VOA慢速英语:L’Oreal Chemist Balanda Atis: Makeup is Personal

短语讲解：

1. She wants to create makeup that works for all women.

work for 受雇于; 为…而工作; 效劳
例句：He has been doing this sort of work for years.
他干这一行有年头了。

2. It’s what you think of yourself.

think of 想起; 考虑
例句：I just can't think of his name
我就是想不起来他叫什么了。

3. So that was our opportunity to take on this project and to figure out how we can create better foundation shades for women of color.

figure out 想出; 解决; 计算出
例句：It took them about one month to figure out how to start the equipment
他们花了大约1个月的时间才搞清楚如何启动设备。

4. We had the opportunity to travel across the U.S, to different regions of the U.S., as well as internationally, such as South Africa, to gather skin tone measurements to make sure that the shades that we were creating were suitable for a large range of skin tones.

make sure 把事情弄清楚，核实或查明某事物
例句：I'll have to make sure I'm not chased.
我一定想办法不叫他们发现。

5. And, in order for us to understand the colors that make up the skin, we had to use, basically, a camera.

in order for 为了
例句：It'll be quite in order for him to speak now.
他现在发言是十分合适的。

6. Those school visits do not take place on U.S. soil only.

take place 发生，举行
例句：A total solar eclipse is due to take place some time tomorrow.
明天某个时刻会发生日全食。