VOA慢速英语2014 肯尼亚女性回归自然发型

 

AS IT IS 2014-09-13 Kenya Women Return to Natural Hair 肯尼亚女性回归自然发型

Many women enjoy getting their hair done at a beauty salon¹. They say they feel better about themselves and their looks after such a visit. Twenty-two year old Monica Wamaitha works in a salon in the center of Nairobi. She is skilled at creating hair weaves and wigs² for customers. Yet she keeps her natural hair.

“I decided³ to go natural because I want to be myself. I don’t want to perm my hair or put weaves because I want to be myself with my natural hair.”

After years of complex hair styles being popular, many Kenyan women are accepting a simpler look. Twenty-five year-old Alice Nannatte says wants to feel respected in her own skin and for her natural look.

“Natural hair is very easy to maintain because you don’t really think so much about ‘if my hair looks bad’ cause you can maintain it (yourself). I don’t like weaves because I find them just being too plastic. So natural for me is the way to go.”

Muli Musyoka is a trichologist -- someone who deals with hair treatment and scalp problems. He says one reason why women are turning away from modern hair products is they find them hard to use correctly.  

“Most of our women have been frustrated⁴ with the products we have in the market – some of them being very good products but being misused⁵ at the salon. So they end up leaving hair damaged or even scalp burns. There is also the issue of right now everyone in the world is scared of cancer and you do not want to expose yourself to a lot of chemicals. So there is also that notion, that if you keep natural hair, you will be in a position to use natural products.”      

The hair care business in Kenya is a huge industry. Benson Kimemia owns a beauty salon. He says women returning to a more natural look have not hurt his business.

He says he started his salon to motivate people to have the best natural hair – including dreadlocks. He says more and more people are going natural – as compared to a few years back – because people have seen too much chemical damage. They know natural is easier and God given – so they are embracing it.

1 salon   

n.[法]沙龙；客厅；营业性的高级服务室

参考例句：

• Do you go to the hairdresser or beauty salon more than twice a week?你每周去美容院或美容沙龙多过两次吗？
• You can hear a lot of dirt at a salon.你在沙龙上会听到很多流言蜚语。

2 wigs   

n.假发，法官帽( wig的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They say that wigs will be coming in again this year. 据说今年又要流行戴假发了。 来自辞典例句
• Frank, we needed more wigs than we thought, and we have to do some advertising. 弗兰克，因为我们需要更多的假发，而且我们还要做点广告。 来自电影对白

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 misused   

v.使用…不当( misuse的过去式和过去分词 )；把…派作不正当的用途；虐待；滥用

参考例句：

• He misused his dog shamefully. 他可耻地虐待自己的狗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had grossly misused his power. 他严重滥用职权。 来自《简明英汉词典》