万花筒 2013-01-05&0107 眉毛整形成新潮流

 The angle, the arch, the attitude. If your eyes are the window to your soul, then your eyebrows² are the frame. People still love Brooke Shields’ gorgeous eyebrows and Kim Kardashian’s brows have almost developed a cult³ following. If you don’t like yours, it can be downright depressing. 

“It’s a little embarrassing and it affects my self-esteem.”For ten years, Pamela Penrose watched as bald spots appeared in her eyebrows.

“Brooke Shields has a sophisticated look and that’s what I’m looking for.”Pamela turned to Doctor Sanusi Umar for an eyebrow¹ transplant. The procedure existed before, but doctors used to use head hairs. 

“I can spot it from a distance, mile away.”

So doctor Umar pioneered a way to harvest hair from a woman’s arms, legs or nape of the neck instead.“Much more resembles the natural eyebrow.”

It’s painstaking⁴ work,done one hair at a time. The transplant takes two and a half hours in all. After three weeks, we go back to see Pamela.

Ok, ladies, let’s hit it! Ok, there she is!

-So tell me what you are seeing happening there.

-A lot larger and thicker, exactly what I wanted.

Shannon Morrison once had thin, sparse⁵ eyebrows, too. After her transplant, you can see the outline of her soon-to-be thicker brows. Sarah Tirosh had her transplant five months ago. She was so frustrated⁶ with her eyebrows before that she resorted to painful tattooing⁷ to get a dramatic brow.

“Now my face looks very even and normal. I am absolutely happy, a hundred percent.”

Here’s Sara before the procedure. Even with the tattoos⁸, you can see how few hair she had. This is Sara today. The awkward initial hairs that were transplanted have shed and new hairs have grown

in naturally. 

-When you look in the mirror, do you get a little surprised every time?

-I feel like I’m totally a different person. I feel so much more confident.

-Oh, because of eyebrows.

-Exactly!

For Good Morning America, Elizabeth Leamy, ABC News, Redondo Beach, California.

-We should also remember it’s not just cosmetic⁹. There are a number of medical issues as we’ve pointed¹⁰ out, this could really be helpful. But this is expensive game. 

-How much?

-6, 000 to 8,000 dollars depending on how much hair. So it’s not like where every body’s gonna run out. 

-It’s a major investment.

-Yeah, it’s a major investment.

1 eyebrow   

n.眉毛，眉

参考例句：

• Her eyebrow is well penciled.她的眉毛画得很好。
• With an eyebrow raised,he seemed divided between surprise and amusement.他一只眉毛扬了扬，似乎既感到吃惊，又觉有趣。

2 eyebrows   

眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
• His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。

3 cult   

n.异教，邪教；时尚，狂热的崇拜

参考例句：

• Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书，但有一定的崇拜者。
• The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。

4 painstaking   

adj.苦干的；艰苦的，费力的，刻苦的

参考例句：

• She is not very clever but she is painstaking.她并不很聪明，但肯下苦功夫。
• Through years of our painstaking efforts,we have at last achieved what we have today.大家经过多少年的努力，才取得今天的成绩。

5 sparse   

adj.稀疏的，稀稀落落的，薄的

参考例句：

• The teacher's house is in the suburb where the houses are sparse.老师的家在郊区，那里稀稀拉拉有几处房子。
• The sparse vegetation will only feed a small population of animals.稀疏的植物只够喂养少量的动物。

6 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 tattooing   

n.刺字，文身v.刺青，文身( tattoo的现在分词 )；连续有节奏地敲击；作连续有节奏的敲击

参考例句：

• tattooing and body piercing 文身和穿体装饰
• On earth most work of the absolute shy cattle ^s skin-tattooing world! 地球上最牛的纹身绝对惊世之作！ 来自互联网

8 tattoos   

n.文身( tattoo的名词复数 )；归营鼓；军队夜间表演操；连续有节奏的敲击声v.刺青，文身( tattoo的第三人称单数 )；连续有节奏地敲击；作连续有节奏的敲击

参考例句：

• His arms were covered in tattoos. 他的胳膊上刺满了花纹。
• His arms were covered in tattoos. 他的双臂刺满了纹身。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 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！

10 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。