
邁進一大步
Tim follows most fashion industry news. He is sharing something with Kelly.
提姆很關注時尚產業消息,他在跟凱莉分享一件事。
follow(v.)追蹤、關注fashion industry時尚產業share(v.)分享
Tim: Do you know Valentina Sampaio?
提姆:你知道桑帕伊奧嗎?
Kelly: Yes, you’ve shown me her Instagram account. She is charming.
凱莉:知道,你有給我看過她的Instagram,她很迷人。
show(v.)展示charming(adj.)迷人的
Tim: She is just amazing! She can rock a heavily made-up look, and she can show her true beauty without makeup, too. Now, she has become a Victoria’s Secret “angel.”
提姆:她真的超棒,濃妝或素顏都很美,現在她成為維多莉亞的秘密的天使了。
amazing(adj.)非常好的rock(v.)因穿戴而顯得好看(或時髦)heavily(adv.)大量地made-up(adj.)化妝的true(adj.)真實的beauty(n.)美麗become(v.)成為
Kelly: I remember that she is a transgender model, right?
凱莉:我記得她是跨性別模特兒對吧?
remember(v.)記得transgender(adj.)跨性別的
Tim: Yes, and that’s why it’s such big news that she’s officially been hired by Victoria’s Secret.
提姆:是啊,這也是為什麼她正式加入維多莉亞的秘密是件大新聞。
officially(adv.)正式地hire(v.)雇用
Kelly: What do you mean?
凱莉:什麼意思?
mean(v.)意思是
Tim: They used to state that they wouldn’t hire transgender and plus-size women.
提姆:維多莉亞的秘密曾經表示,他們不會雇用跨性別或大尺碼的女性。
used to過去常常⋯⋯state(v.)陳樹、說明hire(v.)雇用transgender(adj.)跨性別的
Kelly: Oh, I see. Then they really made a huge step.
凱莉:喔,我懂了,那他們真的邁進很大一步。
step(n.)步、階段
Tim: Yes, definitely. I’m looking forward to the moment when they use their first plus-size model.
提姆:沒錯,我很期待之後他們雇用第一位大尺碼模特兒的時候。
look forward to期待moment(n.)時刻