推 ppr:stone是英國特有的計量單位。134.225.183.122 05/19
推 jcyl:還是跟美式英語比較熟 :P 203.70.101.147 05/19
職業病 看到"lose a stone"這種說法覺得太神奇了
好奇去查了一下
stone (WEIGHT) (plural stone or stones)
noun [C] (WRITTEN ABBREVIATION st) UK
a unit of weight equal to 6.35 kilograms or 14 pounds, used
especially when talking about a person's weight
ex.
I weigh ten and a half stone.
She has put on/lost a stone (= is a stone heavier/lighter).
哇～～～～
當花痴也是可以學英文的～～～～～～～XD
※ 引述《jcyl (窮...)》之銘言：
: 奇怪我看倫敦首映的照片還覺得臉似乎腫了點
: 不過變瘦才應該是正常的啦 ^^
: 雖然很辛苦.....可是瘦瘦的比較帥....（毆）
: EWAN DROPS A STONE ON DANCE DIET
: By Jamie Livingstone
: EWAN McGregor has lost almost a stone in weight after gruelling
: rehearsals for his stage role in Guys And Dolls. The Hollywood
: actor, who plays gangster Sky Masterson in the classic 1950s
: musical, is now too skinny for his costume. He said: 'I can eat
: like a horse but they have to keep taking the suits in. It's great.'
: It's maybe the one element of the musical I had considered the least.
: I had worried about the singing but suddenly I went to the first chor
: eography session and thought, 's***, it's quite full on'.
: It isn't the first time McGregor - who stars as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star
: Wars III: Revenge Of The Sith, which is out on Thursday - has slimmed
: down for a role. He starved himself to lose two stone to play junkie
: Renton in Trainspotting.McGregor, 34, hasn't acted in a theatre since
: 1999. This is also the first time he has sung on stage. And the Crieff-born
: star - who appears alongside Ally McBeal actress Jane Krakowski, Douglas
: Hodge and Jenna Russell - worked hard to perfect his stage routines.
: Co-star Douglas said: 'We do work-outs in the morning, physical work-
: outs every day - it's a heightened energy show.' Guys And Dolls opens
: at London's Piccadilly Theatre on June 1.
: Source: Sunday mail
--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc)
◆ From: 203.70.100.156