【英语趣味课堂】胡须-Beard

Todd: So Jeff, have you had all the different types of facial hair? We have beard, sideburns, goatee, mustache, soul patch¹.

 

Jeff: Handlebar.

 

Todd: Handlebar.

 

Jeff: Nice big chops², sideburns. Oh, yeah, I've had the Abe Lincoln style where you got the beard that just goes around from your ears around your chin, and back up to the other ear, Abe Lincoln, the soul patch, the mustache, the handlebar, the sideburns, the full-on lumberjack beard. Yeah, facial hair is really good. I like it, so.

 

Todd: OK, well let's go through these. When did you have the Abe Lincoln beard?

 

Jeff: I went through a real good Abe Lincoln beard phase³ when I was in India. I was in India for a coupled of years and I went with the Abe Lincoln style there, and I liked that. It was pretty.

 

Todd: Why did you choose the Abe Lincoln style?

 

Jeff: It's a good style of beard and it was just I grew it and I liked it so I just kept it for awhile. It was a good style. And I like Abe Lincoln. He's great so it was nice to have a nice facial hair like him. It was good.

 

Todd: So what about the mutton chops? Have you ever had the mutton chops?

 

Jeff: Yeah, I have had mutton chops but my mutton chops don't grow in as thick and nice as some real nice … some people like old England, you know, like 200 years ago in the 17th Century, they had some really nice mutton chops.

 

Todd: Like how long have you had a beard? How low could you get it?

 

Jeff: The sides of my beard don't grow in on my cheeks so they don't grow in too thick but I get a real long wispy⁴ beard, almost like an Asian style beard.

 

Todd: OK, so one last thing about the facial hair. We got to talk about the handlebars? Have you ever had the handlebars?

 

Jeff: Yeah, I've had a handlebar mustache a couple of times. Very groovy style, and again like my lamb chops, they don't grow in. The handlebar mustache for me doesn't grow in so well, but I've attempted the handlebar and it's not bad, but it's one that I don't do so well.

 

重点词汇：

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full on

 

I had the full on lumberjack beard.

 

When something is full on, that means it is complete or the highest level it can get. Notice the following:

 

He had the full on hippie look going.

We are expecting the storm to hit us full on tomorrow.

go through

 

 

Let's go through these.

 

When you go through something, that just means you view it, often to discuss it. Notice the following:

 

Let's go through all the chapters in the book.

Please don't go through my pictures. I don't want anyone to see them.

grow in

 

 

The sides of my beard don't grow in.

 

Teeth and hair can grow in. They are gown⁵ in when they reach full size or reach sizable length. Notice the following:

 

My son's teeth are starting to grow in.

My beard still needs to grow in a little bit.

wispy beard

 

I get a real long wispy beard.

 

Something that is wispy is thin and twisted, so a wispy beard is a thin beard that is long and a little tangled⁶. Notice the following:

 

The air was filled with wispy smoke from the cigarette.

He was always stroking⁷ his wispy beard when thinking.

groovy

 

It is a very groovy style.

 

When something is groovy, it is cool. The word groovy was popular in the 60's and 70's, but not so much today. Now it often refers to something from the 60's or 70's. Notice the following:

 

He has a groovy hairstyle.

Those tie-died bell-bottom pants are really groovy.

1 patch   

n.补丁；斑；一小块地；vt.补，修补

参考例句：

• This patch looks a bit unprofessional.这块补丁有点像出自外行之手。
• We managed to patch our quarrel.我们设法平息争吵。

2 chops   

n. 颌, 颚 名词chop的复数形式

参考例句：

• The hawk chops upon its prey. 老鹰猛地向它要捕食的动物扑去。
• Our team is licking its chops because we beat the champions last night. 我队昨天晚上打败了冠军，因而大家欣喜若狂。

3 phase   

n.相位，时期，局面，阶段；vt.逐步执行，实行，按计划进行

参考例句：

• The first phase of the project has been completed.第一期工程已经告一段落。
• It was a very important phase of history.它是一个非常重要的历史阶段。

4 wispy   

adj.模糊的；纤细的

参考例句：

• Grey wispy hair straggled down to her shoulders.稀疏的灰白头发披散在她肩头。
• The half moon is hidden behind some wispy clouds.半轮月亮躲在淡淡的云彩之后。

5 gown   

n.长袍，特殊场合穿的长服

参考例句：

• She pinned the gown at the neck with a safety pin.她在领子那儿用一枚别针把睡衣别住。
• He threw on his gown.他穿上他的礼服。

6 tangled   

adj. 纠缠的，紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了，我梳不动。
• A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。

7 stroking   

按抚法

参考例句：

• No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. 谁都不能抚摸一只老虎就使它驯服得像一只小猫。 来自演讲部分
• He was still fairly calm, except that he kept stroking his chin. 他依然很镇静，不过时时用手摸着下巴。 来自子夜部分