If I Had Your Face, a novel published in 2020, is written by Korean-American author Frances Cha. Set in modern-day Seoul, South Korea, the story follows the lives of four young women who live in the same apartment building near a cosmetic surgery district. Although they come from different backgrounds, their daily routines and shared struggles bring them together. Kyuri works as a room salon hostess, a job in which women entertain businessmen by chatting with them and keeping their glasses full.

  《如果我擁有妳的臉》是韓裔美籍作家車熺垣於 2020 年出版的小說。故事背景設定於現代南韓首爾,講述了四位年輕女性的生活,她們住在毗鄰美容整形手術區域的同一棟公寓裡。儘管她們來自不同的背景,但日常生活和共同的困境將她們聯繫在一起。居莉在一間高檔俱樂部擔任公關小姐,這是一份女性藉由陪商務人士聊天並隨時替他們斟滿酒杯來款待客人的工作。

 

生活必備字詞:

district n. 區域;行政區

background n. 出身背景

routine n. 例行公事

struggle n. 困境

entertain vt. 招待;娛樂

 

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本文節錄自《常春藤生活英語》雜誌,完整內容請見六月號。

 

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