《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词3500》Unit 5 做男人/女人真棒.因为

　　Unit 05
It's Great to Be a Guy/Woman Because...
It's Great to Be a Guy Because...
Our last name stays put.
We can be President.
The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades.
Car mechanics tell us the truth.
We don't give a darn if someone doesn't notice our new haircut.
Same work... more pay.
Gray hair and wrinkles add character.
People never glance at our chest when we're talking to them.
The occasional belch¹ is practically expected.
New shoes don't cut, blister², or mangle³ our feet.
One mood, all the time.
Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.
We know stuff about tanks and airplanes.
We don't have to pretend we're "freshening up" to use the bathroom.
Bathroom lines are 80% shorter.
Old friends don't care if we've lost or gained weight.
When surfing channels, we don't have to stop on every shot of someone crying.
We can be showered and ready in 10 minutes.
If someone forgets to invite us something, they can still be our friend.
None of our co-workers have the power to make us cry.
We can whip our shirt off on a hot day.
A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
Dry cleaners and hair cutters don't rob us blind.
We can leave the motel bed unmade.
We get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
If we're 34 and single, nobody notices.
Everything on our face stays its original color.
We can quietly enjoy a car ride from the passenger seat.
Three pairs of shoes are more than enough.
We don't have to clean our apartment if the meter reader is coming.
We can drop by to see a friend without having to bring a little gift.
We are not expected to know the names of more than five colors.
We are unable to see wrinkles in our clothes.
Our belly⁴ usually hides our big hips⁵.
One wallet and one pair of shoes, one color, all seasons.
Christmas sopping⁶ can be accomplished⁷ for 25 relatives, on December 24th, in 45 minutes.
It's Great to Be a Woman Because...
We got off the Titanic⁸ first.
We can scare male bosses with mysterious gynecological disorder⁹ excuses.
If we marry someone 20 years younger, we know we look like an idiot.
We have the ability to dress ourselves.
We can talk to people of the opposite sex without having to picture them naked.
There are times when chocolate really can solve all your problems.
We can fully¹⁰ assess a person just y looking at their shoes.
We can make comments about how silly men are in their presence, because they aren't listening anyway.

1 belch   

v.打嗝，喷出

参考例句：

• Cucumber makes me belch.黃瓜吃得我打嗝。
• Plant chimneys belch out dense smoke.工厂的烟囱冒出滚滚浓烟。

2 blister   

n.水疱；(油漆等的)气泡；v.(使)起泡

参考例句：

• I got a huge blister on my foot and I couldn't run any farther.我脚上长了一个大水泡，没办法继续跑。
• I have a blister on my heel because my shoe is too tight.鞋子太紧了，我脚后跟起了个泡。

3 mangle   

vt.乱砍，撕裂，破坏，毁损，损坏，轧布

参考例句：

• New shoes don't cut,blister,or mangle his feet.新鞋子不会硌脚、起泡或让脚受伤。
• Mangle doesn't increase the damage of Maul and Shred anymore.裂伤不再增加重殴和撕碎的伤害。

4 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

5 hips   

abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯，耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 )；[建筑学]屋脊；臀围（尺寸）；臀部…的

参考例句：

• She stood with her hands on her hips. 她双手叉腰站着。
• They wiggled their hips to the sound of pop music. 他们随着流行音乐的声音摇晃着臀部。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 sopping   

adj. 浑身湿透的 动词sop的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• We are sopping with rain. 我们被雨淋湿了。
• His hair under his straw hat was sopping wet. 隔着草帽，他的头发已经全湿。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

7 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

8 titanic   

adj.巨人的，庞大的，强大的

参考例句：

• We have been making titanic effort to achieve our purpose.我们一直在作极大的努力，以达到我们的目的。
• The island was created by titanic powers and they are still at work today.台湾岛是由一个至今仍然在运作的巨大力量塑造出来的。

9 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

10 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。