Today, I spent some time looking up information on the Internet about losing weight. I found advice from many different websites. Some had special diet plans to follow, while others were about the perfect exercises to do. I printed out the information to go through at home. However, I couldn't find the printouts at the printer. Then a man from the accounting department asked in a loud voice if anyone had printed out weight loss information. I turned beet red and sheepishly went to get my pages immediately. >_<|||
今天我花了一點時間上網查詢減肥的相關資訊。我從五花八門的網站找到了一些建議。有些是介紹特別的飲食計劃，有些則是介紹超有效的油切運動。我列印出這些資料好帶回家詳讀。但我去印表機拿時卻遍尋不著列印的東西。結果會計部的一個男生大聲問誰在列印減肥資料，害我整個臉紅得像猴子屁股似的，趕緊去拿回我印的東西，真素羞死人了（絞手帕）。>_<|||
當你覺得很冏的時候，臉紅得像猴子屁股，英文的說法是"turn/go red"，或者也可以說"turn/go beet red"。beet就是「甜菜根」，這種國外常見的植物長得就像是紅通通的菜頭，正宗的俄羅斯羅宋湯裡就有這種食材。所以下次要形容因害羞而臉紅，就可以說某人"turn/go beet red"。
．turn/go as red as a beet臉紅耳赤；害羞
．flush vi. 臉紅
◎look up.../ look...up查詢／查閱（資訊、字義等）
表「查字典」不可說"look up a dictionary" ，而應該說"consult a dictionary"或"refer to a dictionary"。
例：Jim looked up the store's phone number in the phone book.（吉姆在電話簿裡查那間商店的電話號碼。）
例：If I don't know the meaning of a word, I'll look it up in the dictionary.
（如果我不明白一個字的意思，就會去查字典。）
◎lose weight減重，變瘦
例：Mandy tried her best to lose weight before her wedding.（曼蒂為了婚禮拼命在減肥。）
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