Introduction

Do you have a tattoo? If not, have you ever felt tempted to have one? Some tattoos can be very artistic and elaborate and are ways some people found to express their creativity and make them unique. But tattoos can last a long time and... what do you do if you feel your ink no longer represents how you feel about yourself? Sam and Rob discuss body art and teach you some vocabulary.

This week's question

According to the Guinness World Records, the record for the most tattooed person in the world goes to Lucky Diamond Rich from New Zealand. Do you know how much of his body is covered by tattoos? Is it…

a)????80%?

b)????90%? Or

c)????100%?

Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

Transcript

Note: This is not a word for word transcript??

Rob

Hello. This is 6 Minute English, and I'm Rob.

Sam

I'm Sam. Hello!

Rob

Now, Sam, we’re going to be talking about tattoos. Are you a fan?

Sam

Of tattoos? Well, I don’t have one, but they can be quite impressive works of art.

Rob

Well, I’m not that keen on tattoos – I mean, who wants things drawn on their body?!

Sam

It sounds like you need some convincing, Rob! Maybe our discussion today will change your mind.

Rob

Maybe. But as you’re a fan of them, here’s a question for you to answer. According to the Guinness World Records, the record for the most tattooed person in the world goes to Lucky Diamond Rich from New Zealand. Do you know how much of his body is covered by tattoos? Is it…

a)???80%?

b)???90%? Or

c)???100%?

What do you think, Sam?

Sam

Well, it’s got to be 100% if he is the most tattooed man, surely?

Rob

Not necessarily, but, we’ll see if you’re right at the end of the programme. Now let’s talk more about tattoos. I know many people have them. Sometimes it’s a picture of an animal, like a small gecko, sometimes it’s words like ‘I love you’ or the name of a loved one. And then there are the huge designs spread across someone’s back, chest or arm - like footballer David Beckham has.

Sam

Well, he’s no stranger to a tattoo parlour. A?parlour?is the name of the shop where a tattoo artist draws a tattoo on you with ink and a needle.

Rob

Needles! Ouch!

Sam

OK, you need some convincing, so let’s hear from Lucie Parfitt, YouTuber and tattoo fan. Here she is speaking on the BBC’s Smart Consumer podcast…

Lucie Parfitt, YouTuber

I’m quite a?creative person?and ever since I first discovered tattoos, I thought it was a really cool way of?expressing yourself. I’m quite a visual person as well, so for me it really, like, just looked really cool and it made me think more about my own, like, personality and how I could express that in creative ways.

Rob

Right, so, Lucie describes herself as a creative person. When you’re?creative?you imaginative and like to experiment with new ideas.

Sam

Yes, Rob. And tattoos are a good way to be creative – trying out different designs and colours - it’s a good way to express yourself.?Here,?to express yourself?means 'to show how you feel in a particular way'.

Rob

OK, so some people express themselves through singing or wearing particular clothing, but here she’s expressing herself through the images on her skin. But what happens if you want change what you want to express?

Sam

Well, then it’s time for a new tattoo!

Rob

OK, well I know that the tattoo industry is?big business?now – which means it's 'popular and making lots of money'. I’ve heard that one in five people now have a tattoo.

Sam

Not you yet, Rob! But it has certainly become a trend in recent years and it’s something tattoo artist Lee Clements has noticed. Also speaking on the BBC’s Smart Consumer podcast, he explains why he thinks that is….

Lee Clements, tattoo artist

The thing for me that has obviously changed massively over the last, possibly, ten years is you see a lot of celebrities getting tattooed. With that comes the fact that you’re going to get people who want to copy them or it becomes almost like a fashion thing, so we do see certain tattoos, sort of , becoming a trend and… yeah, so I guess it kind of?dilutes?that value a little bit, yeah.

Rob

Ah so it’s celebrities – famous, well-known people from TV, film and fashion – that have possibly driven the trend. People want to copy them – or it’s what he says is ‘a(chǎn) fashion thing’, so you have a tattoo because it’s?fashionable,?which means it’s 'popular at a particular time'.

