I want to dye my hair green
我想把头发染成绿色
Many of my friends have dyed their hair different colors.
我的许多朋友把头发染成了不同的颜色。
I don’t mean normal hair colors like brown or black.
我指的不是普通的头发颜色，比如棕色或黑色。
My friends have dyed their hair orange, purple and blue.
我的朋友们把头发染成橙色、紫色和蓝色。
I told my mother that I would like to dye my hair green.
我告诉妈妈我想把头发染成绿色。
I explained to my mother that I would only use food coloring.
我向母亲解释说，我只使用食用色素。
The green would not last forever.
绿色不会永远存在。
My mother said that dyeing your hair was a silly fad.
我妈妈说染你的头发是一种愚蠢的时尚。
She said that I would not look good with green hair.
她说我留着绿头发不好看。
I said that if I couldn’t dye my hair green, maybe I could get a nose ring.
我说如果我不能把头发染成绿色，也许我可以戴个鼻环。
My mother said “no.”
我妈妈说“不”。
I said that maybe a tattoo on my arm would be nice.
我说也许我手臂上的纹身会很好看。
My mother said “no way.”
我妈妈说“不行。”
My mother said that she did some crazy things when she was a young girl.
我妈妈说她小时候做过一些疯狂的事。
She said that she used to iron her hair to make it straight.
她说她过去常把头发熨直。
That sounds quite boring to me.
这听起来很无聊。
My friend Joan came over.
我的朋友琼过来了。
Her hair is dyed bright pink.
她的头发染成了亮粉色。
My father said “nice hair, Joan.”
我父亲说：“漂亮的头发，琼。”
I don’t think that he really meant it.
我认为他不是真心的。
My mother says that when I am an adult I can dye my hair whatever crazy color I like, but for now she would like me to leave my hair its natural color.
我母亲说，当我成年后，我可以把头发染成我喜欢的任何疯狂的颜色，但现在她希望我的头发保持自然的颜色。
I tried to tell her that all my friends were doing it.
我试着告诉她我所有的朋友都在这么做。
My mother asked, “if all your friends were jumping off a cliff, would you do it too?”
我母亲问：“如果你所有的朋友都从悬崖上跳下来，你也会跳吗？”
I said “no.”
我说“不”。
I think I’ll have to wait to have green hair, but maybe by the time I’m old enough to dye my hair green, I won’t want it that color.
我想我要染上一头绿色的头发，那就得等着，但也许等我长大到可以把头发染成绿色的时候，我可能就不想要那种颜色了。
My mother says that fads change all the time.
我妈妈说时尚总是在变。
One day something might be popular, and the next day it’s not in style at all.
某天某样东西可能很流行，但第二天就完全不流行了。
I’ll just have to live without green hair for now.
我现在只能过没有绿头发的生活。
I wonder what the fad will be next month.
我想知道下个月会流行什么。
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