又中又英｜Gorgeous head of hair
How often should you wash your hair? Dermatologists say there's no rule of thumb. Your shampoo frequency depends on your hair type. A dermatologist is a skin doctor. The expression "rule of thumb" means a method of doing things based on experience and common sense, not science. Dermatologists say people with thin or oily hair should shampoo daily or every two to three days. People with thick or curly hair should shampoo about once a week. Shampooing too often is not good because it washes away the natural oils in hair.
US President Donald Trump takes meticulous care of his hair. If you take meticulous care of something, it means you pay great attention to every detail of it. Trump often boasts that he has beautiful and perfect hair. He once told friends he has a "gorgeous head of hair". The word "gorgeous" means very beautiful or very attractive. Trump has said it takes about an hour for his hair to dry after shampooing. He doesn't use a hairdryer. He then meticulously combs his hair to make it look like what he describes as "perfect".
Trump has long complained about the low water pressure in showers. He said it takes about 15 minutes to wet his hair because of the low water pressure. A 1990s law restricted water flow to 2.5 gallons per minute to save water. Former President Barack Obama ordered that the 2.5 gallons rule should remain even for shower heads with several nozzles (outlets). Trump reversed that in his first term, but Joe Biden reinstated the rule when he was president. Trump found time last week despite his tariff war to sign an Executive Order that every nozzle in a shower head can have 2.5 gallons of water per minute!
你会隔多久洗一次头？皮肤科医生（dermatologists）说那是没有法则（rule of thumb）的。你的洗发频密度取决于你的发质。A dermatologist就是皮肤科医生。习语 rule of thumb是指基于经验或常理而非科学所得的法则。皮肤科医生（dermatologists）说，幼软或油性发质的人士应每天又或二至三天洗一次头；粗厚或卷曲发质的，则应一周洗一次。洗头洗得太频密是不好的，因为它会洗走头发中天然产生的油脂。
美国总统唐纳德‧特朗普对自己的头发则是关怀备至的（meticulous care）。若你 take meticulous care of something，意即你对某事物照顾周到、无微不至。特朗普常自夸他拥有亮丽完美的秀发，他有次还告诉朋友，他有一头「华丽（gorgeous）的浓发」。Gorgeous是指非常漂亮或吸引的。特朗普也曾说，洗头后要用上一个小时去弄干，他也不用风筒吹干，而是一丝不苟地（meticulously）梳理头发，令其看上去是他形容为「完美」的发型。
特朗普对于淋浴水压太低已经投诉很久了。他说，因为水压太低，得用上十五分钟才能弄湿头发。一个一九九零年代的法例规定，为了节省用水，出水每分钟不能多于二点五加仑。前总统巴拉克‧奥巴马下令，即使是有许多喷嘴（nozzles）的花洒头，亦要维持这个二点五加仑出水量的规限。特朗普在第一任当总统时撤销了，但祖‧拜登在任时又恢复了规定。特朗普上星期在贸易战以外，仍腾出时间去签署行政命令，容许花洒头的每一个喷嘴（nozzle）也能有每分钟二点五加仑的出水上限！
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Michael Chugani褚简宁
中译：七刻
