美語情景對話 第1171期:Kids and Make up 孩子和化妝

Katie: So what do you think is a good age for girls to start wearing make-up?

凱蒂：你認爲女孩從多大開始化妝合適？

Aimee: I think it depends on the kind of make-up that they're wearing and the purpose, you know, because to me, it seems like there are two different kinds. You know, there are young children, young girls, young children, who wear play make-up, you know.

艾米：我認爲這取決於她們化的是哪種妝以及她們化妝的目的，對我來說，這是兩種不同的情況。現在有些年輕女孩也會化妝。

Katie: Yeah.

凱蒂：對。

Aimee: It's a toy. It washes off easily, garish colors, very mild on the skin, and you know, it's literally just coloring in their face. It's not, you know, enhancing their features or trying to look as society thinks beautiful, you know. They're not covering up any pimples or spots, you know. It's not like that. It's just coloring in their face, trying to look more like a princess. And I have a six-year old daughter and she loves make-up. She has her own, like, young like toy make-up and she asks permission to wear it, and I let her wear it. I bought some for her. I make sure that she can only do it if she has a clean face and clean hands and that she washes off properly at the end. And that she tidies it away afterwards.

艾米：那是玩具。可以輕易地洗掉，雖然顏色豔麗，不過對皮膚刺激性不強，可以說就是在臉上塗了些顏色。你知道，那並不能提升你的容貌或是讓其他人認爲你很漂亮。那不能遮蓋青春痘或粉刺。沒有那種功效。那只是在臉上塗了顏色，試圖讓你看上去更像公主。我女兒今年6歲，她喜歡化妝。她有自己的玩具化妝盒，她要得到允許才能化妝，我允許她化妝。我給她買了那個化妝盒。我要確保她只有在臉和手都乾淨的情況下才能化妝，她最後會洗掉。隨後她會把臉洗乾淨。

Katie: That was good.

凱蒂：那很好。

Aimee: She's actually on her final warning because she used to leave it out – and I've warned her I will throw it in the bin. Because I have a toddler and she wants to see what her big sister is doing and she wants to play with it, so she grabs it and makes a mess everywhere. So yeah, six-year old is on her final warning. So I guess to answer your question, my six-year old is wearing her play make-up already. So it doesn't, yeah, it doesn't bother me. Young is –

艾米：她經常被警告，因爲她總是把東西亂放，我警告她，我會把它們扔進垃圾桶。因爲我還有一個剛學會走路的孩子，她想看看姐姐在幹什麼，她也想玩那些東西，所以她會伸手去抓，弄得一片狼籍。所以，6歲的孩子經常被警告。我想這可以回答你的問題，我6歲的女兒已經在玩化妝遊戲了。我對此並不感到困擾。

Katie: How old were you when you started wearing make-up?

凱蒂：你多大開始化妝的？

Aimee: Well, I love make-up, and that's probably where my daughter got it from. I wanted to wear make-up from a young age, the way my daughter does. I wasn't allowed. It was forbidden. And I first actually managed to buy a secret lipstick when I was about 9 or 10.

艾米：嗯，我喜歡化妝，可能我女兒就是從我這裏遺傳的。我很小就想化妝了，就像我女兒那樣。不過家長不允許我那樣做。他們禁止我化妝。我第一次偷偷地買口紅是在我9歲或10歲的時候。

Katie: Secret lipstick.

凱蒂：祕密口紅。

Aimee: Yeah. I had to hide it from my mom, and she would only let me wear lip gloss when I was that age, and I wasn't allowed to wear any lip sticks. I had to buy a secret one. And I was always so interested in my grandmother's make-up and my mom's make-up as well. But she never really wore much. She has a very simple sort of beauty routine. I'm much more interested in it than she is – she ever was. So I don't know where I inherited that from but my daughter has definitely inherited that from me. So maybe because it was forbidden for me that's why I was drawn to it more.

艾米：對。因爲我必須把它藏起來，不讓我媽媽發現，那個年紀我媽媽只讓我塗脣膏，不讓我塗口紅。所以我不得不買了之後藏起來。我一直對我奶奶和我媽媽的化妝品很感興趣。不過我媽媽不怎麼化妝。她的日常美容護理非常簡單。我對化妝的興趣遠超過她。我也不知道這種興趣是從哪兒遺傳來的，不過我女兒肯定是遺傳自我。也許因爲我媽媽不讓我化妝，所以我才更感興趣。

Katie: Makes it more tantalizing.

