Ez talk美语会话志:第43期 You're such a wimp!

Billy: Gross! What are you doing to yourself?
Jennifer: Chill! I'm just curling my eyelashes.
Billy: It looks like some kind of primitive form of torture.
Jennifer: You're such a wimp! You're afraid of an eyelash curler.
Billy: Well, you might pinch your eyelid! Or lose an eyeball!
Jennifer: It just makes my eyelashes curl upwards.
Billy: What for?

gross (a.) 　 与nasty同，意思都是“恶心的”

curl (v.) 　 使弯曲，弄弯

eyelash (n.) 　 “眼皮”是eyelid

primitive (a.) 　 原始的

torture (v.) 　 折磨，刑罚

A: Ahh! I can't decide which dress I should wear.
啊！我决定不了该穿哪一件。

B: Don't torture yourself. They both look great.
别折腾自己了。这两件都很好看。

wimp (n.) 　 懦弱无能的人

A: I'm really tired of walking. Can we rest for a little bit?
我真的走累了。我们可以休息一下吗？

B: Come on. Don't be such a wimp!
拜托。你少没用了！

eyelash curler (n.) 　 睫毛夹

pinch (v.) 　 捏，夹

A: What happened to your finger?
你的手指怎么了？

B: It got pinched in my car door.
被我的车门夹到了。

upwards (adv.) 　 向上地。“向下地”是downwards

珍妮花在化妆
比 利：恶心！你在对自己做什么？
珍妮花：别紧张！我只是在卷眼睫毛。
比 利：这看起来活像是原始的酷刑。
珍妮花：你这个逊脚！连个卷睫毛夹都怕。
比 利：那你用它夹眼皮看看啊！看会不会少颗眼球！
珍妮花：这只是用来帮我的睫毛往上卷。
比 利：卷了又怎样？