英文原版对话1000个:1059 Movember

 　　Todd: Jeff, I noticed you're sporting a very nice look. Nice little mustache you got going there.

 

　　Jeff: Yeah, this month … I don't usually have mustaches. I find them … only certain men can wear a mustache and look good. I'm not one of those men. I look horrible in a mustache, but it's November and every year countries like Australia and New Zealand, American and Canada, and especially England have a charity gig called Movember, and it's to raise money for prostate cancer. So in English a nickname¹ for a mustache is a Mo, so November they change the beginning to make it Movember, so all the men must grow a mo or a mustache during November and get donations for prostate cancer, so how it works is that at the beginning of the month, November 1st, you must shave your face clean, and then you start to grow a mustache. Any style you want. A big swirly² one, or a little short, zip across the top lip or a big bushy mustache or handlebar or whatever, and you must grow it for the entire month, and then at the end of the month, you send in your photo to the local contest organization and they choose the best mustaches and you win a prize, and then all the donations, all the money that's raised goes to prostate cancer for men. It's like the pink ribbon campaign for breast cancer for women.

 

　　Todd: That's fantastic.

 

　　Jeff: It's very good but I have to go around looking like a moron³ for a month of November cause I don't look very good with a mustache.

 

　　Todd: Actually, I think you look pretty good. I like your look.

 

　　Jeff: It matches my hairstyle which is not so good either so it's a good match.

 

　　Todd: So you haven't shaved since the first of the month? It's taken you a month to grow that mustache?

 

　　Jeff: That's right. It's a mustache. I shave the rest of my face but you leave a mustache, so yeah, you can't have any other facial hair. You can't have sideburns or a goatee. It must be mustache only, and you shave your face all except your mustache.

 

　　Todd: Oh, I see. So how do you get money for this?

 

　　Jeff: You raise money through donations. You ask your friends and family to sponsor you but, where I'm living right now it's a very foreign concept. They don't know about Movember, so it's hard to get money cause you have to explain what you're doing and they don't really understand, so they're a bit skeptical⁴. Maybe they think you're just trying to get beer money from them.

 

　　Todd: How much have you raised so far?

 

　　Jeff: I've got fifty dollars so far.

 

　　Todd: Fifty!

 

　　Jeff: Yeah, fifty.

 

　　Todd: That's not bad. I'll throw in some. How about I throw in another twenty.

 

　　Jeff: You give me ten and you promise to grow a mustache next year, and we're even.

 

　　Todd: OK, that sounds like a deal. 10 Bucks⁵ and I grow a mustache.

1 nickname   

n.绰号，昵称；v.给...取绰号，叫错名字

参考例句：

• She called me by my nickname.她叫我的外号。
• Why do you fasten such a nickname on her?你为什么给她取这样一个绰号？

2 swirly   

成涡旋形的

参考例句：

• There is now a black swirly animation when a spell is resisted. 当法术被抵抗的时候有一个黑色旋涡形的效果。 来自互联网

3 moron   

n.极蠢之人，低能儿

参考例句：

• I used to think that Gordon was a moron.我曾以为戈登是个白痴。
• He's an absolute moron!他纯粹是个傻子！

4 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

5 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》