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练习原文
Tobias Menzies‘ Self Portrait
What assumptions do people make looking at my face?
My suspicion is that my face is…looks slightly forbidding and kind of hards. What you don’t get from that is how eccentric and neurotic I am I suppose. What a goofball.
I don’t consider myself you know an extremely handsome person by any…you know…at all. You see many…oh well, you know that’s an incredibly good-looking man. I don’t feel in that rank.
Listen, I’ve had my moments you know when I think ‘Yeah, I think I might be sexy right now’. I feel sexy…
But I feel like I’ve gotten better looking as I got older. My lips are quite…. They feel quite English, quite thin. They’re not particularly luscious lips at all.
My nose is probably the thing I like least about my face…is that I found it a bit pointy. Yes, but if I could ask for one thing, I would ask for the ability to grow a little beard. Is it manly or a sign of virility, or a hair on your face. I’d probably drive me to nuts.
I turned 40 last year. I kind of like the idea of getting older in my face. I have these lines which have always been there since I was quite young. They’re sort of creases. They’re probably my favorite feature. They’re almost like…they feel like kind of scars, very long sort of indentations.
I think I’m vain about is actually my hair. I worry about loosing it.
I feel younger than I am . I feel younger than my years that definitely haven’t settled down. I’m definitely a liberal hippie kid. And that I feel that’s the bit that isn’t present when people first hit of the exterior of me.
Yeah, I think I might be done.
雅思必备词汇及表达
eccentric /ɪkˈsen.trɪk/ adj. 古怪的，反常的
neurotic /njʊəˈrɒt.ɪk/ adj. 神经病的，精神过敏的
goofball /ˈɡuːf.bɔːl/ n. 白痴，傻瓜
luscious /ˈlʌʃ.əs/ adj. 甘美的，性感的，浓厚的
virility /vɪˈrɪl.ə.ti/ n. 男子气概，刚强有力
crease /kriːs/ n. 皱纹，折痕
indentation /ˌɪn.denˈteɪ.ʃən/ n.刻痕，压印
liberal /ˈlɪb.ər.əl/ adj. 慷慨的, 开明的
drive me nuts 使我发疯
I'm vain about 特别在意（成绩、外表等）
音标来源/ Longman Pronunciation Dictionary & Cambridge Pronunciation Dictionary
英音发音要点
留意英音中梅花音的精确和饱满，比如rank等处。
Tobia Menzies在口语语境时会相对随意，请留意他带出的伦敦口音（方言口音）比如gotten, little等处的喉塞音。
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Tobia Menzies
Tobia Menzies可能大家了解的不多。虽然他曾经参加过类似《冰与火》，《Underwolrd》等电视剧和电影的拍摄，但是由于角色不够主要，基本上也就是众多的路人甲路人乙之一。从他本人的访谈来看，他本人对于名利也并不在乎。他更多地投入到了舞台演出和电视剧的拍摄中。
他真正被大家所认知的可能是在2014年推出的电视剧《异乡人/古战场传奇》中。这部穿越剧里，他饰演了两个完全不同的人物。一个是二战结束后忠厚老实的教授，一个是1743年残暴血腥变态的Redcoat。
在剧中，他的英音相当标准地道，加上声线的特质，性感十足。而很快，据说就是2019年1月（这个月）推出的人气美剧《王冠》第三季中，他将出演主要角色菲利普亲王。
虽然以前的角色并不被大家熟悉，但是今后，只要看到脸上有两条深深的皱褶，那应该就是他不会错了。
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