Sam

And one of the down sides – the negative things – about just having one to be fashionable is it?dilutes?the individuality of having one.?Dilute?means to 'make something less strong or less valuable'.

Rob

Well, I’m not going to get one anytime soon – except maybe a big six on my arm to remind me that we only have 6 minutes for this programme so I’d better reveal the answer to the question I asked you earlier. According to Guinness World Records, the record for the most tattooed person in the world goes to Lucky Diamond Rich from New Zealand. Did you know how much of his body is covered by tattoos?

Sam

And I said 100%.

Rob

Well done, Sam. That is correct. He has held the certified record since 2006 of being 100% tattooed. This includes tattoos inside his eyelids, mouth and ears.

Sam

Wow! I wonder who gets to see those!

Rob

OK well, now it’s time to recap the vocabulary we’ve discussed today starting with a?parlour.

Sam

That’s the name for a shop or room where certain businesses carry out their trade – such as a tattoo parlour, a massage parlour or an ice cream parlour.

Rob

A?creative person?is someone who uses imagination and experiments with new ideas.

Sam

And when you?express yourself, it means you 'show outwardly how you feel and what you’re thinking'.

Rob

If something is?big business?it is an activity that is currently popular and making lots of money.

Sam

And something that is?fashionable?is popular.?And when something becomes popular it can?dilute?its value or uniqueness – so it becomes less strong or less valuable.

Rob

OK, thank you, Sam.?That’s all for now but there’s plenty more on our website at bbclearningenglish.com. If you can’t remember the address, why not tattoo it on your arm?! You can also find us on social media and on our app. Goodbye for now!

Sam

Bye!

Vocabulary

parlour

name for a shop or room where certain businesses carry out their trade – such as a tattoo parlour, a massage parlour or an ice cream parlour

creative person

someone who uses imagination and experiments with new ideas

express yourself

show outwardly how you feel and what you’re thinking

big business

activity that is currently popular and making lots of money

fashionable

popular at a particular time

dilute

make something less strong or less valuable

雙語版Transcript

Hello. This is6 Minute English, and I'm Rob.

大家好，這里是六分鐘英語，我是羅伯。

I'm Sam. Hello!

我是薩姆。大家好！

Now, Sam, we'regoing to be talking about tattoos.

現(xiàn)在，薩姆，我們將要談?wù)撐纳怼?/p>

Are you a fan?

你是愛好者嗎？

Of tattoos?

文身愛好者嗎？

Well, I don'thave one, but they can be quite impressive works of art.

好吧，我沒有文身，但它們是令人印象相當深刻的藝術(shù)作品。

Well, I'm notthat keen on tattoos – I mean, who wants things drawn on their body? !

好吧，我不是那么熱衷于文身——我是說，有誰會想把東西畫在身上呢??？

It sounds likeyou need some convincing, Rob!

聽起來你需要一些有說服力的東西，羅伯！

Maybe ourdiscussion today will change your mind.

也許我們今天的討論會改變你的想法。

Maybe. But asyou're a fan of them, here's a question for you to answer.

也許吧。但既然你是文身愛好者，我有個問題要問你。

According tothe Guinness World Records, the record for the most tattooed person in theworld goes to Lucky Diamond Rich from New Zealand.

根據(jù)吉尼斯世界紀錄，世界上文身最多的人是來自新西蘭的洛奇·戴亞蒙德·瑞奇。

Do you know howmuch of his body is covered by tattoos?

你知道他身上有多少文身嗎？

Is it… a) 80%?b) 90%? Or c) 100%?

是a) 80%？b) 90%？還是c) 100%？

What do youthink, Sam?

你覺得呢，薩姆？

Well, it's gotto be 100% if he is the most tattooed man, surely?

嗯，如果他是文身最多的人，那就得百分之百全是文身，不是嗎？

Notnecessarily, but, we'll see if you're right at the end of the programme.

不一定，但我們將在節(jié)目最后揭曉你是否回答正確。

Now let's talkmore about tattoos.

現(xiàn)在讓我們談?wù)摳嚓P(guān)于文身的內(nèi)容。

I know manypeople have them.

