Pre-reading
Question: What is she doing in the skinny jeans?
Intensive Reading
A woman is moving house. She needs to move her things. She squats for hours. She wears skinny jeans. The jeans make her legs swell. She must go to hospital. Doctors help her. After four days, she is fine.
一名女子在搬家。她需要搬她的东西。她蹲了几小时。她穿的是紧身牛仔裤。这个牛仔裤让她的腿肿了起来。她必须去医院。医生帮助了她。过了四天,她恢复了。
Skinny jeans are popular, but they are not healthy.
紧身牛仔裤很受欢迎,但是它们并不健康。
Notes:
1. squat:v. 蹲,“蹲下”为squat down,squat也可以作名词。
2. skinny:adj. 紧身的,它另外一个词义是“干瘦的,皮包骨的”。
3. swell:v. 膨胀;肿胀,常见搭配swell up。
Exercise:
请根据文章内容,回答下述问题:
How long does it take the woman to recover?