L85/86 Beauty is Only Skin-deep
【积累】
1. 那样说的话,这样说的话 put it that way, put it this way
2. 要讲道理。 Be reasonable.
3. 都怪我多嘴。 Me and my big mouth.
【语法 | 句子 | 仿写】
1. ……是有道理的;由此可见 It follows that……
因此,大部分的女性只想要看起来漂亮,这是有道理的
It follows,therefore, that most women desire nothing but to look beautiful.
2. 为什么我每次我和你出来逛街,你就光买化妆品?
How come every time I'm out shopping with you, you buy nothing but cosmetics!
>>表意愿vt + nothing but to do
desire / expect / want / choose。大部分的女性只想要看起来漂亮。
>>忍不住/禁不住 help这里不译成帮助,而是相当于resist
1.cannot (help) but + do
2.cannot help + 动名词
那就是为何他们会忍不住将大量金钱花在化妆品和流行服饰上的原因。 That is why they cannot help but spend vast sums of money on cosmetics and a fashionable clothing.
【Simin 的转述】
【复习】
3. 不久前谁会认为那种事情可能发生吗?
Who would have thought that possible not so very long ago?
1. 中国的十二生肖 the animals of the Chinese horoscope
6. 就让它方便一下吧. Let it obey the call of nature
8. 我把牌子看反了。 I read the tagbackwards.