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Anybody — and we mean Any. Body. — can rock a bikini. You just need to know a few tricks.

You Will Need
Flattering bottom
Hot top
String bikini
Wedge espadrilles or gladiator sandals
Accessories
Sunscreen

Step 1: Pick your bottom(根据自己的下半身身型来选择)
Pick a flattering bottom. Elongate a short torso with one that sits below your waist; lengthen short legs with a style that’s higher on the hips. Prevent hip and thigh bulges with a bottom that ties at the sides. If you have a belly, skip bikinis made with Lycra; go with a loose-fitting bottom containing elastic instead.

Step 2: Choose a top（根据自己的胸部大小来选择）
Look hot in the right bikini top. Choose one with boning or underwire if you’re big-breasted; go with ruffles or ruching if you’re small-busted. As for style, the bandeau works well on small busts, while halter tops and criss-cross back straps lend support to heavier bust lines. Go for a string bikini if you have a boyish figure.

There should be no more than 3 inches of string between your breasts.

Step 3: Ditch the flip-flops（正确地搭配凉鞋）
Ditch the flip-flops for sexier beach footwear, like wedge espadrilles. If you’re very tall and slim, go for gladiator sandals.

Get your feet sandal-ready by soaking them in equals parts warm milk and water; the lactic acid dissolves dead skin.

Step 4: Accessorize（一些必要的小配饰）
Add some glamour with a straw hat, oversized sunglasses, and a delicate piece of jewelry, like an ankle bracelet. Have a sexy cover-up — a sheer tunic, a crochet top, or a sarong.

Step 5: Strike a pose（海滩模特们的经典pose会让你看起来更迷人）
Strike this classic model stance to look slimmer: Stand up straight with your shoulders back, stomach in, and chest out; twist your torso a bit at the waist; put one leg slightly in front of the other, bent at the knee; and put our hands on your hips.

Flexing your armpits makes your arms look toned.

Step 6: Slather on the sunscreen（健康的皮肤无疑是受人喜欢的，因此别忘记涂防晒霜）
Slather on the sunscreen — because keeping skin healthy is definitely hot.

A third of women polled cited their bust as their best physical asset in a swimsuit.

重点词汇

【重点词汇】

1.elongate v. 延长，伸长

如：This picture that you’ve sketched isn’t like her. The face is too elongated.
你的这张写生画不象她,脸画得太长了。

2.bandeau n. 细丝带，束发带，宽紧调节带

3.footwear n. 鞋袜

如：Starting as a grocer, he branched out into the sale of footwear.
开始时他做杂货生意，后来扩充经营范围，兼营鞋类。

Footwear resembling such a slipper.
类似印第安软皮鞋的鞋

4.espadrilles　n. 登山帆布鞋，帆布便鞋

句子解析

【句子解析】

1....lengthen short legs with a style that’s higher on the hips.
如果你的腿比较腿，建议选择高腰的款式

lengthen....with在这里当成一个固定的用法，就是“用……延长”，这个句子是一个定语从句，主句就是lengthen...with..., 后面的that's higher on the hips是定语从句，用来修饰style。

higher on the hips这里意思是“高腰的”，但是英语中有个习语on the hip，很接近，是不可数，意思是“蒙受不利，处于不利地位”。

例如:

Mary felt that she had the culprit on the hip.
玛利认为她已将被告置于不利地位。

2.Stand up straight with your shoulders back, stomach in, and chest out
站直，收肩，收腹，挺胸。

这个句子中有几个短语，是口语中比较常见的，shoulders back就是“收肩”，stomach in就是“收腹”，chest out就是“挺胸”的意思。