我知道很多人都有文身。

Sometimes it'sa picture of an animal, like a small gecko, sometimes it's words like 'I loveyou' or the name of a loved one.

有時是動物的圖片，比如一只小壁虎，有時是像"我愛你"或愛人的名字那樣的文字。

And then thereare the huge designs spread across someone's back, chest or arm - likefootballer David Beckham has.

大量的設(shè)計圖樣遍布在人們的背部、胸部或手臂上，就像足球運動員大衛(wèi)·貝克漢姆那樣。

Well, he's nostranger to a tattoo parlour.

嗯，他是文身店的?？?。

A parlour isthe name of the shop where a tattoo artist draws a tattoo on you with ink and aneedle.

店鋪是店的名字，在那里文身師用顏料和針在你身上繪制文身。

Needles! Ouch!

針！哎喲！

OK, so you needsome convincing, so let's hear from Lucie Parfitt, YouTuber and tattoo fan.

好吧，所以你需要一些有說服力的東西，讓我們聽聽油管播主及文身愛好者露西·?帕菲特的看法。

Here she isspeaking on the BBC's Smart Consumer podcast…

這是她在BBC廣播Smart Consumer播客上談到的。

I'm quite acreative person and ever since I first discovered tattoos, I thought it was areally cool way of expressing yourself.

我是一個很有創(chuàng)造力的人，自從我第一次發(fā)現(xiàn)文身，我就認為它是表現(xiàn)自我的一種很酷的方式。

I'm quite avisual person as well, so for me it really, like, just looked really cool andit made me think more about my own, like, personality and how I could expressthat in creative ways.

我是一個相當注重視覺的人，所以對我來說，它看起來真的很酷，這讓我更多地思考我自己的個性，以及如何用創(chuàng)造性的方式表現(xiàn)我的個性。

Right, so,Lucie describes herself as a creative person.

是的，所以露西形容自己是一個有創(chuàng)造力的人。

When you'recreative you're imaginative and you're like to experiment with new ideas.

當你富有創(chuàng)造力的時候，你是有想象力的，你喜歡嘗試新想法。

Yes, Rob. Andtattoos are a good way to be creative – trying out different designs andcolours - it's a good way to express yourself.

是的，羅伯。文身是一種很好的創(chuàng)新方式——嘗試不同的設(shè)計圖樣和顏色——這是表現(xiàn)自我的一種很好的方式。

Here, toexpress yourself means 'to show how you feel in a particular way'.

在這里表現(xiàn)自我的意思是"以一種特殊的方式表達你的感受"。

OK, so somepeople express themselves through singing or wearing particularclothing,?but here she's expressing herself through the images on herskin.

是的，有些人通過唱歌或穿特別的服裝來表現(xiàn)自我，但在這里她通過皮膚上的圖案來表現(xiàn)自我。

But whathappens if you want change what you want to express?

但是如果你想要改變你想表達的會發(fā)生什么呢？

Well, then it'stime for a new tattoo!

好吧，那就是時候文個新文身了！

OK, well I knowthat the tattoo industry is big business now – which means it's 'popular andmaking lots of money'.

好吧，我知道文身業(yè)現(xiàn)在是大生意，這意味著它"很受歡迎，很能掙錢"。

I've heard thatone in five people now have a tattoo.

我聽說現(xiàn)在每五個人里就有一個人有文身。

Not you yet,Rob! But it has certainly become a trend in recent years and it's somethingtattoo artist Lee Clements has noticed.

但其中還沒有你，羅伯！但它已經(jīng)成為近年來的一種潮流，并且文身藝術(shù)家李·克萊門茨也注意到了這一點。

Also speakingon the BBC's Smart Consumer podcast, he explains why he thinks that is….?The thing for me that has obviously changed massively over the last,possibly, ten years is you see a lot of celebrities getting tattooed.

他還在BBC廣播的Smart Consumer播客節(jié)目中解釋了為什么他認為那是……對我來說，在過去的十年里，可能顯然發(fā)生巨大變化的是，你可以看到很多名人都有文身。

With that comesthe fact that you're going to get people who want to copy them or it becomesalmost like a fashion thing,?so we do see certain tattoos, sort of ,becoming a trend and… yeah, so I guess it kind of dilutes that value a littlebit, yeah.

