美語情景對話 第948期:Metrosexual 都市美男

Daniel: Well we're talking about men and being macho and stuff like that but recently there's the whole thing about being metrosexual, right? What do you think about that?

丹尼爾：我們談了與男性和男子氣概有關的話題，最近大家都在說都市美男。你怎麼看？

Vella: I have no problem with, you know, metrosexual because I think, you know, everyone has the right to look good and to take care of themselves even for men.

維拉：都市美男，我覺得還好，我認爲所有人都有打扮和打理自己的權力，對男性來說一樣。

Daniel: Uh, uh.

丹尼爾：哦。

Vella: For example, David Beckham, he's one example of metrosexual guys and I think he looks amazing with the underwear he dresses. Yeah, I have no problem.

維拉：比如大衛·貝克漢姆，他就是都市美男的代表人物，我認爲他穿內衣的樣子看上去太迷人了。所以我覺得還好。

Daniel: Yeah, yeah but like one thing it's about how you dress and, because metrosexual people they don't, I mean they do care of a lot of other things not only clothes, right? They take care of their hair, I don't know, their faces. I don't know, so many things they do that not a lot of people do especially men. You know, they take care of their nails, their hands and for some people that might be a bit weird. What do you think as a woman? Do you like it, you don't? It's too much? What is it?

丹尼爾：嗯，不過這只是穿着方面，都市美男會留意很多方面，不只是穿着，對吧？他們在髮型上也會花心思，還有他們的面容。我也不清楚，不過他們會做很多一般男性不會關注的事情。他們會去美甲、護手，有些人可能認爲這很奇怪。你作爲女性怎麼看？你喜歡還是不喜歡？你認爲這樣是不是太過了？你是怎麼看的？

Vella: I'm OK with that, just not too much though.

維拉：我覺得還好，只要不要太過。

Daniel: OK.

丹尼爾：好。

Vella: Like for example, I mean guys in rock bands they usually wear makeup, like eyeliner, and I'm actually really into that.

維拉：比如，搖滾樂隊裏的男性會化妝，化眼線，我非常喜歡這種。

Daniel: OK.

丹尼爾：好。

Vella: And I don't know if you know this guy called Adam Lambert, he was the winner of American Idol last season.

維拉：我不知道你知不知道亞當·蘭伯特，他是上一季《美國偶像》的冠軍。

Daniel: Oh, yeah.

丹尼爾：哦，知道。

Vella: And he wears a lot of, you know, eyeliner and yeah I think it's pretty cool.

維拉：他會化很重的眼線，我認爲那非常酷。

Daniel: But I don't know, as a girl for example, because OK usually makeup and stuff like that are more related to girls, right? So what if your boyfriend is a metrosexual and he knows or he has more makeup than you have, how does that make you feel?

丹尼爾：可是我……女孩化妝很正常，因爲這種就是女孩會做的事情，對吧？如果你男友是都市美男，在化妝方面他比你知道的還多或者他用的化妝品比你還多，那你有什麼感覺？

Vella: Well I wouldn't, you know, choose a metrosexual guy to be my boyfriend but, you know, I think it's OK for guys to wear makeup just not too much.

維拉：嗯，我不會選都市美男當我男友的，不過我可以接受男性化妝，只要不要太過就好。

Daniel: Uh, uh.

丹尼爾：哦。

Vella: I mean only eyeliner I think is fine but if he starts wearing blusher or lipstick, you know, there's something wrong with them.

維拉：我覺得只化眼線還好，但是如果他開始塗腮紅或脣彩，那就不合適了。

Daniel: OK. So how about all the other things they do that they take care a lot of their bodies? How about that?

丹尼爾：好。那你怎麼看他們對身體其他部位的護理？你有什麼看法？

Vella: I think it's totally fine, you know, taking care of yourself. I think it shows that you really care about, you know, how you look.

維拉：我覺得護理自己完全沒問題。我認爲這表明你非常在意自己的樣子。

Daniel: I had a discussion with a female friend before and she totally agreed that boys should take care of themselves like a bit more because I mean, yeah, the whole macho thing I think it's appealling but at the same time I don't think, I don't think it's fair that like boys expect girls to take care of themselves and to be pretty, to look pretty, I don't know makeup, the hair, the nails, but boys sometimes, I mean I don't think girls want to go out with a monkey, you know. It's like, you have to take care of themselves, of yourself, it's not fair that girls have to put all the effort and boys, you know, just don't do anything. So I agree with the thing that, I mean it's all right, we have to take care of ourselves and we have to try to look better but I'm not used to the whole makeup and stuff so personally I don't do it and I don't think I will be comfortable doing it. So I don't know.

丹尼爾：我之前和一個女性朋友討論過這個話題，她完全贊同男性應該護理自己這個觀點，我認爲男子氣概非常吸引人，但同時我認爲這不公平，因爲男孩希望女孩護理自己，讓自己看起來很漂亮 ，比如化妝、美髮、美甲，但是男孩有時候……我想女孩也不希望和一個“猴子”約會。你也要打理自己，女孩必須付出所有努力而男孩什麼也不做，這不公平。我同意你的觀點，那的確還好，我們必須要打理自己，我們要讓自己看上去更好，但是我不太習慣化妝，所以就我個人來說，我不會這麼做，我想這樣我也會不舒服。所以我也不清楚。

Vella: Absolutely, I agree.

維拉：我完全同意你的觀點。

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重點講解：
1. take care of 照顧；照看；看護；
例句：The advice we gave him boiled down to this: he should take care of his health.
我們給他的勸告可歸結爲：他該注意自己的健康。
2. what if (用於疑問句句首，尤用於詢問不希望看到的事發生時的結果)如果…怎麼辦；
例句：What if anything should go wrong?
要是有個閃失，怎麼辦呢?
3. care about 關心；在乎；在意；
例句：I don't care about the price, so long as the car is in good condition.
我不計較價錢，只要車很好用就行了。
4. go out with 與（異性）交往；與…談戀愛（或有性關係）；
例句：I went out with a gorgeous girl last night.
我昨天晚上和一個非常漂亮的姑娘約會了。
5. be used to sth./doing sth. 習慣於；
例句：He's a tramp and used to living rough.
他是流浪漢，慣於風餐雨臥。