喜欢A
句型:Many women do X, but plenty favor A over B.
造句:Many children eat fast food, but plenty favor chips and coke over burgers.
3 beefy 与前文出现的 muscular 类似
4 spender 以er结尾的名词,花钱的人
造句:The big spender snapped up three Birkins. 一口气买下三个铂金包
5 demographic (特定年龄段的)人群
P51 a big noise: an important, successful, or influential person 大V ,类似 influener
follower 粉丝
2 work out 健身
3 a tribe of + 身份 一群人(注意他们的共同点)