
Models chat backstage at the Fashion Fringe show of London Fashion Week for Spring/Summer 2013. Photo: Stuart Wilson/Getty Images
今日小常識(shí)
London Fashion Week takes place every September and is one of Europe's biggest fashion events, alongside the Paris and Milan shows. In 2012, there were 62 catwalk shows, showcasing 100 fashion designers over a five day period. The UK fashion industry supports around 800,000 jobs and is the largest employer of all the creative industries.
倫敦時(shí)裝周每年在九月份舉行,是同巴黎和米蘭時(shí)裝周并列的歐洲最大的時(shí)裝展示活動(dòng)。2012年的倫敦時(shí)裝周為期五天,有62場(chǎng)時(shí)裝表演,展示了100名時(shí)裝設(shè)計(jì)師的新作。英國(guó)時(shí)裝業(yè)提供80萬(wàn)人的就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì),是英國(guó)最大的一支創(chuàng)意產(chǎn)業(yè)。
今日短語(yǔ)
如果形容什么事情為 hair-raising 那就是說(shuō)這件事讓人感到毛骨悚然,既驚險(xiǎn),興奮又令人恐懼。
例句
Some of the roads we drove along in Peru were very dangerous – it was a hair-raising experience!
Dave loved to talk about his hair-raising encounters as a war reporter.
Sarah had a hair-raising brush with death the second time she went parachuting.
請(qǐng)注意
另一個(gè)短語(yǔ)To let your hair down 意思是徹底放松,不去理會(huì)其他任何事。.
It was Friday night; after a busy week it was time for Jane and her friends to let their hair down.