夏天兒健身房

Frequent Trimming

經常修發

Hair， whether it is cut or not， grows about half an inch per month. Hair dose grow slightly faster in the summer， but that is due to hormones rather than the stylist's scissors. A worrying trend among young Chinese girls is to rub a paste made of crushed pill contains hormones into scalp and hair. This dose not lead to stronger， glossier， faster growing hair. In fact， the hormones， while initially improving the condition of the hair， quickly lead to hair loss.

無論剪發與否，頭發都會以每月半英寸的速度生長。頭發在夏季卻會生長得稍快一些，但那要歸功于荷爾蒙而非發型師的剪刀。在年輕的中國女孩中出現了一股令人堪憂的風尚，那就是將含荷爾蒙藥丸弄成粉末涂到皮膚和頭發上。 這不會令頭發更加堅韌、更有光澤、長得更快。事實上，荷爾蒙雖然在最初會改善頭發狀況，但會迅速導致脫發。

Cellulite

脂肪粒

事實是，做什么都無法永久去除脂肪粒——甚至吸脂也不行。去除脂肪粒至今仍是皮膚美容學上的終極目標之一。它與你的胖瘦、貧富無關，基因庫的隨機性決定了誰會擁有或不會擁有脂肪粒。盡管如此，但還是要振作起來，你可以暫時緩解皮膚呈橘皮狀的現象。含有咖啡因的專業緊膚霜會緊致皮膚，讓肌膚平滑，而一般的潤膚霜也會令皮膚吸入水分而豐盈，讓脂肪粒看起來稍微小一點兒，還可以涂一點兒防曬霜來幫助掩飾。

The truth is， noting can be done to permanently eliminate cellulite—not even liposuction. The removal of cosmetic dematology.It doesn't matter whether pool determines or thin， rich or poor， luck pf the gene pool determines who will and won't get cellulite. Take heart though， you can， however， temporarily reduce its orange peel—like appearance. Specialist firming creams containing caffeine tighten and smooth the skin， while basic moisturizers will also work to hydrate and swell the skin， making cellulite a little less obvious. Slap on a bit of fake tan to aid camouflage.

e趣味百科

fake tan中，tan意為曬黑，棕褐色，這里指一種化妝品，是重色的；fake意為“假的”，所以fake tan 可以理解成“不是被太陽曬成重色，而是去假裝曬黑”，它是一種讓皮膚看起來黝黑的化妝品，即防曬霜。

防曬霜上如果寫的是Tan或Tanning的就是防曬傷，但不防曬黑 。標明是Sunblock的就是又防曬黑又防曬傷的。

如果號上標有“self tan”，則是一種防曬霜，而Suntan oil則為防曬油之意。

能說會用

improvevt. 改善; 改良; 改進; 增進；利用(機會等)；提高(土地等的)價值

improve abilities 提高能力

improve oneself in English 提高自己的英語水平

improve one's time善用時間

習慣用語：

improve away 通過改良而去除

improve on 對……加以改進; 作出比……更好的東西

improve upon 對…….加以改進; 作出比……更好的東西

愛鏈culture

古銅色肌膚的時代 The Bronze Skin Age

——你的古銅膚色來自太陽、瓶裝乳液還是噴霧器？

A hundred years ago a suntan was the telltale mark of a laborer. These days， it's the exact opposite: with more menial labor taking place in windowless office buildings and factories， a tan indicates an expensive lifestyle and lots of time for surfing， sailing， skiing or just lying around in the summer sun.

But these days， many would-be tanners are looking for a quick and easy way to get dark. For the cost of a decent restaurant meal， you can catch a tan on your lunch break at an indoor tanning salon. Starting out in the 1970s， the indoor tanning industry is now worth billions of dollars. The tanning beds offer a more even， healthy looking tan， and are especially popular in cold countries that don't get much sun.

The ultra violet (UV) rays that cause suntans also cause a kind of chemical， called endorphins， to be released into the blood. When they reach the brain， endorphins cause feelings of pleasure and happiness， which partially explains why people often feel depressed during winter. However， UV rays also damage the skin and cause cancer， and tanning beds give off three times more UV than the sun， making them both potentially dangerous and addictive.

New solutions offer suntans without the sun. \"Self Tan\" lotions contain the chemicals that cause skin to darken. The idea is that you rub these chemicals all over your body and， after a few hours， you look like you just stepped off the beach. The downside is that some of these lotions don't smell very nice and， if you try to rub it on yourself， you're likely to end up with an uneven tan. New devices allow the lotion to be applied by a spray， in a process similar to painting a car， which promises a more even coating. But no matter which process you use， the results fade within a few days， and might rub off on your clothes.

幾百年前，曬黑的皮膚是暴露勞工身份的標記。現在恰恰相反：越來越多卑微的工作在無窗戶的辦公大樓和工廠中進行，曬黑的皮膚象征昂貴的生活方式，有很多時間可以沖浪、航海、滑雪或只是躺在夏日的陽光下。

但是現在，很多想要將皮膚曬黑的人正在尋求既快捷又簡單的方法來變黑?；ㄙM在還不錯的餐館吃一餐的錢，你就可以利用午休的時間在室內的曬黑沙龍把皮膚曬黑。始于20世紀70年代的室內曬黑產業現在價值幾十億，日曬床提供更均勻健康的曬黑膚色，這在沒什么陽光的寒冷國家特別受歡迎。

造成皮膚曬黑的紫外線，也會造成一種稱為腦內啡的化學物質被釋放進血液中。當它到達腦部時，腦內啡引發愉悅和快樂的感覺，這解釋了人們通常在冬天覺得沮喪的部分原因。然而，紫外線也會傷害皮膚并導致癌癥，日曬床釋放出比太陽多3倍的紫外線，這使它們具有危險性并且使人上癮。

新的解決方法提供不需太陽的日曬?！白詴瘛比橐汉凶屍つw變黑的化學物質，這種想法是要將這些化學物質擦遍全身，幾個小時后，你看起來會像剛從海灘回來一樣。它的壞處是有些乳液不太好聞，還有如果你試著把它擦在自己身上，你最后很可能會有不均勻的曬黑膚色。新的設備可以讓乳液通過噴霧器使用，程序類似汽車噴漆，這樣能保證比較均勻。但不管你用哪一種程序，效果都會在幾天內漸漸消失，而且可能會沾上你的衣服。

◆編輯：Cola