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DebbieMillmanSTBI_2019V-_眼镜的功能与时尚_-
I think that at the time, 我觉得当时
Catwoman had a really cool pair of glasses in the Batman series that was on television. 电视剧《蝙蝠侠》系列中 猫女的眼镜特别酷。
Catwoman:猫女(虚拟人物); Batman:n.勤务兵;传令兵;蝙蝠侠; series:n.系列,连续;[电]串联;级数;丛书;
And I wanted to be cool like her. 而我想变得和她一样酷。
It didn't occur to me that glasses were really a medical device . 我当时并没有意识到 眼镜其实是一种医疗器械。
occur:v.发生;出现;存在于;出现在; device:n.装置;策略;图案;
(Small Thing.) [ 小事物 ]
(Big Idea.) [ 大智慧 ]
When light rays reflect off an object and enter the eye through the cornea , your retina converts this light into electrical impulses that are sent to the brain, which interprets the impulses and allows you to understand what you're seeing. 当光线在物体表面反射 并通过角膜进入眼睛, 你的视网膜会把这道光 转换成电脉冲, 传递到大脑。 大脑则会转译这些电脉冲, 让你明白自己所看到的东西。
reflect:v.反映;映出(影像);反射;表明,表达; cornea:n.[解剖]角膜; retina:n.[解剖]视网膜; converts:vt.使转变; vi.转变,变换; n.皈依者; electrical:adj.有关电的;电气科学的; impulses:n.[心理]冲动; v.推动(impulse的第三人称单数); interprets:解释;作口译;
Eyeglasses help you see. 眼镜能帮你看清世界。
Eyeglasses:n.眼镜(等于glasses);
The earliest forms of eye gear can be traced back 4,000 years. 最早的眼部装备 可以追溯到四千年前。
gear:n.齿轮; v.适合; traced:v.发现;追踪;追究;描绘;记述;(trace的过去分词和过去式)
Cultures that needed to adapt to climates that were snowy created eye shields , and they were made of bone and animal hides. 需要适应多雪气候的族群 创造了护目挡板—— 它由骨头和动物皮毛制成。
adapt:vt.使适应;改编;vi.适应; shields:n.盾牌; v.屏蔽; (shield的第三人称单数)
They had small slits for people to see through , but no lenses . 上面留有些许小缝 让人能看到挡板外的事物, 但没有镜片。
slits:n.裂缝(slit的复数);[光]狭缝;v.使成狭缝;撕裂(slit的三单形式); see through:adj.透明的;穿透的; lenses:n.透镜;镜片;(眼球的)晶状体;(lens的复数)
The first vision aid was called a reading stone and was invented over 1,000 years ago. 最早的助视器叫做“阅读石”, 它发明于一千多年前。
vision:n.视力;美景;幻象;想象力;v.想象;显现;梦见;
It's not exactly clear who invented the first eyeglasses, but many people attribute it to the Italians . 没有人知道 到底是谁发明了最早的眼镜, 但很多人将其归功于意大利人。
attribute:n.属性;象征;v.把…归因于;认为…属于;认为某人(某物)具有某种特性; Italians:n.意大利人(Italian的复数形式);
Early versions of eyeglasses were called rivet spectacles . 早期的眼镜 被称为“铆接型镜片”。
rivet:n.铆钉;vt.铆接;固定;(把目光,注意力等)集中于; spectacles:n.眼镜;精彩的表演;大场面;(spectacle的复数)
They were two magnifying glasses that were hinged together at the bridge of the nose. 它们由两片放大镜构成, 在鼻梁处用铰链连接。
magnifying:v.放大;扩大;增强;夸大;(magnify的现在分词) hinged:adj.有铰链的;铰链式的;v.给…装上绞链;依…而定(hinge的过去分词);
It took some time for eyeglasses to land on the perfect design. 人们花了不少时间才摸索出了 眼镜的最佳设计。
They didn't really have sides, which are also called temples, or arms, until about the 17th century. 刚开始它们并没有镜腿, 镜腿又称为“太阳穴”或“镜臂”。 这种设计延续到 17 世纪。
Modern-day eyeglasses feature a pair of rims that hold corrective lenses, a bridge that connects the rims, sides that slide behind the ears, hinges that connect the sides to the frames , and on some glasses, a pair of temple tips for behind the ear comfort. 现代眼镜的特点是 有一副镜圈 能固定视力矫正镜片、 一个衔接两个镜圈的鼻梁、 架在耳朵上的镜腿, 还有把镜腿连接到镜圈上的铰链。 有的眼镜上还有一对腿套, 让耳后更加舒适。
