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原创外刊改编语法填空题打卡Day 33
How to Talk To Your Barber and Get the Haircut You Really Want
We have a problem talking to arguably one of the most important people in your life: your barber.
It's a good thing barbers are trained to interpret our babble. Any cutter worth his salt should be able to decode what you want. They might even be able to decipher what you want when you’re not even aware of that is. But when it comes to your hair, a barber’s number one priority is making you happy, so they’re going to take everything you say with ______1_____ grain of salt until they can decipher what it is that you’re actually looking for. It’s easy to cling ______2______ clipper settings, or technical terms you don’t entirely understand. But those won’t quite get you across the finish line.
So what do you do? We spoke to Matty Conrad, veteran barber and founder of Victory hair products, about how best ______3______ (navigate) the situation. ______4______ you’re walking into a new barber shop for the first time or you just want to let your current barber know, in uncertain terms, what you want, we’ve got you covered.
1. Don’t Speak With Words
You know Zayn Malik’s hair? Try to describe it. Tough, right? So when you sit down at the barber, pull out your phone. Have a few pictures ready before you walk in, even if it’s not the full haircut you like. Say you like this guy’s bangs, or this guy’s taper, or this guy’s edges, or all of the above—your barber can bring all those ______5______ (element) together to create the look you’re after. Hallelujah: all that time ______6______ (spend) on Instagram was actually building to a purpose.
2. Know Your Hair
Everyone’s hair is different—not just in color. But in texture, ______7______ (thick), and moisture. And knowing what kind of hair you have will help you understand what kind of cut will work best, and save you a lot of headaches down the line. Your barber will be able to tell you if the haircut you’re asking for is a good fit—and also give you some real talk if you’re thinking crazy. (Don’t know what kind of hair you have? You guessed it: ask your barber.)
3. Use The Right Terms
And by that, we mean no terms. Avoid using words you’ve heard from previous barbers or read on the internet: you probably don’t actually know what “texture” means, no matter how many times you ______8_____(ask) for it. Conrad suggests talking about how you want the haircut to feel, not look. For instance, if you want movement on top, say that—instead of, like, “layers,” ______9______ you probably don’t want. “You have nothing to prove to your barber,” Conrad says. So quit trying.
4. Know The Difference Between A Cut And A Style
Think about what kind of hair you want. Now think about what you’re willing to do in order to get that hair. Will you blow dry every morning? Will you use _____10______(multiply) products? Will you use...any products? All of these things are crucial information for a barber, because if you’re not willing to put in the work, you’re not going to like the haircut. Remember this: a haircut is a component of a hairstyle, but not the whole thing.
How to Talk To Your Barber and Get the Haircut You Really Want
We have a problem talking to arguably one of the most important people in your life: your barber.
It's a good thing barbers are trained to interpret our babble. Any cutter worth his salt should be able to decode what you want. They might even be able to decipher what you want when you’re not even aware of that is. But when it comes to your hair, a barber’s number one priority is making you happy, so they’re going to take everything you say with a grain of salt until they can decipher what it is that you’re actually looking for. It’s easy to cling to clipper settings, or technical terms you don’t entirely understand. But those won’t quite get you across the finish line.
So what do you do? We spoke to Matty Conrad, veteran barber and founder of Victory hair products, about how best to navigate (navigate) the situation. Whether you’re walking into a new barber shop for the first time or you just want to let your current barber know, in uncertain terms, what you want, we’ve got you covered.
1. Don’t Speak With Words
You know Zayn Malik’s hair? Try to describe it. Tough, right? So when you sit down at the barber, pull out your phone. Have a few pictures ready before you walk in, even if it’s not the full haircut you like. Say you like this guy’s bangs, or this guy’s taper, or this guy’s edges, or all of the above—your barber can bring all those elements (element) together to create the look you’re after. Hallelujah: all that time spent (spend) on Instagram was actually building to a purpose.
2. Know Your Hair
Everyone’s hair is different—not just in color. But in texture, thickness (thick), and moisture. And knowing what kind of hair you have will help you understand what kind of cut will work best, and save you a lot of headaches down the line. Your barber will be able to tell you if the haircut you’re asking for is a good fit—and also give you some real talk if you’re thinking crazy. (Don’t know what kind of hair you have? You guessed it: ask your barber.)
3. Use The Right Terms
And by that, we mean no terms. Avoid using words you’ve heard from previous barbers or read on the internet: you probably don’t actually know what “texture” means, no matter how many times you have asked (ask) for it. Conrad suggests talking about how you want the haircut to feel, not look. For instance, if you want movement on top, say that—instead of, like, “layers,” which you probably don’t want. “You have nothing to prove to your barber,” Conrad says. So quit trying.
