Beauty

　　Basic need

　　音形義 Everyday Expressions

　　n. [c] 美麗的人或事物

　　She was a famous beauty in her youth.

　　n. [u] 美

　　We shall never forget the beauty of the old Beijing.

　　n. 優(yōu)點(diǎn),極具魅力的特色

　　The beauty of this machine is its simplicity. (這機(jī)器的優(yōu)點(diǎn)在于簡單。)

　　衍生詞語

　　beautify (美化);

　　beautiful (美麗的);

　　復(fù)合詞語

　　beauty contest (選美比賽);

　　beauty salon (美容院);

　　常見搭配 Useful Phrases

　　美容師 --- beauty aid

　　風(fēng)景點(diǎn) --- beauty spot

　　習(xí)語與俗語 Idioms & Slangs

　　beauty sleep --- 美容覺(午夜前的睡眠)

　　the beauty of sth --- 有優(yōu)勢的方面

　　生活用語 Street Talks

　　A: Mom it hurts.

　　B: This black eye you got in the fight is a real beauty,huh?!

　　A: Please! Mom!

　　Saving petrol, you know, that’s the beauty of buying a smallcar.

　　The beauty of his new job is that he works his own hours. (flexible hours)

　　電影對(duì)白 Transcripts

　　句型 And now for your listening and viewing pleasure, direct from Hollywood, California, our very own beatnik beauty, let’s give a big round of applause to the luscious Bobby Dylan. 《阿甘正傳》

　　對(duì)話 Jesse Jackson: It’s beautiful to be black, but beauty is not enough.

　　Crowd Leader: What do you want?

　　Crowd Response: Black power! 《阿甘正傳》

　　諺語 Proverbs

　　Beauty is but skin-deep.

　　紅顏易變。

　　Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume.

　　貌美而無德，猶如花之無香。

　　Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. / Beauty lies in lover's eyes.

　　情人眼里出西施。

　　名言 Quotations

　　“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,”—that is all Ya know on earth, and all ya need to know.John Keats (1795-1821), English poet. Ode on a Grecian Urn.

　　It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But … it isbetter to be good than to be ugly.Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Anglo-Irish author. Lord Henry, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. 17 (1891).