作者：小雅和英美友人
Dressing Up a Barbie
装扮芭比娃娃
Mom: Grandma prepared lots of cute outfits for your Barbie.
妈妈：奶奶为你的芭比娃娃准备了很多身儿漂亮的衣服。
Cute既有可爱，又有漂亮的意思，这里指漂亮。
Why don't we try them out on her?
咱们给她穿上试试吧。
Child: Okay!
宝宝：好的！
☀ Dressing Up for a Night Out
精心打扮晚上出去
Mom: Let's put on this tiara, dress, jacket, and pair of shoes.
妈妈：我们给她戴上皇冠，穿上裙子、外套和这双鞋。
It looks like that outfit we saw in the magazine yesterday.
它看起来很像我们昨天在杂志上看到的套装。
Child: It does!
宝宝：是的！
Mom: First, put her arms through the armholes
妈妈：首先，把她的胳膊伸到袖子里，
英语口语中会用到armhole这个词，但是在中文口语中，没有对应的词。
and through the sleeves.
然后从袖子里伸出来。
Great, make sure to do the buttons on the back of the dress.
很好，一定要把裙子后面的扣子扣上。
Child: It fits just right!
宝宝：它很合身！
Mom: It does – it's very flattering on her.
妈妈：是的，它让她更漂亮了。
Child: Here's her jacket.
宝宝：这是她的外套。
We don't want her to catch a cold on her night out.
我们别让她晚上出去的时候感冒了。
Mom: Yeah, we definitely want her to stay warm.
妈妈：嗯，我们当然希望她暖暖活活的。
It makes her look glamourous.
这让她看起来很迷人。
There's a little button we need to button at the front.
前面有一个小扣子，我们需要扣一下。
Child: Okay.
宝宝：好的。
Now her shoes.
现在该穿鞋了。
Look, Mom, she has some boots.
看，妈妈，她还有靴子呢。
They look like yours.
看起来很像你的那双。
Mom: Yup! They do.
妈妈：嗯！是的。
Just slip her boots onto her feet.
把靴子套在她脚上。
What hairstyle should we give Barbie?
我们要给芭比梳什么发型呢？
Should we do her hair up in a bun
我们给她盘个丸子头，
or leave her hair down?
还是梳披肩发？
Child: I like her hair down!
宝宝：我喜欢披肩发！
She looks pretty this way!
她这样看起来很漂亮！
Mom: Don't forget to put her tiara on.
妈妈：别忘了给她戴上皇冠。
Tiara是crown的一种，它通常比较小，而且不是一整圈的。
She will look like a princess in it.
戴上以后她就像公主了。
So, what is she doing after getting all dressed up?
那么，她打扮好之后要去做什么呢？
Child: She's going to a concert.
宝宝：她要去听音乐会。
Mom: I'm so jealous!
妈妈：我好羡慕哦！
Barbie is going to have a great night.
芭比会有一个很美好的夜晚。
☀ Activewear 运动服饰
Child: Let's put on her gym outfit now.
宝宝：现在咱们给她穿上健身套装吧。
Mom: Yes, she can go running or lift weights at the gym.
妈妈：好的，她可以去健身房跑步或者举铁。
Child: I want to take off her evening gown.
宝宝：我要帮她把晚礼服脱了。
Mom: Okay.
妈妈：好的。
Now just slip this gym shirt over her head.
现在把这件健身衣从她头上套过去吧。
Child: And here are her gym pants.
宝宝：然后是她的健身裤。
They have an elastic waist band.
裤子有松紧带。
Mom: You're right.
妈妈：你说对了。
I'll put her sneakers on.
我来帮她把运动鞋穿上。
What hairstyle should we give Barbie when she goes to the gym?
芭比去健身房的时候我们给她梳什么发型呢？
Maybe do up her hair in a ponytail?
要不然给她扎个马尾？
Child: Sure.
宝宝：好的。
Mom: There's one more thing that Barbie needs before she starts exercising -
开始锻炼之前芭比还需要一样东西，
a fitness tracker!
一个运动手环！
Child: Okay, I'll help her put it on.
宝宝：好的，我帮她戴上。
Mom: Do you know what else she will bring to the gym?
妈妈：你知道她还要带些什么去健身房吗？
She wants to bring dumbbells, a water bottle, protein bar, duffel bag, hula hoop and a yoga mat.
她要带哑铃，水瓶，蛋白棒，健身包，呼啦圈和一个瑜伽垫。
Child: All set!
宝宝：都准备好了！
Let's take a picture
咱们拍张照片，
and send it to Grandma!发给奶奶！
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