Miss Canada sets eyes on world title

    Vancouver, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Canada's entry into Miss World contest（竞赛） is hoping that her gown made by a noted¹ Chinese-Canadian dressmaker （女装裁缝师）will make a difference in helping² her to secure the crown.
    Denise Garrido, a 23-year-old Ontario（安大略湖） native, won the title in May in Vancouver, beating a field of more than 30 candidates.
    She returned to the west coast city over the past week for her fittings with designer Sandra Sung prior to catching³ a plane late Wednesday night to China. The pageant⁴ will be held in October in south China resort city of Sanya.
    Sung, one of Canada's most prolific⁵ bridal designers, has created several outfits⁶ for Garrido, including a stunning⁷ gown in a mermaid-style cut that flares⁸ out in a "poof" at the bottom.
    "Sandra described the color as midnight blue so it's a very, very dark blue. But it has elements of green as when it reflects in the light you kind of see a green tint⁹. The color is really lovely. It's a one shoulder dress, ..., that's really, really nice," said the biomedical sciences graduate.
    "After talking to her and seeing her designs, she has very elegant styles. She really knows how to fit a dress to a girl. Trying it on yesterday, it fit like a glove. It's very, very well done," said Garrido, who will be lugging¹⁰ around four suitcases in her travels through Beijing, Shanghai, Inner Mongolia and Hainan Island.
    As a veteran of several beauty contests, including the environmentally-themed Earth pageant in the Philippines, the 178 cm, 61 kg Garrido said she liked to mix things up at the events to showcase her many talents.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

2 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

3 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

4 pageant   

n.壮观的游行；露天历史剧

参考例句：

• Our pageant represented scenes from history.我们的露天历史剧上演一幕幕的历史事件。
• The inauguration ceremony of the new President was a splendid pageant.新主席的就职典礼的开始是极其壮观的。

5 prolific   

adj.丰富的，大量的；多产的，富有创造力的

参考例句：

• She is a prolific writer of novels and short stories.她是一位多产的作家，写了很多小说和短篇故事。
• The last few pages of the document are prolific of mistakes.这个文件的最后几页错误很多。

6 outfits   

n.全套装备( outfit的名词复数 )；一套服装；集体；组织v.装备，配置设备，供给服装( outfit的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He jobbed out the contract to a number of small outfits. 他把承包工程分包给许多小单位。 来自辞典例句
• Some cyclists carry repair outfits because they may have a puncture. 有些骑自行车的人带修理工具，因为他们车胎可能小孔。 来自辞典例句

7 stunning   

adj.极好的；使人晕倒的

参考例句：

• His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
• The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。

8 flares   

n.喇叭裤v.（使）闪耀( flare的第三人称单数 )；（使）（船舷）外倾；（使）鼻孔张大；（使）（衣裙、酒杯等）呈喇叭形展开

参考例句：

• The side of a ship flares from the keel to the deck. 船舷从龙骨向甲板外倾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation. 他是火爆性子，一点就着。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 tint   

n.淡色，浅色；染发剂；vt.着以淡淡的颜色

参考例句：

• You can't get up that naturalness and artless rosy tint in after days.你今后不再会有这种自然和朴实无华的红润脸色。
• She gave me instructions on how to apply the tint.她告诉我如何使用染发剂。

10 lugging   

超载运转能力

参考例句：

• I would smile when I saw him lugging his golf bags into the office. 看到他把高尔夫球袋拖进办公室，我就笑一笑。 来自辞典例句
• As a general guide, S＄1 should be adequate for baggage-lugging service. 一般的准则是，如有人帮你搬运行李，给一新元就够了。 来自互联网