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Unit 47
Shopping for jewelry
出國旅遊/逛街購物
Travel Abroa/Shopping
BRAIN STORM
Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.
Do you like wearing jewelries? Why or why not?
VOCABULARY
Repeat these sentences after your teacher.
1. necklace (n.) 項鍊
A necklace of silver, glass and amber.
一條用銀、玻璃和琥珀做成的項鍊
2. fancy (v.) 昂貴的;精緻的
Did you see the fancy car over the way?
路上看到那輛豪車了嗎?
3. silver (n.) 銀的
He won a silver medal at the European Championships.
他在歐洲錦標賽上獲得了銀牌。
4. pair with 和……搭配
Pair it with a T-shirt and low sandals.
搭配 T 恤和低跟涼鞋。
5. It’s not me 不適合我
How do you know it’s not me?
你怎麼知道不是我?
6. stones (n.) 寶石;鑽石
I was afraid of starting a slide of loose stones.
我害怕開始滑石 。
7. earrings (n.) 耳環
Do those earrings clip on?
那些耳環可以夾嗎?
8. pierced (adj.) 穿孔,刺穿
She’s had her ears pierced.
她的耳朵被打了洞。
Dialogue
Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.
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Wow! Look at that necklace! It’s beautiful!
哇!快看那條項鍊!好美呀!
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It is. Do you want to go into the store?
確實!你想進店裡看看嗎?
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Sure. They have nice fashion jewelry, and I need something fancy for Anna’s wedding.
好啊。他們的時尚首飾都不錯,正好我要買些好點的配飾參加Anna婚禮的時候戴。
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Right. How about this silver ring? It’s simple and easy to pair with clothes.
可以。這枚銀戒指怎麼樣?簡單大方而且很好搭配衣服。
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It’s nice, but it’s not me. I usually wear gold and prefer necklaces. Like that one over there!
還行,但是不太適合我。我平時戴黃金飾品比較多,而且我喜歡帶項鍊。就像那邊那個!
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That one’s very you. I love the blue stones and it comes with cute earrings too.
那個確實很適合你。我喜歡藍寶石的,那個還有配套的漂亮耳環。
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They are cute! But I don’t have my ears pierced.
太好看了!但是我沒有打耳洞。
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What? You should get them done! It won’t hurt.
什麼?那你應該去打耳洞了。不會疼的。
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I don’t know. Should I?
我也不確定,我要去嗎?
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Yes! Let’s do it today! They’ll take 2 months to heal, and I can get some earrings for your birthday.
當然。我們今天就去。兩個月就痊癒了,這樣等你過生日的時候我就可以送你耳環了。
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Oh, all right! But this better not hurt!
好吧。最好不會很疼。
Article
Read the article aloud with your teacher.
HISTORY OF EAR PIERCING
Ear piercing tradition is said to have started about 5000 years ago by the Europe’s oldest mummy named Otzi, who was found on the border between Austria and Italy with her ears pierced.
Other ancient proofs of ear piercing, as a fashion or a tradition, are the carved images of soldiers who had their ear lobes pierced on the walls of the Persian Empire.
It’s also said that the pharaoh, Tutankhamun (yes! you can also call him King Tut) who was the king of the new Empire Period also had his ears pierced. The proof of it lies in his death mask in which the ears were holed as well but the holes were covered with discs.
The tradition of wearing earrings became famous in Western Europe at the time of English Renaissance i.e. in late 16th century. It’s said that at that time and even before it, earrings were most worn by sailors who wore them for 2 reasons: a few of them perforated their ears as a symbol of achieving an accomplishment of having sailed the world, or crossing the equator successfully. While others had a perception that perforation of their ear would improve their eyesight.
However in the 16th century ear piercing became a high end fashion among the gentlemen who would wear gold, stone or pearl earrings to show off their elite status.
Now fast forward to today ear piercing shops are very common.
DISCUSSION
Make a conversation with your teacher.
1.Do jewelries contribute to your image? Why do you think so?
2.Do jewelries have value? What jewelries can you exchange for money?
3.What jewelry do you think will suit you?
4.Is piercing your ears good? Why? Or why not?