英語美文賞析theuglytruthaboutbeauty

1、The Ugly Truth about BeautyBy Dave BarryIf you're a man, at some point a woman will ask you how she looks. “How do I look?“ she'll ask. You must be careful how you answer this question. The best technique is to f

2、orm an honest yet sensitive opinion, then collapse on the floor with some kind of fatal seizure.* Trust me, this is the easiest way out. Because you will never come up with the right answer. collapse [k??læps] vi.

3、／ n.倒坍，塌下；崩 倒坍，塌下；崩潰，突然失 ，突然失敗fatal [?feitl] a.致命的，災 致命的，災難性的；重大的，決定性的 性的；重大的，決定性的seizure [?si:??] n.沒收；占有；抵押 沒收；占有；抵押The problem is that women generally do not think of their looks in the same way that men do. Most m

4、en form an opinion of how they look in seventh grade, and they stick to it for the rest of their lives. Some men form the opinion that are irresistibly handsome and they do not change this opinion even when their noses b

5、loat to the size of eggplants and their eyebrows grow together to form what appears to be a giant forehead-dwelling tropical caterpillar.*stick to 粘貼在…上； 上；緊跟； 跟；堅持，忠于，信守 持，忠于，信守irresistibly adv. 不可抵抗地 不可抵抗地(壓制不住地 制不住

6、地, 無可反 無可反駁地)bloat vt. 使腫脹 腫脹 adj. 腫脹 腫脹的 n. 膨脹，自傲 ，自傲, (家畜 家畜)腸道炎 道炎mirror, she thinks: woof. She thinks that at any moment a municipal animal-control officer is going to throw a net over her and haul her off to the sh

7、elter.* woof [wu:f] n. 緯線 緯線，織物 n. （狗的）低吠聲 （狗的）低吠聲 vi. 狗吠 狗吠municipal [mju:'nisipl] adj. 市的 市的,市政的 市政的 n. 政府 政府證券haul vt./ n.(用力 用力)拖，拉； 拖，拉；(用車等)拖運，運送 拖運，運送Why do women have such low self-esteem? There are many c

8、omplex psychological and societal reasons, by which I mean Barbie. Girls grow up playing with a doll proportioned such that, if it were a human, it would be seven feet tall and weigh 81 pounds, of which 53 pounds would b

9、e bosoms. This is a difficult appearance standard to live up to,* especially when you contrast it with the standard set for little boys by their dolls … excuse me, by their action figures. Most of the action figures that

10、 my son played with when he was little were hideous -looking. For example, he was very fond of an action figure (part of the He-Man series) called “Buzz-Off,“ who was part human, part flying insect. Buzz-Off was not a lo

11、oker. But he was extremely self-confident. You could not imagine Buzz-Off saying to the other action figures: Do you think these wings make my hips look big?“ esteem [is'ti:m] n. 尊敬 尊敬 vt. 認為 認為,尊敬 尊敬proportioned ad