实用英语：Mullet 前短后长的发型

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　　Jo: Hello, I'm Jo and this is Real English from BBC Learning English.
        　　Lily: Hello, I'm Lily. 我们的地道英语专门向大家介绍英式英语中最流行的词汇和成语，其中很多都是字典上查不到的。 Jo
今天我们要学习的新短语是什么?
        　　Jo: Yes, we're going to look at the word mullet M.U.L.L.E.T. mullet.
        　　Lily: 什么是 a mullet?
        　　Jo: It's actually a hairstyle.
        　　Lily: A hairstyle? What kind of hairstyle?
        　　Jo: Well, it's a hairstyle from the 1980s. If you have a mullet you have
long hair at the back but it will be short at the sides and on top.
        　　Lily: 这么说， a mullet 就是一种上短，侧短，后边长的特定发型。那么是不是男女都适用?
        　　Jo: They can but it was originally a man's hairstyle that was called a
mullet.
        　　Lily: 这种发型仍然时髦吗?
        　　Jo: Not at all, no. People make lots of jokes about the mullet hairstyle.
It was very fashionable in the 1980s though. Is there a Chinese word for this
kind of hairstyle Lily?
        　　Lily: 好像没有。 Not that I know.
        　　Jo: Just to give you a better idea, let's listen to an example.
        　　Example
        　　A: These old photos are really embarrassing!
        　　B: Oh my god! Look at your hair on that one – great mullet!
        　　A: Yeah thanks…
        　　Lily: So Jo, I have to ask you, have you ever had a mullet?
        　　Jo: I'm embarrassed to say I have yes. When I was a teenager in the 1980s I
had a great mullet – it was very short at the sides and on top and quite long at
the back. Very, very embarrassing – I'm embarrassed just talking about it!
        　　Lily: 瞧，你都脸红了，越来越红!!! I wish I could see a photo!
        　　Jo: No, I won't be showing you any of those, thank you!! Oh look – it's the
end of the programme!
        　　Lily: Jo, 别打岔， 我一定要找到一张你剪怪发型时候的照片!! Jo and a mullet!
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        　　Jo: You've been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. Bye
for now.
        　　Lily: 再会!