【要闻】BBC随身英语：Tattoos: good or bad? 文身是好是坏？

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文体越来越流行了！ 在英国，文体的人比以前多了，这到底好还是坏？ 文体一直备受争议，很多人对文体有“爱它和恨它”的观点。 这几年人们对文体的看法改变了吗？ 和以前相比，现在雇主能接受有文体的应聘者和员工吗？ 文体有什么危险？ 这次的“随身英语”讨论文体的好坏。

vocabulary: tattoos用语:文体

do you have any tattoos？ id on ' t.I ' veneverbeenbraveenoughtogoundertheneedle.butifyoudohaveone，youarenotalone.accordingtoareportbyexperian， thenumberoftattooparloursinbritainincreasedby 173 % between 2004 and.tattooshavealwaysbeencontroversial–personallyandcultral。 eoplelovethemandsomehatethem.so，are they good or bad？

these days，oneinfivepeopleintheukhassomeink–whether it ' sacommemorativedate， asleeveorafullbodysuit.what ' sresponsiblefore " youseealotofcelebritiesgettingtattood， " saysleeclementsofthebritishtattooartistasociationspeakingonbbcradio.as result " peoplewanttocopythemoritbecomesafashionthing–

employershavebecomemoreacceptingofvisibletatstoo.last year， London ' smetropolitanpolicerelaxedabanonrecruitingcandidateswithvisiblebodyart.andearlierthisyear，airnewzealandsaiditwouldens

that said，notallemployerswouldagree.grace，28，toldthebbcthatshehadbeenofferedjobsinsales， whichwerethenwithdrawnwhenemployerssawherhandtattoo." itfeelslikehavingatatooisnotsocialyacceptable， " shesays." havingatattoodoesnotamounttoaprotectoratthegmbunion，" remarks susan harris，legal director at the gmb union， auktradeunion.thismeansapersoncanbedismissedforhavingoneifitbreachestheemployer ' s dress code–exceptonreligiousgrounds。

andlet ' snotforgettheriskofinfection.atpresentanyoneintheukcansetuparlourandofferprocedureswithoutpropertraining， areportfromtheroyalsocietyforpublichealthsays.theynotethatjustunder 20 % ofthosetattooedexperiencenegativesideeffects，Inulucts

itseemsthatattitudestotattoosarechanging， buttheyaren ' tquitethereyet.shouldyoubepersuadedtohaveone–visitareputabletatooartistwithaportfolio.discussyourdesignwith if YY yourtattoowillneedlaserremovaloracoverup.bettergetatemporarytatoorhennatatoofirstandseeifyou ' rehaphase

词汇表

under the needle文体

tattoo parlour文体馆

ink墨水

commemorative纪念的

sleeve (一根文体像)袖子

body suit (文体像一个东西)连接着身体

tat (非正式说)文体

body art身体艺术

inpiduality个性

cultural heritage的文化遗产

socially acceptable社会接受的

dress code服装要求

infection感染

procedure (文体)服务

swelling肿胀

burning发烧，很热(感)

用laser removal激光去除文体

cover up被遮盖

temporary tattoo“临时文体”

henna tattoo海纳文体

测试和练习

1 .阅读课文，回答问题。

1.trueorfalse:britainhadmoretattooparloursinthanitdid 10 years prior

2.whydoesleeclementsfeelmorepeoplehavetattoosthesedays？

3.whydidairnewzealandendanemployeebanonbodyart？

4.trueorfalse:thelawwillprotectyouifyouloseyourjobforhavingatatoo

5.whatcanyoudoifyoudon ' twantyourtattooanymore？

2 .请在不参考文本的情况下完成以下练习。 在句子的空格中选择适当意义的单词。

1.iamhonouredtounveilthis _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ statuededicatedtothefirefightersoflondon。

inpidualityheritagecoverupcommemorative

2.hisinjurywillbefine.there is some _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ aroundtheshoulder，but it will go down。

infectiontemporarytattooswellingculturalheritage

3. when i was 14，Mymumletmegeta _ _ _ _ _ _ _ itlastedaweekbeforefading！

ink tattoo sleeve henna tattoo

4.this second-handclothwasabargain！ thetearjustneedsaquick _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ soi ' llpatchit！

parlourinpidualityprocedurecoverup

5. i'm scared of syringes，SOI ' MFairlysurei ' LL Never _ _ _ Theneedleandgetatoo！

go over go under go around go along

答案

1 .阅读课文，回答问题。

1.trueorfalse:britainhadmoretattooparloursinthanitdid 10 years prior。

true.accordingtoareportbyexperian，thenumberoftattooparloursinbritainincreasedby 173 % between 2004 and。

2.whydoesleeclementsfeelmorepeoplehavetattoosthesedays？

hesaysthatpeoplewanttocopythetattoosthatcelebritieshave。

3.whydidairnewzealandendanemployeebanonbodyart？

itendedthebantoallowworkerstoexpresstheirinpidualityandculturalheritage。

4.trueorfalse:thelawwillprotectyouifyouloseyourjobforhavingatatoo

false.havingatattoodoesnotamounttoaprotectedcharacteristic，andapersoncanbedismissedforhavingoneifitbreachestheemployer ' s

5.whatcanyoudoifyoudon ' twantyourtattooanymore？

youcancoverituporhavelaserremoval。

2 .请在不参考文本的情况下完成以下练习。 选择适合文件中空格式的单词。

1.iamhonouredtounveilthiscommemorativestatuededicatedtothefirefightersoflondon。

2.hisinjurywillbefine.thereissomeswellingaroundtheshoulder，but it will go down。

3. when i was 14，mymumletmegetahennatatoo.itlastedaweekbeforefading！

4.this second-handclothwasabargain！ thetearjustneedsaquickcoverupsoi ' llpatchit！

5. i'm scared of syringes，SOI ' MFairlysurei ' Llnevergoundertheneedleandgetatoo！

实习:姚依明

责任:潘程

来源：简阳新闻