BBC地道英語口語:Fake Tan 人工日曬膚色

Jo: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning English, I’m Jo

Sun Chen: 黑，你好嗎？我是孫晨

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

Sun Chen: 沒錯。其實英語當中，最常用的就是好多個習慣用語。這些個詞組英國人用的最多，可是好多我們又從字典裏找不到。所以今天我們的節目肯定會對你有所幫助。那我們今天要說的詞組又是什麼呢？

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: 那這個fake tan又是什麼意思呢？

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

Sun Chen: 我明白了。這兒的英國人啊，都認爲曬黑了的皮膚最好看。

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: 要這麼說，fake tan就是假裝曬黑。人們把他們的皮膚塗上這種化妝品，看起來好像他們的皮膚是真的被太陽曬黑了一樣。

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 – 一種讓皮膚看起來黝黑的化妝品

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

Sun Chen: 更多地道英語，別忘了隨時查詢我們的網站

Jo: See you next time.