Intermediate - Professional Photos (C2543)

A: 小芳,给我们看看你上次拍的艺术照吧。
xiǎofāng, gěi wǒmen kànkan nǐ shàngcì pāi de yìshùzhào ba.
Xiao Fang, let us take a look at the artistic photos you had taken last time.
B: 好的,喏。
hǎode, nuò.
Ok. Look.
A: 哇,超赞!
wā, chāozàn!
Wow, they're super great!
C: 这是你吗!认不出来了!
zhè shì nǐ ma! rèn bù chūlái le!
This is you! I can tell it's you!
B: 呵呵,我化妆和不化妆差别很大吧。
hēhē, wǒ huàzhuāng hé bù huàzhuāng chābié hěn dà ba.
Hehe, there's a big difference when I put make-up on.
A: 你素颜就挺美的,化了妆更像大明星了。
nǐ sùyán jiù tǐng měi de, huà le zhuāng gèng xiàng dà míngxīng le.
Your face without make-up is very pretty, so when you put make-up on, you are even more like a star.
B: 呵呵,拍写真都这样。
hēhē, pāi xiězhēn dōu zhèyàng.
Hehe. Having a portrait taken is always like this.
C: 这个妆要花很长时间吧。
zhè ge zhuāng yào huā hěn cháng shíjiān ba.
It must take a long time to put on the make-up.
B: 上粉底、遮瑕和打腮红什么的花了半个多小时。加上做头两小时。
shàng fěndǐ、 zhēxiá hé dǎ sāihóng shénme de huā le bàngeduō xiǎoshí. jiāshàng zuòtóu liǎng xiǎoshí.
It takes more than half an hour for the foundation, concealer and blush and so forth. And on top of that it takes two hours to do a hairdo.
C: 睫毛看起来好长啊。
jiémáo kàn qǐlái hǎo cháng a.
Your eyelashes look so long.
A: 你贴假睫毛了?
nǐ tiē jiǎjiémáo le?
Did you add false eyelashes?
B: 贴了,很重的,加上双眼皮贴,眨眼睛时感觉怪怪的。
tiē le, hěn zhòng de, jiāshàng shuāngyǎnpítiē, zhǎ yǎnjing shí gǎnjué guàiguàide.
Yes, I did. They are so heavy. And then when you add on double eyelid tape, it feels strange when you blink.

Key Vocabulary

艺术照 yìshùzhào artistic photos
nuò look!, here!
超赞 chāozàn super great
rèn to recognize
出来 chūlái (after a verb, indicates completion or ability)
差别 chābié difference
素颜 sùyán face without make-up
明星 míngxīng star
写真 xiězhēn portrait
shàng to apply (make-up)
粉底 fěndǐ foundation (cosmetics)
遮瑕 zhēxiá concealer
to put on
腮红 sāihóng blush
做头 zuòtóu to do a hairdo
tiē to stick or glue on
假睫毛 jiǎjiémáo false eyelashes
双眼皮贴 shuāngyǎnpítiē double eyelid tape
怪怪的 guàiguàide strange

Supplementary Vocabulary

纪念 jìniàn to commemorate
专业 zhuānyè professional
和服 héfú kimono
支持 zhīchí to support
单眼皮 dānyǎnpí single eyelid
杂志 zázhì magazine
承认 chéngrèn to admit or acknowledge
宣传照 xuānchuánzhào publicity photo

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