Intermediate - Of Beauty Pageants and Plastic Surgery (C0656)

A:哟,刘佳,没时间了。你赶快换衣服吧!
Yō, Liú Jiā, méi shíjiān le. Nǐ gǎnkuài huàn yīfu ba!
Hey, Liu Jia, there's no time. Hurry up and change clothes!
B:Monica, 我原来以为不用穿泳装......
Monica, wǒ yuánlái yǐwéi bùyòng chuān yǒngzhuāng......
Monica, I thought we didn't need to wear swimsuits...
C:这是选美比赛,当然要穿咯!
Zhè shì xuǎnměi bǐsài, dāngrán yào chuān lo!
It's a beauty pageant. Of course we have to wear them!
A:哎,你们看那个女的,肯定去隆胸了。
āi, nǐmen kàn nàge nǚ de, kěndìng qù lóngxiōng le.
Ah, look at that girl. She definitely had a boob job.
C:对呀!报名的时候,她的胸部完全是平的。
Duì yā! Bàomíng de shíhou, tā de xiōngbù wánquán shì píng de.
Yeah! When we signed up, her chest was totally flat.
B:啊?比赛允许整容吗?
ǎ? Bǐsài yǔnxǔ zhěngróng ma?
Huh? The pageant allows cosmetic surgery?
A:他们才不管呢!
Tāmen cái bù guǎn ne!
They don't pay any attention to that!
C:是啊。只要是美女就行。
Shì a. Zhǐyào shì měinǚ jiù xíng.
Yeah, as long as the girls are beautiful, it's fine.
A:这里的女孩子,大部分都是人造的。
Zhèlǐ de nǚháizi, dàbùfen dōu shì rénzào de.
Of the girls here, most are artificial.
B:不会吧?我看挺自然的。
Bùhuì ba? Wǒ kàn tǐng zìran de.
What? They look natural to me.
C:刘佳,你真老土。现在的整容技术很发达,根本看不出来。
Liú Jiā, nǐ zhēn lǎotǔ. Xiànzài de zhěngróng jìshù hěn fādá, gēnběn kàn bu chūlai.
Liu Jia, you're really not with it. Nowadays the surgery is really advanced. You can't tell by looking.
A:对啊。而且隆鼻、隆胸、割双眼皮都是小手术。参加选美的人都知道。
Duì a. érqiě lóngbí, lóngxiōng, gē shuāngyǎnpí dōu shì xiǎoshǒushù. Cānjiā xuǎnměi de rén dōu zhīdào.
Right. Besides, nose jobs, boob jobs, and eye jobs are all minor surgery. They're the most basic requisites for a beauty pageant.
B:那是不是不整容就没希望了?
Nà shì bu shì bù zhěngróng jiù méi xīwàng le?
You mean if you don't have surgery you have no hope?
A:可以这么说吧。
Kěyǐ zhème shuō ba.
You could say that.
C:是啊,人人都这么完美。不整容,怎么比得过她们?
Shì a, rénrén dōu zhème wánměi. Bù zhěngróng, zěnme bǐdeguò tāmen?
Yeah, everyone is so perfect. If you don't have surgery, how can you out-compete them?
B:看来这个比赛真的不适合我。
Kànlai zhège bǐsài zhēnde bù shìhé wǒ.
Looks like this pageant is really not for me.

Key Vocabulary

以为yǐwéito think mistakenly
泳装yǒngzhuāngswimsuit
隆胸lóngxiōngboob job
píngflat
允许yǔnxǔto permit
整容zhěngróngcosmetic surgery
guǎnto pay attention to
人造rénzàoartificial
自然zìrannatural
老土lǎotǔout of it
技术jìshùtechnique
发达fādádeveloped
看不出来kàn bu chūlaito be unable to tell
隆鼻lóngbínose job
to cut
双眼皮shuāngyǎnpídouble eyelid
小手术xiǎoshǒushùminor operation
比得过bǐdeguòto be able to compare with

Supplementary Vocabulary

整形zhěngxíngplastic surgery
整形医生zhěngxíng yīshēngplastic surgeon
吸脂xīzhīliposuction
性感xìnggǎnsexy