地道英语在线听-Fake Tan 人工日晒肤色（在线收听）

Sun Chen: 黑，你好吗？我是孙晨

Jo: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary.

Sun Chen: 没错。其实英语当中，最常用的就是好多个习惯用语。这些个词组英国人用的最多，可是好多我们又从字典里找不到。所以今天我们的节目肯定会对你有所帮助。那我们今天要说的词组又是什么呢？

Jo: Today’s phrase is fake tan. That’s two words – fake. F.A.K.E and tan T.A.N. Fake tan.

Sun Chen: 那这个fake tan又是什么意思呢？

Jo: Well a tan refers to your skin getting darker when you spend time in the sun.

Sun Chen: 我明白了。这儿的英国人啊，都认为晒黑了的皮肤最好看。

Jo: That’s right, most British people want to have a sun tan. Unfortunately, Britain isn’t a sunny country. That’s why some people buy fake tan from the chemist and put it on their skin.

Sun Chen: 要这么说，fake tan就是假装晒黑。人们把他们的皮肤涂上这种化妆品，看起来好像他们的皮肤是真的被太阳晒黑了一样。

Jo: Exactly.

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A: Wow – you’ve got a really good tan. Have you been on holiday?

B: No. It’s fake tan. I bought it at the chemist’s.

Sun Chen: Do you ever use fake tan, Jo?

Jo: No. I don’t like it. I prefer to go to a sunny beach and get a real tan. Anyway, let’s recap. Today’s phrase is fake tan.

Sun Chen: Fake tan – 一种让皮肤看起来黝黑的化妆品

Jo: You’ve been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English.

Sun Chen: 更多地道英语，别忘了随时查询我们的网站 www.bbc.co.uk/china/learningenglish.

Jo: See you next time.