ESL露西的一天 第106期:准备上床睡觉讲解(1)

 Episode ten is called "Getting Ready for Bed and Going to Sleep." 第十集的标题是“准备上床睡觉”。

Lucy begins by saying that she is "feeling pretty tired," or very tired, "by 11:00" and decides "to get ready for bed."   露西开始时说到11:00时，她“感到非常累”或者很累，决定要“准备睡觉”了。

She goes into her "bathroom to take off" her "make-up."  她去“浴室” 卸掉她的“妆容”。

To take off means¹ to remove or to get rid of her make-up.  卸妆就是去掉脸上的化妆品。 

She uses "a cleanser to wash" her "face," and then dries "it with a towel."   她用“洗面奶洗”她的“脸”，然后“用毛巾擦干”。

A cleanser, "cleanser," comes from the word clean, "clean."   “清洁剂”来自“干净”这个单词。

It means something that you use to clean your face, in this example.   在这个例子中指的是洗脸用的东西。

You could also have a cleanser that cleaned other things.  你也可以使用清洁剂清洁别的东西。 

But here, we use it to describe a liquid that you put on your face, kind of like a soap that helps clean your face, and that's called a cleanser. 但是这里，我们指的是你涂抹在脸上的一种液体，有点像香皂可以帮助洁面，这就是所谓的“洗面奶”。

After Lucy washes her face with the cleanser, she then dries "it with a towel," "towel." 露西用洗面奶洗完脸后，她用 “毛巾擦干”。

A towel is a piece of cloth or material that you use to dry things with. 毛巾就是用来擦干东西的一块布或者布料。

When Lucy is finished drying her face, she puts on "some toner," "toner."   露西擦完脸后，涂了一些“润肤水”。

Toner is a liquid that women put on their face, usually just women.   它是涂抹在脸上的，女性专用的一种液体。

The liquid is supposed to make the skin on a woman's face softer, and also a little bit firmer -a little bit tighter².   人们通常认为，这种液体让女性脸上皮肤更柔软，也稍微紧实一些。

This is something women do at night after they have cleaned their face, I think. 我想，这是女性在晚上洗完脸后做的事情。

1 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

2 tighter   

严格的

参考例句：

• Twist the tourniquet tighter. 把止血带扎紧点。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Some of the member states wanted a tighter union rather than the loose confederation that developed. 一些成员国想要一个紧密的联盟而不是松散发展的联合。 来自《简明英汉词典》