美语情景对话 第911期:Changes in Appearance 外表的变化
Alex: So Maria, I thought we'd just talk about things like what would you like to change about yourself? What would you like to change about your appearance?
亚历克斯：玛丽亚，我们来看看你想改变自己吗？你想改变自己的外表吗？Maria: Well, I don't like to think about changing myself. I like how people look from the birth, if you can say that, but if I should choose I would like to change my height because I'm very tall and it does cause a problem when I'm looking for a guy especially since in the past I happen to fall for shorter guys and I got issues because they were always being intimidated by my height especially when I wore heels so I would like to be, like have my body because I do like my long legs but just be shorter and not be taller than everybody as I am at the moment, all of my friends.
玛丽亚：我不想改变我自己。我喜欢人们天生的样子，但是如果可以选择，我希望能改变我的身高，因为我实在太高了，这在找男朋友时给我带来了问题，我以前喜欢过个子比我矮的男生，可是我穿高跟鞋的时候总是会把他们吓到，我很喜欢我的身材，我也确实喜欢我的大长腿，可是我想矮一点，身高不要超过我周围的朋友。Alex: I guess that would also lead to you having problems finding shoes and clothes and stuff like that?
亚历克斯：我想你在买鞋和买衣服时也遇到了问题吧？
Maria: Indeed, yes. I have to watch out. Well in my country it's not a problem to find shoe sizes because we are a very tall people normally so shoes are big and clothes are big but when I travel, I went to China to visit a friend and I wanted to go shopping and it's impossible to find shoes and long pants and fitting bras too, if you can imagine. So I would like to change my height but otherwise I might change like my weight for example or I have changed my hair color several times. I went from black to blonde to black to red to blonde so otherwise I think I'm fine with me.
玛丽亚：没错。这是我要注意的地方。在我们国家买鞋并不是问题，因为我们那里的人都很高，所以鞋码很大，衣服尺寸也很大，可是我旅行时就不同了，我之前去中国拜访一个朋友，我想去购物，可是我发现很难找到我能穿的鞋，也没有合适的长裤和内衣，你能想象吗？所以我想改变我的身高，除此之外我可能会改变我的体重，另外我头发的颜色已经换过好几次了。我从黑色染成金色，又换回黑色，然后又染成红色，再染成金色，除此之外，我对自己很满意。
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重点讲解：
1. would like to do sth. （表示愿意）想要；
例句：I would like to talk to you for a minute.
我想和你谈一下。
2. fall for 迷恋；爱上；
例句：He was fantastically handsome — I just fell for him right away.
他帅极了——我一下子就爱上了他。
3. at the moment 此刻；目前；眼下；
例句：He's dealing with his post at the moment.
他此刻正在处理信件。
4. watch out 小心，提防(不愉快的事情或陷入困境)；
例句：I advised them to watch out for slick spots on the sidewalk.
我叫他们当心人行道上路滑的地方。
