英语听力精选进阶版 6575
时间：2019-01-25 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力精选进阶版
Jo: Hello, I'm Jo and this is Real English from BBC Learning 1 English.
Lily: Hello, I'm Lily. 我们的地道英语专门向大家介绍英式英语中最流行的词汇和成语，其中很多都是字典上查不到的。 Jo 今天我们要学习的新短语是什么?
Jo: Yes, we're going to look at the word mullet M.U.L.L.E.T. mullet.
Lily: 什么是 a mullet?
Jo: It's actually a hairstyle.
Lily: A hairstyle? What kind of hairstyle?
Jo: Well, it's a hairstyle from the 1980s. If you have a mullet you have long hair at the back but it will be short at the sides and on top.
Lily: 这么说， a mullet 就是一种上短，侧短，后边长的特定发型。那么是不是男女都适用?
Jo: They can but it was originally a man's hairstyle that was called a mullet.
Lily: 这种发型仍然时髦吗?
Jo: Not at all, no. People make lots of jokes about the mullet hairstyle. It was very fashionable in the 1980s though. Is there a Chinese word for this kind of hairstyle Lily?
Lily: 好像没有。 Not that I know.
Jo: Just to give you a better idea, let's listen to an example.
Example
A: These old photos are really embarrassing 2!
B: Oh my god! Look at your hair on that one – great mullet!
A: Yeah thanks…
Lily: So Jo, I have to ask you, have you ever had a mullet?
Jo: I'm embarrassed to say I have yes. When I was a teenager in the 1980s I had a great mullet – it was very short at the sides and on top and quite long at the back. Very, very embarrassing – I'm embarrassed just talking about it!
Lily: 瞧，你都脸红了，越来越红!!! I wish I could see a photo!
Jo: No, I won't be showing you any of those, thank you!! Oh look – it's the end of the programme!
Lily: Jo, 别打岔， 我一定要找到一张你剪怪发型时候的照片!! Jo and a mullet! 好，我想提醒大家登陆我们的双语网页，学习更多内容。 www.bbcchina.com.cn.
Jo: You've been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. Bye for now.
Lily: 再会!
- When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
- Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
- His jokes didn't even raise a smile, which was embarrassing. 听了他讲的笑话，都没人笑一下，真是太尴尬了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I was in the embarrassing position of having completely forgotten her name. 当时我完全忘记了她的名字，很是尴尬。 来自《简明英汉词典》