時尚前沿:今夏,穿什麼泳裝纔夠潮
Temperatures are soaring and that means hot summer is here at last. For many, this means it’s time to head to the beach for sun, sea and sand. If, however, you are unsure which style of swimsuit to choose, let 21st Century help you make the right choice to make a splash this summer.
氣溫飆升，酷暑終於降臨。對於很多人來說，這意味着是時候去海灘享受陽光、海水和沙灘了。但如果你不確定該選擇哪款泳衣，那就讓《21世紀英文報》幫你做出正確選擇吧，讓你成爲今夏焦點。
One piece
連體泳衣
This tight, form-fitting swimsuit style was born in the 1900s when women grew tired of the heavy wool dresses they’d been wearing to cover their bodies in public baths. The one-piece swimsuit, in revealing the arms and knees, allowed levels of public skin exposure unheard of since Roman times. When Australian actress and swimmer Annette Kellerman *sported a one-piece in Boston in 1907, the police arrested her for *indecency.
這種緊身合體的泳衣誕生於二十世紀初。那時，婦女們已厭倦了在公共澡堂裹着厚重的羊毛長裙來遮蓋身體。連體泳衣讓手臂和膝蓋都裸露在外面，這種在公共場合的暴露尺度自羅馬時代之後，便聞所未聞。1907年，澳大利亞演員兼游泳運動員安妮特•凱勒曼在波士頓惹人注目地身穿連體泳衣時，警方以不雅罪爲由將其逮捕。
However, this didn’t stop the rise of the one-piece. It became the norm for women over the next 20 years and is still very much in fashion today.
然而，這卻並沒能阻止連體泳衣的流行。在接下來的20年間，連體泳衣已成爲女性的標準着裝，如今也依然很流行。
Bikini
比基尼
The bikini came as a *bombshell in 1946. It was devised by French fashion designer Louis Reard, who named the creation after the Pacific Ocean *atoll, where the American government *detonated the first postwar nuclear bomb.
1946年，比基尼引起了轟動，它是由法國時裝設計師Louis Reard設計的。Louis Reard以太平洋的一個環狀珊瑚島爲自己設計的這款泳衣命名，美國政府曾在該島引爆了戰後的第一枚原子彈。
The *skimpy, two-piece swimsuit is an aftereffect of fabric rationing during World War II, when the American government directed that the cloth used in women’s beachwear should be reduced by 10 percent to *conserve fabric.
這種小而暴露的分體式泳衣是二戰期間紡織品定量供應的產物。當時，美國政府爲節省紡織品，規定用於生產女士海灘裝的布料需減少10%。
Claimed as the world’s smallest bathing suit on its launch, the bikini was initially banned in conservative Catholic countries. It didn’t rise in popularity until the 1950s, when screen icons, including French movie star Brigitte Bardot, were photographed in them.
比基尼剛剛面世時，號稱是世界上最小的泳裝，最初在保守的天主教國家遭禁。直到二十世紀五十年代，當包括法國電影明星碧姬•巴杜等在內的銀幕明星們身穿比基尼拍攝影片時，比基尼纔開始流行。
Speedo
泳褲
The word “speedo” now refers to any *brief-style *spandex swimwear for men. But the name comes from the Australian swimsuit maker Speedo.
“speedo”這個詞現在用來指各種簡潔風格的男士緊身彈性泳褲。不過，這是以澳大利亞泳裝製造商Speedo的名字來命名的。
Speedos debuted in 1956 at the Melbourne Summer Olympics, where the Speedo-sponsored Australian men’s swim team won eight gold medals. This afforded Speedos worldwide attention.
在1956年墨爾本夏季奧林匹克運動會上，這種男士泳褲首次出現，由Speedo贊助的澳大利亞男子游泳隊摘得了八枚金牌。這使Speedos受到舉世矚目。
Speedos have since become a controversial piece of swimwear. They have become the norm on the beaches of Europe, but American people would rather not have to look at them. According to a survey by travel website Tripadvisor, which questioned 3,800 American respondents, 35 percent said that men in tight-fitting speedos are “a violation of beach *etiquette”.
Speedos自此便成爲頗受爭議的泳裝。Speedos在歐洲已成爲海灘標準着裝，但美國人卻寧願對此視而不見。據旅行網站Tripadvisor發起的一項由3800名美國人蔘與的問卷調查顯示，有35%的人表示男士穿緊身泳褲違反了“沙灘禮儀”。
