英語播客初級版 第228期(外教講解):早晨做的事

Jacob: Stephanie!Did you just get to school? But you were up and about when I left the dorm this morning! That was about an hour and a half ago. This happens all the time! Why do you always take so long to get ready the morning?
Stephanie:It’s a skill. What can I say? I don’t know why, I just have a long routine.
Jacob: Please explain because it makes no sense to me. How can a girl’s routine be so complicated? You get up , you shower, you get dressed , you brush your teeth, you’re out the door. Half an hour, tops.
Stephanie:Jacob, you have the luxury of having a haircut that rarely needs styling. I don’t. I have to set aside about an hour and a half to get ready in the mornings. Every day, I wake up and head straight for the shower. Every second day , I wash my hair. If it’s a hair-washing day, I frequently need to wash my hair twice because it gets really oily. Then I usually put in a conditioner and have to rinse that out too. Because my hair is so long, I seldom manage to take a shower in under twenty minutes. Afterwards, I often put on a pot of coffee and get dressed while I wait for it to brew. I take a long time to get dressed in the morning. Every now and then I remember to choose my outfit the night before , but usually I do it in the morning. In all , getting dressed takes about half an hour , at which time my hair is now semi-dry so then I have to style my hair. From time to time I’ll put my hair up, but oftentimes I blowdry it straight. And then, because of the texture of my hair, I regularly have to flat-iron it to keep it from frizzing. That’s another twenty minutes or so. After that, I have my daily makeup routine.
Jacob:True, I hardly ever see you without your hair done and your makeup on, even when you show up to class in sweatpants. Tell me, how long does it take you to choose that outfit in the morning?
Stephanie:Not funny.
up and about 已經(jīng)起床并四處活動
set aside 撥出(時間等)
frequently adv. 頻繁地, 屢次地
seldom adv.很少
outfit n.一套衣服
at which time 無論什么時候
from time to time 有時
oftentimes adv.時常地
makeup n.化妝品
Jacob: Stephanie!你去上學了嗎?今天早晨我離開寢室時，你已經(jīng)起床并四處活動。那是大約一個半小時的事。總是這樣。早晨為什么你要花很長的時間來準備嗎?
Stephanie: 那是種技巧。我能說什么?我不知道原因。我只是做些日常的事。
Jacob: 請解釋下因為你那么說對我沒意義。一個女孩日常做的事有這么復雜?起床，洗漱，穿衣，刷牙，出門，最多半個小時。
Stephanie: Jacob 你不用梳頭。但是我得梳洗。我早晨必須留出1個半小時來準備。每天，我起床，然后直奔洗漱室。每隔一天，我洗下頭。如果得洗頭，我一般得洗2次，因為頭發(fā)很油。然后我得擦護發(fā)素，還得將護發(fā)素洗去。因為我的頭發(fā)太長了，我很多能在20分內(nèi)洗完。R然后，我煮上一壺咖啡，期間我會穿上衣服。早晨穿衣的時間較長。時而我記得該再前天晚上選好衣服，但是我經(jīng)常在早晨做這些?？偠灾┮麓蟾乓雮€小時，無論什么時候頭發(fā)都是傍岸的，所以我得梳理頭發(fā)。有時我會把頭發(fā)梳起來，但通常我直接將頭發(fā)吹干。因為頭質(zhì)的原因，我得燙平頭以免頭發(fā)變彎。這還需要20分鐘。然后我得化妝。
Jacob: 我很少看你沒梳過頭發(fā)或是沒化妝，即使你穿運動褲去上課的時候。告訴我，你早晨選衣服要用多長時間?
Stephanie: 這并不有趣。