
On Thursday morning in Pattaya’s Colour Nail salon there isn’t a spare burgundy(酒红色的) lounger(躺椅;休闲者) to be seen as sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln – male and female alike – settle in for pedicures to take the edge off(缓解,减轻(不适感)) a gruelling(折磨人的,使人筋疲力尽的) deployment.
周四上午,在芭堤雅的Colour Nail美甲沙龙里,酒红色的躺椅已座无虚席,来自亚伯拉罕·林肯号航母的水兵们——无论男女——纷纷前来享受足部护理,以缓解漫长部署带来的疲惫。
More sailors are waiting outside for their turn and Arisa Suekkanya, a worker at the salon, says she is “excited” the US military chose Thailand as their first port of call(停靠港;中途停留地) after a record uninterrupted(不间断的,连续的) 286 days at sea.
更多水兵在店外排队等候,沙龙员工阿里萨·苏坎雅表示,她对美军在创纪录的连续286天海上航行后选择泰国作为首个停靠港感到“兴奋”。
The aircraft carrier has been plagued(困扰,折磨) by reports of deteriorating(恶化的,变坏的) living conditions and poor mental health onboard, including attempted suicides, making headlines(成为头条新闻) around the world and provoking(激起,引发) criticism of Donald Trump’s war against Iran.
这艘航母一直受到生活条件恶化和舰上心理健康问题(包括自杀未遂)报道的困扰,这些报道成为全球头条新闻,并引发了对唐纳德·特朗普对伊朗战争的批评。
Boom time for the big brands
大品牌的繁荣时期