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【一起听英语】日光浴

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 Kate: Hello, I’m Kate Colin and this is 6 minute English and today I'm joined by

Rebecca Byrne. Hi Rebecca.
Rebecca: Hi Kate.
Kate: Well, I'm happy to say that summer is finally here and the sun is shining
(although in the UK we can never be sure for how long ….). But, for the
moment anyway, everyone seems to be sunning themselves outside in parks
and gardens while they try to build up their tans.
Rebecca: Yes, the practice of 'tanning' or making your skin go brown is very popular
with some people here in the UK. It's probably because the weather is not so
good for most of the year and people associate being tanned with feeling and
looking healthy.
Kate: Tanning is so popular that often you can see very dark, tanned people in the
middle of winter which is always rather surprising…
Rebecca: Well yes, but I'm sorry to tell you in most cases it's unlikely that their tan will
be real. Most of the time, it's fake and comes from a special cream or from
going on a sunbed. A sunbed is a machine which produces light similar to
sunlight. You can lie down on it and it gives you a tan similar to one you
would get if you sunbathed2 on a beach. So you can see why sunbeds are they
popular in colder countries! 
6 Minute English © bbclearningenglish.com 2009
Page 2 of 4
Kate: But being tanned or brown hasn't always been desirable in our society. Here's
my question for this week. Which designer first made it fashionable to have
tanned skin?
a) Yves Saint Laurent
b) Coco Channel
c) Gianni Versace
Rebecca: answers
Kate: We'll find out the correct answer at the end of the programme. Having a tan is
regarded differently all over the world. In some countries it's seen as attractive
and in other parts of the world, people want to be as pale as possible.
What about you Rebecca, are you trying to get a tan this summer?
Rebecca: answers
Kate: I'm afraid I'm the same – I never really try to get a tan.
Rebecca: I know, I think we're both living in the wrong era in history as before the 20th
century, the fashion was for pale skin. Only the poor were tanned as they often
had to work outside and the upper classes covered their bodies, and hid behind
wide brimmed hats (hats which provide lots of shade) and parasols (a type of
sunshade which looks a bit like an umbrella designed to provide shade from
the sun) or they even used cosmetics3 to make their skin look lighter4.
Kate: But by the 1920s, being outdoors had become fashionable and having a tan was
suddenly in vogue5 or fashionable and since then many women have aspired6 to
have brown skin. Now we're going to hear from a lady called Ilda De Vico. She
mentions a sun lounger – this is a type of long chair which people lie down on
to sunbathe1. Have a listen…does she like tanning or does she prefer to stay pale? 
6 Minute English © bbclearningenglish.com 2009
Page 3 of 4
Extract 1
When we go on holiday, I do not move from my sun lounger and all I do is turn while my
husband bastes8 me so I can get the maximum amount of sun I can, to get as brown as I can, to
relax and do absolutely nothing.
Rebecca: Wow – she sounds like a professional sun worshipper (this is when someone
likes sunbathing9 very much). She said her husband 'bastes' her – a very
strange choice of word as baste7 means to grease a piece of meat while it is
cooking.
Kate: Hmm…..Have another listen – see if you can hear exactly what her views are
on being brown. She mentions 'fake tan' – what's this?
Rebecca: Fake tan refers to a type of body cream which essentially10 dyes your skin
brown.
Extract 2
Everyone thinks they look better brown. You see everyone out there and it's either their makeup11,
their foundation, the fake tan. You see the celebs on TV, they're all sprayed up. Being
tanned is popular.
Rebecca: She definitely thinks that people look better brown and thinks that it is very
popular at the moment. She mentioned ways of creating a false tan – 'makeup',
'foundation' and 'fake tan'. These are all types of creams to create a tan.
She also mentioned the word celeb – this is short for celebrities12– famous
people who appear in magazines and on TV. Some celebrities are very
tanned indeed.
Kate: Well, that might be so but personally I don’t really like the fake tan look.
Some people just overdo13 it and end up looking orange! 
6 Minute English © bbclearningenglish.com 2009
Page 4 of 4
Let's have look at the vocabulary we've come across today:
sunbed is a machine which produces light similar to sunlight. You can lie down on it and it
gives you a tan similar to one you would get if you sunbathed on a beach.
wide brimmed hats which are hats which provide lots of shade
parasols a type of sunshade which looks a bit like an umbrella designed to provide shade
from the sun
in vogue means to be fashionable
sun lounger is a type of long chair which you lie down on to sunbathe
sun worshipper is when someone likes sunbathing very much
bastes means to grease a piece of meat while it is cooking.
fake tan refers to a type of body cream which essentially dyes your skin brown.
celeb or celebrities which are famous people who appear in magazines and on TV
Kate: And finally the answer to the question I asked you earlier. Which fashion designer
made tanning popular? The correct answer was in fact Coco Channel. In 1923,
after cruising from Paris to Cannes, designer Coco Chanel stepped off a yacht
with a suntan which she had apparently14 got by mistake. The press and fashion
world assumed she was making a fashion statement and since that day, sunbathing
has been popular.
Kate: That's all we have time for today. Until next time. Goodbye.