凱蒂：那使化妝更具吸引力。

Aimee: I think so. That could be it, but yeah, it's a real hobby for me. I really, really love it. I wish I had more money to purchase more. You can never have enough.

艾米：我想是這樣的。可能是這樣，化妝是我真正的興趣。我真的非常喜歡化妝。我希望我能有更多錢買化妝品。因爲你永遠覺得自己的化妝品不夠。

Katie: You can never have too many lipsticks.

凱蒂：有再多口紅都不嫌多。

Aimee: I know. It's true.

艾米：對，沒錯。

Katie: What do you think about boys wearing make-up?

凱蒂：你怎麼看男生化妝？

Aimee: If they want to wear make-up, then they should. Like it annoys me this horrible idea and concept of like men and boys have to be manly like what is manly? For me, make-up is an art. It really is. It's artistry. And, you know, if they want it, if they're feeling bad about their skin the way I feel bad about my skin, right. If I have pimples or spots, I'm lucky. I get to just cover up with like foundation and concealer, a bit of blusher. It makes me feel better. But, you know, if there's like a boy who has, you know, going through teenage years and he's got bad skin and he wants to cover up, and his macho friends catch him wearing it or whatever people in school catch him wearing it and it can be a really bad situation for him. And I think that is awful. It is really, really terrible. I think boys should wear make-up as they like. I actually follow quite a lot of make-up artists on social media. And I look at many, many pictures of different products and the art that they produce, and I follow male make-up artists as well. And the skills they have are unbelievable, honestly. The blending skills.

艾米：如果他們想化妝，那他們就可以化。“男性或男孩必須像男子漢一樣”這種可怕的想法令我很反感，什麼是男子氣概？我認爲，化妝是種藝術。真的是藝術。化妝具有藝術性。如果他們想化妝，如果他們對自己皮膚的情況感到難受，就像我一樣，那他們可以化妝。如果我長了痘或是粉刺，我很幸運，我能用粉底和遮瑕豪遮住，再塗點腮紅，那會讓我感覺好些。但是，如果正在經歷青春期的男孩皮膚不好，他想遮住，他那些充滿陽剛的朋友看到他化妝或是學校裏其他的人看到他化妝，那會使他陷入非常糟的處境中。我認爲那太可怕了。那真的非常可怕。我認爲如果男孩喜歡，那他們也應該化妝。我在社交媒體上關注了很多化妝師。我看了他們上傳的很多產品的圖片，還有他們創造的藝術，我關注的化妝師中也有男性。說實話，他們的化妝技巧非常不可思議。他們擁有完美的技巧。

Katie: Their contouring.

凱蒂：他們的輪廓。

Aimee: Yeah.

艾米：對。

Katie: Oh my goodness.

凱蒂：哦，我的天哪。

Aimee: The blending skills and like covering up, you know, basically just like covering up their whole face and putting a new face on top of it.

艾米：完美的技巧，就像易容一樣，他們把整張臉都遮住了，然後用化妝創造了一張新的面孔。

Katie: It's pretty impressive.

凱蒂：那的確令人印象深刻。

Aimee: It's really impressive. It's so amazing. I would really enjoy a make-up lesson from some of the artists that I follow on different social media sites.

艾米：印象非常深刻。那太不可思議了。我非常喜歡我在社交媒體上關注的一些化妝師教授的課程。

Katie: Absolutely.

凱蒂：那是一定的。

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重點講解：
1. depend on 取決(於)；有賴(於)；
例句：What happened later would depend on his talk with De Solina.
日後之事將有賴於他與德索利納的談話結果。
2. cover up (用…)蓋在…上(以保護或隱藏)；
例句：Cosmetics do not cover up the deficiencies of nature.
化妝品並不能掩蓋先天缺陷。
3. be interested in 感興趣的；有興趣的；關心的；
例句：As a writer I am interested in characterization.
作爲作家，我對人物塑造感興趣。
4. go through 經歷，經受（尤指苦難或艱難時期）；
例句：Most kids will go through a phase of being faddy about what they eat.
大多數孩子都會經歷挑食的階段。