4. Know The Difference Between A Cut And A Style
Think about what kind of hair you want. Now think about what you’re willing to do in order to get that hair. Will you blow dry every morning? Will you use multiple (multiply) products? Will you use...any products? All of these things are crucial information for a barber, because if you’re not willing to put in the work, you’re not going to like the haircut. Remember this: a haircut is a component of a hairstyle, but not the whole thing.
如何和你的理发师对话并且理到你心仪的发型
我们的问题在于,我们无法有效地和生活中非常重要的人之一进行交流:你的理发师。
好在理发师们都经过培训,能解读我们的“胡言乱语”。任何称职的理发师都应能理解你想要什么样的发型。他们甚至可能在你自己都不清楚自己想要什么样的时候,帮你明确你的需求。但是对于你的头发,理发师的首要任务是让你满意,所以他们会对你说的每一句话持保留态度,直到他们能解读出你真正想要什么样的。人们很容易依赖于电推剪的设置,或者你并不完全理解的专业术语。但这些都无法让你达到理想的效果。
那么我们该怎么做呢?我们采访了资深理发师、Victory美发产品创始人马蒂·康拉德(Matty Conrad),了解这种情况如何应对最好。无论你是第一次走进一家新理发店,还是只是想让你现在的理发师明确知道你想要什么,我们都为你准备好了。
1. 不要用语言表达
你知道赞恩·马利克(Zayn Malik)的发型吗?试着描述一下。很难,对吧?所以当你理发时,拿出你的手机展示。在你走进理发店前,准备好几张图片,即使它们并不完全是你喜欢的发型。比如你喜欢这个人的刘海,那个人的局部渐变,另一个人的边缘(发际线),或者以上所有——你的理发师可以将这些元素融合在一起,打造你想要的造型。感谢上帝:你在Instagram上花的所有时间其实都是在为此做准备。
2. 了解你的头发
每个人的头发都是不同的——不仅仅是颜色,还有质感、厚度和湿度都有所不同。了解你的头发类型将帮助你理解哪种发型最适合你,并在未来省去很多麻烦。你的理发师会告诉你,你想要的发型是否适合你——并且,如果你的想法过于疯狂,他们也会给你一些实际的建议。(不知道你是什么类型的头发?你说对了:问你的理发师。)
3. 使用正确的术语
我们的意思是,不要使用任何术语。避免使用你从以前的理发师那里听到或者网上看到的词:不管问了多少次,你可能实际上并不知道“质感”是什么意思。康拉德建议,说一说你想要的发型感觉,而不是外观。例如,如果你想在头顶上有动感,就说出来——而不是说“层次”,那样你可能并不想要。“你不需要向你的理发师证明什么,”康拉德说。所以不要试图证明。
4. 了解理发和发型之间的区别
想想你想要什么样的发型。然后再想想,为了得到那样的发型,你愿意付出多少努力。你愿意每天早上吹干吗?你会使用多种产品吗?你会使用…任何产品吗?所有这些都是对理发师非常重要的信息,因为如果你不愿意付出努力,你就不会喜欢这个发型。记住这一点:理发只是发型的一个组成部分,但并不是全部。
生词积累
arguably
adv.可论证地,按理
decipher
v.破译,辨认(难认、难解的东西);理解(神秘或难懂的事物)
worth one’s salt
称职;胜任;名副其实
a grain of salt
表示对某事或某人的言论持怀疑态度,不完全相信
cling to
坚持, 依靠
navigate
v.导航,引路;航行于,横渡;(有效地)处理
moisture
n. 湿度
texture
n. 质感
component
n.组成部分
原创外刊改编语法填空题打卡Day 34
Mosquitoes choose victims by skin chemistry
Mosquitoes are humans’ most lethal predators, carrying diseases such as malaria, yellow fever and dengue fever that kill more than half a million people each year. Anopheles gambiae, one of the species that carry malaria, is a particularly menacing hunter. There are various estimates of how far the mosquitoes fly, but they tend to range less than half a mile a day, according to one study from West Africa. They typically feed around midnight, flying into the open eaves of people’s homes. In Zambia, 2,000 people die of malaria each year.
_____1_____ (find) out how these mosquitoes stalk their sleeping victims, scientists built an outdoor testing arena about the size of two tennis courts, _____2_____ 2,000 times the size of _____3_____ typical laboratory setup. They let the mosquitoes acclimate to their open-air laboratory. Then, the researchers did everything they could to conjure the right mood.
At stations _____4_____ (scatter) around the arena, air conditioning ducts delivered the bouquet of different humans sleeping in nearby tents. At each station, the piped-in aromas suffused hot plates warmed to human body temperature, alongside puffs of carbon dioxide. _____5_____ an infrared camera, scientists watched which hot plates became mosquito discos. They found that heat and carbon dioxide weren’t enough to attract the insects without the added element of human body odor.
“This study adds a lot,” said Leslie Vosshall, a neurobiologist and chief scientific officer of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, _____6_____ laboratory recently discovered that skin chemistry _____7_____ (determine) whether people were mosquito magnets for a different species, Aedes aegypti, that carries yellow fever.
