英語流行話題聽力:Unit 37 超級名模的靚麗訣竅
Unit 37
Beauty Tips from Supermodel Cindy Crawford
When I met supermodel Cindy Crawford, I was amazed that her skin was so perfectly smooth that she appeared not to have pores. She sits in one of the Hilton's best rooms and there are no light tricks used to make a photographic subject more beautiful than humanly possible. This is Crawford without any makeup. Her full brows are arched with what seems to be military precision, the teeth are toothpaste-ad white, the eyes are melted-chocolate brown and the newly washed hair is ever so shining.
It is really only the beauty tips that matter when you are in a room with a woman who is constantly honored as one of the world's most beautiful. Certainly she is one of the world's best-paid women whose job it is to look good.
So how does she look so good?
"I take care of myself. I drink a lot of water, I make sure I get enough sleep, I don't smoke, I'm not really a party girl, I exercise..." she says. "I work out three times a week. I think that is effective for me for maintenance."
Water, exercise and sleep aside, her secret is far more basic. "I've got good genes. I'm lucky, my mum looks great, my three sisters look good." The genes would account for her lack of crow's feet or any other visible fine line. It is hard to believe her to be a mother of two kids. "After my second child, my belly is flat. But if I bend over to pick something up, I've got extra skin here." She bends over to demonstrate, but there is nothing to see.
"I'm lucky to be successful. You work with good photographers, and make good money. The way you do that is by appearing on magazine covers, so I guess being what you call a supermodel helped to get my Revlon contract, which I had for 11 years, so that was job security."
While the Revlon job finished two years ago, Crawford is still busy. Aside from being an Omega ambassador, she is working on her own skincare product with the help of plastic surgeon. As she is turning 40, the workout and good genes appear to be doing amazing things.
"Now you see so many people who have had plastic surgery and it scares me. My mum has never had any work done and I'd like to think that's the way I'd go." The plastic surgeon she is working with on her skincare products assures her that new skin technology means you don't have to go under the surgeon's knife in any case.
When her skincare gets to the market, I'll be queuing, having forgotten she was born with perfect skin, and hoping Crawford's complexion does come in a jar.
