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? ? 本文側(cè)重點(diǎn)在于用英語解釋英語,故有些地方會存在漢語的缺失。
本文使用對象:
1.用ted練習(xí)英語的朋友,這里相當(dāng)于一個(gè)生詞和句式的整理之處,省去你的查詞時(shí)間。
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ted_紐扣是如何改變時(shí)尚的(2)
學(xué)習(xí)資料來源:B站
【TED|中英字幕】100集精讀版|學(xué)生黨跟讀練習(xí)必備|詞條解釋|文章釋義(持續(xù)更新)
small thing ,big idea
演講者:Isaac Mizrahi
題目: the? Button
學(xué)習(xí)記錄
【1】
almost more important than the button is the buttonhole . and? the way you figure that out is:the diameter of the button plus the width of the button,plus a little bit of ease.
【翻譯】其實(shí)比紐扣更重要的是扣眼。你能看到紐扣的直徑、寬度,還有紐扣與扣眼之間的小間隙。
【2】
【例句】before buttons,clothes were bigger--they are more kind of amorphous,and people,like,wriggledinto them,or just kind of wrappedthemselves in things.
[翻譯】在紐扣出現(xiàn)之前,衣服顯得很大---它們通常是沒有固定形態(tài),人們穿衣服需要扭動身體,就像把自己包裹在衣服中一樣。
【詞匯】
wriggle扭動,扭動身體=twist and turn with quick movements

wrap:包裹,纏繞=fold it? tightly round to cover it completely

amorphous= has no clear shape or structure? =shapeless

【3】
【例句】but then fashion moved closer to the body as we discovered uses for the button.At one time,it was the one way to make clothes fit against the body.
【翻譯】當(dāng)我們發(fā)現(xiàn)紐扣的作用時(shí),穿衣的時(shí)尚開始朝向衣服貼近人體的趨勢演進(jìn)。一時(shí)間,紐扣讓衣服很貼合身體。
at one time=during a particular period in the past
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[4]
【例句】 I think the reason buttons have endured for so long, historically, is because they actually work to keep our clothes shut .Zippers? break; Velcro makes a lot of noise , and it wears out after a while.if a button falls off, you just literally sew that thing on.
[翻譯】 我認(rèn)為紐扣能在歷史上經(jīng)久不衰,是因?yàn)樗軌蚩圩∥覀兊囊路?。拉鏈會壞,尼龍搭扣噪聲太大而且?jīng)常會壞。如果紐扣掉了,只要簡單地縫補(bǔ)上就好
【詞匯】
拉鏈? zipper=which consists of? two rows of "teeth" to separate or fasten the clothes or bags

Velcro =consisting of two strips of nylon fabric to press together to close things such as pockets and bags尼龍搭扣,魔術(shù)貼

wear out? =it became thin or weak and unable to be used any more

literally =to emphasize a statement

[5]
【例句】A button is kind of there for the long run.It's not just the most elemental disign ever,it's also such a crazy fashion statement.
【翻譯】 紐扣就是為了長期使用而應(yīng)運(yùn)而生的。它不僅是有史以來最基本的設(shè)計(jì),而且宣告著一種時(shí)尚的到來。
【習(xí)得】
它是一種為了長期使用而存在的東西
it is kind of there for the long run
[6]
【例句】when I was a kid ,my mom knit me this beautiful sweater,and I found these buttons,and the minute the buttons were on the sweater ,I loved it.
【翻譯】在我小時(shí)候,我媽給我織了一件很漂亮的毛衣,我不喜歡。但是當(dāng)我看到這些紐扣的時(shí)候,我立馬愛上了這件毛衣。
[詞匯】
?織毛衣 knit a sweater
knit=making it from wool or? thread by using two knitting needles?

[7]
【例句】if you don't have good taste and you can't pick out a button,then let someone else do it ,you know? I mean that.
【翻譯】 如果你挑紐扣沒有好的品味的話,你可以讓別人來干,I mean that言外之意就是找我。 比較口語的一句話,I mean that
好了,這個(gè)ted視頻學(xué)習(xí)記錄更新到這里,因?yàn)閷W(xué)習(xí)資料只給了這么短的視頻,不過上面的學(xué)習(xí)記錄對于學(xué)習(xí)英語來說已經(jīng)足夠了。