【英语时差8,16】青春痘Vs毛茸脸（上）

One of the least pleasant things about being human is the appearance at adolescence¹ of pimples². Not only do they make their entrance just at the time when people are most self-conscious, but they come and go for the rest of your life. It would almost be better to have a hairy face. Ironically, the general covering of our bodies in hair — what we call “fur” on other animals — is at the root of our problem with acne. In the course of evolution human beings lost their entirely³ hairy faces and now have a lot of exposed skin there: even a bearded man with bushy eyebrows⁴ has much of his face bare. The structures in the facial skin that once gave rise to hair, however, have not disappeared entirely: many still contain tiny vestigial hairs which do not grow. That means there is nothing to open up the pore⁵ itself; and that means the pore is a great place for oils, dirt and bacteria to get clogged⁶. You can get zits anywhere vestigial follicles become clogged.

1 adolescence   

n.青春期，青少年

参考例句：

• Adolescence is the process of going from childhood to maturity.青春期是从少年到成年的过渡期。
• The film is about the trials and tribulations of adolescence.这部电影讲述了青春期的麻烦和苦恼。

2 pimples   

n.丘疹，粉刺，小脓疱( pimple的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It gave me goose pimples just to think about it. 只是想到它我就起鸡皮疙瘩。
• His face has now broken out in pimples. 他脸上突然起了丘疹。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

4 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。

5 pore   

n.毛孔，细孔；vi.(over)仔细阅读，审视

参考例句：

• He was sweating through every pore.他每个毛孔都在冒汗。
• I see him chafe and fret at every pore.我看见他非常暴躁。

6 clogged   

（使）阻碍( clog的过去式和过去分词 )； 淤滞

参考例句：

• The narrow streets were clogged with traffic. 狭窄的街道上交通堵塞。
• The intake of gasoline was stopped by a clogged fuel line. 汽油的注入由于管道阻塞而停止了。