第四节

Beauty

Basic need

音形义 Everyday Expressions

n. [c] 美丽的人或事物

She was a famous beauty in her youth.

n. [u] 美

We shall never forget the beauty of the old Beijing.

n. 优点,极具魅力的特色

The beauty of this machine is its simplicity. (这机器的优点在于简单。)

衍生词语

beautify (美化);

beautiful (美丽的);

复合词语

beauty contest (选美比赛);

beauty salon (美容院);

常见搭配 Useful Phrases

美容师 --- beauty aid

风景点 --- beauty spot

习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs

beauty sleep --- 美容觉（午夜前的睡眠）

the beauty of sth --- 有优势的方面

生活用语 Street Talks

A: Mom it hurts.

B: This black eye you got in the fight is a real beauty,huh?!

A: Please! Mom!

Saving petrol, you know, that's the beauty of buying a smallcar.

The beauty of his new job is that he works his own hours. (flexible hours)

电影对白 Transcripts

句型 And now for your listening and viewing pleasure, direct from Hollywood, California, our very own beatnik beauty, let's give a big round of applause to the luscious Bobby Dylan. 《阿甘正传》

对话 Jesse Jackson: It's beautiful to be black, but beauty is not enough.

Crowd Leader: What do you want?

Crowd Response: Black power! 《阿甘正传》

谚语 Proverbs

Beauty is but skin-deep.

红颜易变。

Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume.

貌美而无德，犹如花之无香。

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. / Beauty lies in lover's eyes.

情人眼里出西施。

名言 Quotations

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty,"-that is all Ya know on earth, and all ya need to know.John Keats (1795-1821), English poet. Ode on a Grecian Urn.

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But ... it isbetter to be good than to be ugly.Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Anglo-Irish author. Lord Henry, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. 17 (1891).
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