Chemical compounds called carboxylic acids are a strong draw. “_____8_____ really matters to the mosquito is not the most abundant type of chemical, it’s really those chemical interactions and relative abundances,” said Clément Vinauger, an _____9_____(assist) professor of biochemistry at Virginia Tech. He recently tested four commonly used soaps and found that three increased humans’ attractiveness to Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, while one — Native coconut and vanilla body wash — seemed to decrease it, probably _____10_____ mosquitoes don’t like coconut oil. “The short answer is,” Vinauger said, “it’s a complex problem.”
Mosquitoes choose victims by skin chemistry
Mosquitoes are humans’ most lethal predators, carrying diseases such as malaria, yellow fever and dengue fever that kill more than half a million people each year. Anopheles gambiae, one of the species that carry malaria, is a particularly menacing hunter. There are various estimates of how far the mosquitoes fly, but they tend to range less than half a mile a day, according to one study from West Africa. They typically feed around midnight, flying into the open eaves of people’s homes. In Zambia, 2,000 people die of malaria each year.
To find (find) out how these mosquitoes stalk their sleeping victims, scientists built an outdoor testing arena about the size of two tennis courts, or 2,000 times the size of a typical laboratory setup. They let the mosquitoes acclimate to their open-air laboratory. Then, the researchers did everything they could to conjure the right mood.
At stations scattered (scatter) around the arena, air conditioning ducts delivered the bouquet of different humans sleeping in nearby tents. At each station, the piped-in aromas suffused hot plates warmed to human body temperature, alongside puffs of carbon dioxide. With an infrared camera, scientists watched which hot plates became mosquito discos. They found that heat and carbon dioxide weren’t enough to attract the insects without the added element of human body odor.
“This study adds a lot,” said Leslie Vosshall, a neurobiologist and chief scientific officer of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, whose laboratory recently discovered that skin chemistry determined (determine) whether people were mosquito magnets for a different species, Aedes aegypti, that carries yellow fever.
Chemical compounds called carboxylic acids are a strong draw. “What really matters to the mosquito is not the most abundant type of chemical, it’s really those chemical interactions and relative abundances,” said Clément Vinauger, an assistant (assist) professor of biochemistry at Virginia Tech. He recently tested four commonly used soaps and found that three increased humans’ attractiveness to Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, while one — Native coconut and vanilla body wash — seemed to decrease it, probably because mosquitoes don’t like coconut oil. “The short answer is,” Vinauger said, “it’s a complex problem.”
蚊子通过皮肤化学物质来确定叮咬对象
蚊子是对人类最致命的捕食动物,它们携带疟疾、黄热病和登革热等疾病,每年导致50多万人死亡。冈比亚按蚊是携带疟疾的品种之一,属于尤为危险的捕食者。蚊子能飞多远,有很多不同的估计,但根据西非的一项研究,它们每天飞行的距离往往不到半英里。它们通常在午夜左右进食,从人们家里敞开的屋檐中。赞比亚每年有2000人死于疟疾。
为了弄清楚这些蚊子是如何盯上睡眠中的受害者的,科学家们建了一个户外测试区域,大约为两个网球场那么大,是常规实验室配置的2000倍大。他们让蚊子适应露天实验室。然后,研究人员竭尽所能地唤起蚊子的合适的状态。
分散在整个实验区域的各个站点中,空调管道传送着附近帐篷里的不同人的气味。每个站点,由管道传送过来的气味弥散在加热到人体体温的热盘子上,旁边还有阵阵二氧化碳。科学家们借助红外摄像机观察哪些热盘子变成了蚊子的蹦迪现场。他们发现如果没有添加人体气味,热量和二氧化碳不足以吸引蚊子。
霍华德·休斯医学研究所的神经生物学家兼首席科学官莱斯利·沃斯肖说,“这项研究补充了很多东西。”沃斯肖的实验室最近发现,皮肤化学物质决定了人是否吸引另一个品种的蚊子,即携带黄热病的埃及伊蚊。
一种名为羧酸的化合物对蚊子来说有很强的吸引力。弗吉尼亚理工大学生物化学助理教授克莱默特·维诺格说:“对蚊子来说,真正重要的不是有最丰富的化合物,而是那些化合物相互反应以及相对丰富度。”他最近测试了四种常用的肥皂,发现三种肥皂能增加人类对埃及伊蚊的吸引力,而只有一种——天然椰子以及香草身体肥皂——似乎吸引力会降低,可能是因为蚊子不喜欢椰子油。“简而言之,”维诺格说,“这是个复杂的问题。”
生词积累
menacing
adj.威胁的;险恶的
acclimate to
适应
conjure
v. 想象出,设想出;使浮现于脑海,使想起
scattered
adj.分散的,零散的
duct
n.输送管,导管
suffuse
vt.充满;弥漫
odor
n.气味;名声
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