怎么形容一个人长得丑：Look like the back end of a bus

今天我们要学习的是这个英文短语：Look like the back end of a bus 长相丑陋

让我们先来听一段BBC Standard English 的录音：

Hello, Feifei. Hi, Helen.

你好，菲菲。你好，海伦。

Getting ready for The English We Speak? Well, kind of.

准备好开始地道英语节目了吗？嗯，差不多。

Look at you - are you going somewhere special later? Yes, I am. As it happens, I'm going for an audition for a new TV programme.

看看你，你一会儿要去特别的地方吗？是的。实际上，我一会儿要去参加一个新电视节目的试镜。

What new programme is it? It's called The Analysis - it's all about current affairs and, you know, serious news items.

那个新节目是什么？节目叫做《The Analysis》，是一档有关时事的节目，你知道，是严肃的新闻节目。

Really, I would have thought you would be auditioning for a celebrity chat show. You're looking awfully glamorous for a news programme.

真的吗，我以为你会去试镜名人访谈节目。主持新闻节目，你看上去太迷人了。

Well, you can't look like the back end of a bus when you go on TV, no matter what kind of TV programme it is. What? Back end of a bus? What's 'bus' got to do with TV?

你不能丑丑地上电视，无论是哪种节目。什么？公交车的后面？电视和公交车有什么关系？

Oh, you know what I mean. What do you see on the back of a bus? Er, a window and. . . er, exhaust pipes?

哦，你知道我是什么意思。你在公交车的后面能看到什么？额，窗户还有，嗯，排气管？

Not much to see, is there? No, who would want to look at the back end of a bus? It's so ugly.

没有什么可看的，对吧？没有，谁想去看公交车的后面啊？太丑了。

Exactly. Nobody wants to look at the back end of a bus. If I looked like the back end of the bus, nobody would hire me in TV.

没错。没有人想看公交车的后面。如果我看上去像公交车的后面，那电视台里是没有人想雇我的。

I get it. The phrase 'look like the back end of a bus' means looking ugly. You want to look your best - that's why you're wearing make-up and that beautiful dress.

我明白了。look like the back end of a bus这个短语的意思是看上去很丑。你希望展现你最好的一面，这就是你化妆又穿漂亮裙子的原因。

That's right. I can't believe what a vengeful person Mike is. We broke up last Friday.

没错。我真不敢相信迈克是复仇心这么重的人。我们上周五分手了。

It doesn't surprise me. I've never thought much of him! And he wrote to his friends that he dumped me because I look like the back end of a bus.

这并不让我惊讶。我从来没觉得他有多好。他还写信给他的朋友们说是他甩了我，因为我长得太丑了。

Oh, no! What a horrible thing to say! He should look in the mirror himself. So this expression, 'look like the back end of a bus' is not a very pretty thing to say to anyone.

哦不！那是件多可怕的事情啊！他真应该照照镜子。所以这个表达对任何人来说都是不好的事情。

It would really offend somebody. No, you should definitely not use it to describe what someone looks like.

这会冒犯别人的。对，你绝对不能用这个短语来形容别人的外貌。

Let's hope this new dress is worth the money I spent on it. See you later. Good luck!

我希望这条新裙子能值得我买它花的价钱。一会儿见。祝你好运！

OK，今天就到这儿吧。（附送两幅美丽的车屁股画）

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