Lucy 語言家教

According to a survey [調查], 95 percent of young guys now manscape [男士修整理容] — it means trim [修剪] or shave [剃…毛] their back, crotch [胯部], or butts [屁股]. Not long ago, only the gay guys [同性戀者] trimmed their body hair. Straight guys [直男們] would have teased [嘲弄取笑; make fun of or attempt to annoy a person or animal in a playful way] any other straight guy who shaved or trimmed his body hair, but now even the straight guys are trimming, here and there. Some straight guys are even shaving places that are not their faces! Cosmopolitan Magazine asked one-thousand guys about grooming [修剪打扮]. Ninety-five percent said: we manscape. According to a salon owner [美容院老闆] in California, “straight men who have a hairy backs or chests want it trimmed with clippers [理髮器] or totally shaved off.” The salon’s most popular services are all below-the-belt.

Yesterday I met a friend for lunch. I asked him, “What’s new?” Last week, I went to the movies with two friends. While waiting in the popcorn line, I asked them, “What’s up?” Do you know what everybody said? “Nothing new, same old thing.”

But these friends are wrong. In fact, everyday is a special day. Each year we have 365 days and each one is different. Some days are obviously [明顯] different, like your birthday. Other days, like New Years Day [元旦] and Halloween [萬聖節] are famous. Graduations [畢業典禮], weddings [婚禮], and anniversaries [紀念日] make many more days interesting and special. But that still leaves over 300 boring days that are all the same, right? Think again!

Yesterday I met a friend for lunch. I asked him, “What’s new?” Last week, I went to the movies with two friends. While waiting in the popcorn line, I asked them, “What’s up?” Do you know what everybody said? “Nothing new, same old thing.”

But these friends are wrong. In fact, everyday is a special day. Each year we have 365 days and each one is different. Some days are obviously [明顯] different, like your birthday. Other days, like New Years Day [元旦] and Halloween [萬聖節] are famous. Graduations [畢業典禮], weddings [婚禮], and anniversaries [紀念日] make many more days interesting and special. But that still leaves over 300 boring days that are all the same, right? Think again!

Yesterday I met a friend for lunch. I asked him, “What’s new?” Last week, I went to the movies with two friends. While waiting in the popcorn line, I asked them, “What’s up?” Do you know what everybody said?  “Nothing new, same old thing.”

But these friends are wrong. In fact, everyday is a special day. Each year we have 365 days and each one is different. Some days are obviously [明顯] different, like your birthday. Other days, like New Years Day [元旦] and Halloween [萬聖節] are famous. Graduations [畢業典禮], weddings [婚禮], and anniversaries [紀念日] make many more days interesting and special. But that still leaves over 300 boring days that are all the same, right? Think again!

Seventy percent of Brits [英國人; British] are unhappy where they live. Sixty percent of Americans want to live in a different city after they retire [退休]. People

everywhere dream of living in a different place. Most people simply move to a different city, but not everybody. Some people move to a different country. Year after year thousands of people get up the courage to live out their dream — they move abroad.

People have many reasons for leaving their home countries. Sometimes people move because of work. Sometimes people move because they want to study abroad. A few people move because of love. When people live abroad they learn to speak new languages. They learn about different cultures [文化]. Living abroad forces [逼迫] people to grow up [長大、成長; begin to behave or think like an adult] and be independent. It’s often one of the most memorable experiences a person can have.

Seventy percent of Brits [英國人; British] are unhappy where they live. Sixty percent of Americans want to live in a different city after they retire [退休]. People

everywhere dream of living in a different place. Most people simply move to a different city, but not everybody. Some people move to a different country. Year after year thousands of people get up the courage to live out their dream — they move abroad.

People have many reasons for leaving their home countries. Sometimes people move because of work. Sometimes people move because they want to study abroad. A few people move because of love. When people live abroad they learn to speak new languages. They learn about different cultures [文化]. Living abroad forces [逼迫] people to grow up [長大、成長; begin to behave or think like an adult] and be independent. It’s often one of the most memorable experiences a person can have.

Seventy percent of Brits [英國人; British] are unhappy where they live. Sixty percent of Americans want to live in a different city after they retire [退休]. People

everywhere dream of living in a different place.  Most people simply move to a different city, but not everybody. Some people move to a different country.  Year after year thousands of people get up the courage to live out their dream — they move abroad.

People have many reasons for leaving their home countries. Sometimes people move because of work. Sometimes people move because they want to study abroad. A few people move because of love. When people live abroad they learn to speak new languages. They learn about different cultures [文化]. Living abroad forces [逼迫] people to grow up [長大、成長; begin to behave or think like an adult] and be independent. It’s often one of the most memorable experiences a person can have.