Modern-day:adj.当代的;今日的; rims:abbr.远程信息管理系统(RemoteInformationManagementSystem); corrective:adj.矫正的;惩治的;n.矫正物;改善法; hinges:n.铰链;合叶;v.给(某物)装铰链;(hinge的第三人称单数和复数) frames:n.[计][电子][通信]帧,[电影]画面;[建][计]框架;眼镜架(frame的复数); tips:n.尖端; v.(使)倾斜,翻覆; (tip的第三人称单数和复数)
In American culture, 20th century cinema helped popularize eyeglasses. 在美国文化中, 20 世纪的电影让眼镜开始风靡。
popularize:vt.普及;使通俗化;vi.通俗化;
Audiences would see glamorous actresses and actors donning glasses to take on a different persona . 观众看到魅力四射的演员们 戴上眼镜, 转身变为另一个人物。
glamorous:adj.迷人的,富有魅力的; donning:v.插筒管;套上假肢(don的ing形式); persona:n.人物角色;伪装的外表;
Sometimes a pair of glasses became popularized by the actual person that was wearing them, and then that personality trait was projected into the actual device. 有时一副眼镜的流行 缘起于戴那副眼镜的人, 之后那个人的性格特质 被投射到了眼镜上。
popularized:vt.普及;使通俗化;vi.通俗化; personality:n.性格;个性;人格;魅力;气质;名人;特色; trait:n.特性,特点;品质;少许;
You had the aviator glasses, which showed a forward-thinking , adventurous type of person. 比如飞行员眼镜 彰显了超前的思维 和富有冒险精神的个性。
aviator:n.飞行员; forward-thinking:adj.前瞻的,有远见的; adventurous:adj.爱冒险的;大胆的;充满危险的;
Glasses with heavy frames signified intelligence or nerdiness. 镜框厚重的眼镜 则象征着智慧, 或者“技术宅”。
signified:n.所指;意指;受指;v.表明;预示(signify的过去分词); intelligence:n.智力;智慧;才智;(尤指关于敌国的)情报;
Wayfarers signified this kind of nerdy punk , the outlaw , the misfit . 徒步旅行者眼镜 则代表着宅男朋克、 自我放逐, 与社会格格不入的特征。
nerdy:adj.书呆子式的;n.令人厌烦的人; punk:n.废物;小阿飞;年轻无知的人;adj.朋客,崩客;无用的,低劣的; outlaw:n.歹徒; vt.宣布…为不合法; misfit:n.不适合;不适应环境的人;vt.对…不适合;
Glasses have become so popular as a fashion device that some people actually don glasses without a prescription lens at all, because they want to portray a certain attribute about themselves. 眼镜作为一种时尚配置 已变得如此流行。 有些人甚至会戴上 没有度数的眼镜, 因为他们想为自己 塑造出某种特质。
prescription:n.处方;药方;医生开的药;开处方; portray:vt.描绘;扮演;
Glasses are a lifeline to people. 眼镜对人们至关重要。
lifeline:n.生命线;救生索;
People that can't see well enough to drive, well enough to cook, well enough to read rely on glasses for maintaining their lives. 那些因视力不佳 而无法开车、 无法做饭、无法阅读的人, 都需要依赖眼镜来维持正常生活。
rely:vi.依靠;信赖; maintaining:n.维护;保养;v.维持;保养;(maintain的现在分词)
And there's lots of other objects in our society that have been created to help overcome various physical obstacles . 在我们的社会中, 也有有很多其他物件 被创造出来 以帮助人们战胜各种生理障碍。
overcome:vt.克服;胜过;vi.克服;得胜; physical:adj.[物]物理的;身体的;物质的;符合自然法则的;n.体格检查; obstacles:n.障碍;障碍物;阻碍;(obstacle的复数形式)
And it's only the eyeglasses that have catapulted to that fashion statement . 只有眼镜, 登上了时尚舞台。
catapulted:n.弹弓; vt.用弹弓射; vi.用弹射器弹射; fashion statement:n.时尚宣言(为引人注目而穿戴或拥有的奇装异服);
Wouldn't it be wonderful if anything that we use, any device that we've invented to help our humanity could also be elevated in the same way? 如果我们使用的所有东西, 为了帮助人类 而发明出的所有设备 都能以同种方式得到升华 那该有多么美妙？
humanity:n.人类;人道;仁慈;人文学科; elevated:adj.提高的;高尚的;欢欣的;v.提高;振奋;提拔;(elevate的过去分词和过去式)
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