准备这个文集的缘由:
聚沙成塔。这里会记录自己学习英语的笔记。当形成很多的文字的时候,有以下三点好处。
第一,形成自己的体系。这个文件夹下面专门收集自己学英语的记录。
第二,记录自己的努力的过程。发布出来,更多人可以看到,也算是对自己努力的肯定。
第三,凡是写出来就有收获。躺在自己的印象笔记中迟早生灰,在输出的过程中会反思很多东西,这是一种历练。
使用时请注意:
本文侧重点在于用英语解释英语,故有些地方会存在汉语的缺失。
本文使用对象:
1.用ted练习英语的朋友,这里相当于一个生词和句式的整理之处,省去你的查词时间。
2.想要练习英语思维的朋友,跟着一起用英语解释英语。
ted_纽扣是如何改变时尚的(2)
学习资料来源:B站
【TED|中英字幕】100集精读版|学生党跟读练习必备|词条解释|文章释义(持续更新)
small thing ,big idea
演讲者:Isaac Mizrahi
题目: the Button
学习记录
【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.
【翻译】其实比纽扣更重要的是扣眼。你能看到纽扣的直径、宽度,还有纽扣与扣眼之间的小间隙。
【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.
[翻译】在纽扣出现之前,衣服显得很大---它们通常是没有固定形态,人们穿衣服需要扭动身体,就像把自己包裹在衣服中一样。
【词汇】
wriggle扭动,扭动身体=twist and turn with quick movements
wrap:包裹,缠绕=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.
【翻译】当我们发现纽扣的作用时,穿衣的时尚开始朝向衣服贴近人体的趋势演进。一时间,纽扣让衣服很贴合身体。
at one time=during a particular period in the past
[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.
[翻译】 我认为纽扣能在历史上经久不衰,是因为它能够扣住我们的衣服。拉链会坏,尼龙搭扣噪声太大而且经常会坏。如果纽扣掉了,只要简单地缝补上就好
【词汇】
拉链 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尼龙搭扣,魔术贴
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.
【翻译】 纽扣就是为了长期使用而应运而生的。它不仅是有史以来最基本的设计,而且宣告着一种时尚的到来。
【习得】
它是一种为了长期使用而存在的东西
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.
【翻译】在我小时候,我妈给我织了一件很漂亮的毛衣,我不喜欢。但是当我看到这些纽扣的时候,我立马爱上了这件毛衣。
[词汇】
织毛衣 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.
【翻译】 如果你挑纽扣没有好的品味的话,你可以让别人来干,I mean that言外之意就是找我。 比较口语的一句话,I mean that
好了,这个ted视频学习记录更新到这里,因为学习资料只给了这么短的视频,不过上面的学习记录对于学习英语来说已经足够了。