Basic Needs
形 名詞復數: -ties
義 Everyday Expressions
◆ n. 美麗的人或事物
She was a famous beauty in her youth.
◆ n. 美，抽象的美
We shall never forget the beauty of the old Beijing.
◆ n. 優點，極具魅力的特色
The beauty of this machine is its simplicity.
衍生詞語
◆ beautify 美化
◆ beautiful 美麗的
復合詞語
◆ beauty contest 選美比賽
◆ beauty salon 美容院
Linguistic Skill
常見搭配 useful Phrases
◆ 美容師 --- beauty aid
◆ 選美皇后 --- Beauty Queen
◆ 美容指南 --- Beauty Guide
◆ 風景點 --- beauty spot
習語與俗語 Idioms & Slang
◆ beauty sleep --- 美容覺(午夜前的睡眠)
◆ the beauty of sth --- 有優勢的方面
◆ beauty and the beast --- 美女與野獸
Communicating Clearly
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 small car.
◆ The beauty of his new job is that he works his own hours.
◆ A: Why don’t you come with us?
B: I need my beauty sleep, you know.
Cultural Focus
電影對白 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 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.
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 is better 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).