隨之而來的事實是，你想要成為效仿他們的人，或者它幾乎成為一種潮流，所以我們看到某些文身成為一種潮流……是的，我想它有點兒削弱了文身的價值。

Ah so it'scelebrities – famous, well-known people from TV, film and fashion – that havepossibly driven the trend.

啊，所以是名人——在電視、電影和時尚界眾所周知的人——推動了這一潮流。

People want tocopy them – or it's what he says is 'a fashion thing',?so you have atattoo because it's fashionable, which means it's 'popular at a particulartime'.

人們想要效仿他們——或者那就是他所說的"時尚的東西"，所以你有一個文身，因為它是時尚的，這指的是它是"在特定的時間流行的"。

And one of thedown sides – the negative things – about just having one to be fashionable isit dilutes the individuality of having one.

而且文文身只是為了時尚的負面影響之一——消極的方面——就是它會削弱文文身的獨特性。

Dilute means to'make something less strong or less valuable'.

削弱的意思是"使某物變得不那么強或不那么有價值"。

Well, I'm notgoing to get one anytime soon – except maybe a big six on my arm to remind methat we only have 6 minutes for this programme,?so I'd better reveal theanswer to the question I asked you earlier.

好吧，我不會很快紋一個文身——除了可能在我的手臂上紋一個大大的六來提醒我，我們這個節(jié)目只有六分鐘，所以我最好還是揭曉一下我之前問你的問題的答案。

According toGuinness World Records, the record for the most tattooed person in the worldgoes to Lucky Diamond Rich from New Zealand.

根據(jù)吉尼斯世界紀錄，世界上文身最多的人是來自新西蘭的洛奇·戴亞蒙德·瑞奇。

Did you knowhow much of his body is covered by tattoos?

你知道他身上被多少文身所覆蓋嗎？

And I said100%.

我說是百分之百。

Well done, Sam.That is correct.

做得好，薩姆。那是正確的。

He has held thecertified record since 2006 of being 100% tattooed.

自2006年以來，他一直保持著身上百分之百全部被文身的認證記錄。

This includestattoos inside his eyelids, mouth and ears.

這包括他眼瞼、嘴巴和耳朵上的文身。

Wow! I wonderwho gets to see those!

哇！我在想誰能看到那些呢！

OK well, nowit's time to recap the vocabulary we've discussed today starting with aparlour.

好了，是時候回顧一下我們今天討論過的詞匯了，從"parlour"開始。

That's the namefor a shop or room where certain businesses carry out their trade?– suchas a tattoo parlour, a massage parlour or an ice cream parlour.

那是一個店鋪或房間的名字，某些特定的行當在這里做生意，如文身店、按摩院或冰淇淋店。

A creativeperson is someone who uses imagination and experiments with new ideas.

一個有創(chuàng)造力的人就是運用想象力并嘗試新想法的人。

And when youexpress yourself, it means you 'show outwardly how you feel and what?you'rethinking'.

當你表現(xiàn)自我的時候，它指的是你"向外展示你的感受和想法"。

If something isbig business it is an activity that is currently popular and making lots ofmoney.

如果某事物是大生意，那它就是當前很流行、很賺錢的活動。

And somethingthat is fashionable is popular.

時尚的東西就是流行的東西。

And whensomething becomes popular it can dilute its value or uniqueness – so it becomesless strong or less valuable.

當某樣?xùn)|西變得流行起來，它的價值或獨特性就會被削弱，變得不那么強或不那么有價值。

OK, thank you,Sam.

好的，謝謝你，薩姆。

That's all fornow but there's plenty more on our website at bbclearningenglish. com.

以上就是今天的全部內(nèi)容，不過在我們的網(wǎng)站bbclearningenglish。com上還有更多內(nèi)容。

If you can'tremember the address, why not tattoo it on your arm? !

如果你記不住網(wǎng)址，為什么不把它文在胳膊上呢？

Goodbye fornow!

再見了！

Bye!