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1 sunbathe IhkzPe     
n.日光浴
参考例句:
  • She liked to sunbathe in the seclusion of her own garden.她喜欢在自己僻静的花园里晒日光浴。
  • People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。
2 sunbathed 590b4199ab527345b013f29a9bf5c5ff     
日光浴( sunbathe的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Q: Have you ever sunbathed on a nude beach? 你在裸体海滩浴场进行过日光浴么?
  • Sometimes we went to the beach and at other times we sunbathed on the patio. 我们有时去海滩, 有时在院子里做日光浴。
3 cosmetics 5v8zdX     
n.化妆品
参考例句:
  • We sell a wide range of cosmetics at a very reasonable price. 我们以公道的价格出售各种化妆品。
  • Cosmetics do not always cover up the deficiencies of nature. 化妆品未能掩饰天生的缺陷。
4 lighter 5pPzPR     
n.打火机,点火器;驳船;v.用驳船运送;light的比较级
参考例句:
  • The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色,色调明朗了一些。
  • The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。
5 Vogue 6hMwC     
n.时髦,时尚;adj.流行的
参考例句:
  • Flowery carpets became the vogue.花卉地毯变成了时髦货。
  • Short hair came back into vogue about ten years ago.大约十年前短发又开始流行起来了。
6 aspired 379d690dd1367e3bafe9aa80ae270d77     
v.渴望,追求( aspire的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She aspired to a scientific career. 她有志于科学事业。
  • Britain,France,the United States and Japan all aspired to hegemony after the end of World War I. 第一次世界大战后,英、法、美、日都想争夺霸权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 baste Nu5zL     
v.殴打,公开责骂
参考例句:
  • The paper baste the candidate for irresponsible statement.该报公开指责候选人作不负责任的声明。
  • If he's rude to me again,I'll baste his coat.如果他再对我无礼的话,我就要揍他了。
8 bastes 5571496ea53222c303c7d5c7a33ab7ac     
v.打( baste的第三人称单数 );粗缝;痛斥;(烤肉等时)往上抹[浇]油
参考例句:
  • He bastes juices to keep it moist during cooking. 他倒了些汁液以防烤干。 来自互联网
9 sunbathing bb1a8564f9c25f1e1db56b2b14f574cb     
n.日光浴
参考例句:
  • tourists sunbathing on the beach 在海滩上沐浴着阳光的游客
  • We've been sunbathing on the beach. 我们一直在海滩上晒日光浴。
10 essentially nntxw     
adv.本质上,实质上,基本上
参考例句:
  • Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
  • She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。
11 makeup 4AXxO     
n.组织;性格;化装品
参考例句:
  • Those who failed the exam take a makeup exam.这次考试不及格的人必须参加补考。
  • Do you think her beauty could makeup for her stupidity?你认为她的美丽能弥补她的愚蠢吗?
12 celebrities d38f03cca59ea1056c17b4467ee0b769     
n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉
参考例句:
  • He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
  • a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
13 overdo 9maz5o     
vt.把...做得过头,演得过火
参考例句:
  • Do not overdo your privilege of reproving me.不要过分使用责备我的特权。
  • The taxi drivers' association is urging its members,who can work as many hours as they want,not to overdo it.出租车司机协会劝告那些工作时长不受限制的会员不要疲劳驾驶。
14 apparently tMmyQ     
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
参考例句:
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
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