【在生活中學習語言】Getting a Trim 修剪頭髮
2008年11月27日蘋果日報蘋果派生活美語
對話
Stylist︰Hello. What would you like to have done today？
髮型師︰哈囉，您今天想要怎麼弄您的頭髮啊？
Customer︰I'd like to get my hair cut.
顧客︰我想剪頭髮。
Stylist︰Are you looking to change your style as well？
髮型師︰您也想要改變髮型嗎？
Customer︰No. I'd like to keep the style as it is, with my hair parted on the right.
顧客︰不，我要保持原來的髮型，頭線要右分。
Stylist︰How short do you want to go?
髮型師︰那要剪多短？
Customer︰I'd just like a trim. I prefer keeping my hair a little shaggy.
顧客︰我只要修一下就好了。我比較喜歡蓬鬆又有點亂的髮型。

「句」細靡遺
◎I’d like to keep the style as it is, with my hair parted on the right.
我要保持原來的髮型，髮線要右分。
以下為您介紹右分∕左分∕中分的說法：
．Part it on the right.右分
．Part it on the left.左分
．Part it down the middle.中分
◎How short do you want to go? 那要剪多短？
除了詢問顧客頭髮要剪多短之外，您還可以詳細詢問或建議對方頭髮的長度要齊耳或齊肩等等，其說法如下：
．How do you want it cut？ 您頭髮要怎麼剪呢？
．Do you want it to be shorter than shoulder/ear/chin length？ 您的頭髮要剪到肩膀∕耳朵∕下巴以上嗎？
．Do you want to keep it shoulder/ear/chin length？ 您的頭髮要剪到齊肩∕齊耳∕齊下巴嗎？
．Do you want (to get) bangs？ 您要剪瀏海嗎？

字字珠璣
．trim n. & vt. 修剪
例：Stylist：What can I do for you today? Cut, color, and wash？
（髮型師：今天我能為妳做些什麼？剪髮、染髮和洗髮都來嗎？）
Customer：Just a trim today.
（顧客：今天稍微修一下就好。）
．prefer vt. 較喜歡
例：I prefer to work overtime on a weekday rather than come in to the office on the weekend.
（我寧願平時加班也不願周末來辦公室上班。）
．shaggy a.（頭髮、毛髮）蓬亂的

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