情景会话口袋书人际篇 第389期:整容(1)

　　1. She'd like to have a face-lift.
她想做个面部整容手术。
还能这样说：
She wants to have a face-lift.
She has a desire to have cosmetic¹ surgery.
谚语：
A fair face may hide a foul² heart.
人面兽心。
2. I think it's time for me to do plastic surgery.
我想是做整形手术的时候了。
还能这样说：
It's time to have a face-lift.
It's high time for me to have cosmetic surgery.
应用解析：
a plastic smile 假笑，强笑；
plastic clay 塑性粘土，陶土；
a plastic figure 塑像
3. I want to have a plastic surgery to change the shape of my mouth.
我想做个整容手术来改变嘴巴的形状。
还能这样说：
I think a plastic surgery will make my mouth more beautiful.
I want a plastic surgery on my mouth.
应用解析：
get (oneself) into shape 为健美而长期锤炼等。
例如：I do yoga every day to get myself into shape.
我每天做瑜伽锻炼身体。
4. I plan to have a face-lift to tighten³ my face skin.
我计划做个拉皮手术使我脸上的皮肤紧致一些。
还能这样说：
In order to get my face skin tight, I plan to have plastic surgery.
I make a decision to do plastic surgery to tighten my face skin.
应用解析：
tighten the economy 紧缩经济；
tighten up 密封，拉紧；
tighten one's belt 束紧裤带；节约开支

1 cosmetic   

n.化妆品；adj.化妆用的；装门面的；装饰性的

参考例句：

• These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。
• Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品，所以请尽情微笑吧！

2 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

3 tighten   

v.(使)变紧；(使)绷紧

参考例句：

• Turn the screw to the right to tighten it.向右转动螺钉把它拧紧。
• Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation.一些国家实行紧缩银根的货币政策，以避免通货膨胀。