Name: 英語家教Nick P單詞起源（7）醜小鴨 (English Tutor Nick P Word Origins (7) Ugly Duckling)
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Word Origins 7.

情態副詞

An ugly duckling is someone, especially a female.

But later develops and blossoms and turns out to be quite beautiful.

The origin of this noun phrase is believed to come from a fairy tale by Hans Christian

" So his fairy name was "The Ugly Duckling.

There doesn't seem to be any mention of this term before the book was published in 1843.

So the term didn't seem to exist before that time.

In the original story the baby duckling , remember that's what a duckling means a baby duck.

They thought he was too ugly so they stayed away from him.

By others, but by the end of the story has grown into a beautiful swan.

And these are example of how we would use it, Her daughter used to an ugly duckling

as a child, but blossomed into an attractive young woman.

So that is typically the way we hear ugly duckling used.

There are many famous actresses who claim that they used to be an ugly duckling when

Remember the actress that used to be married to Tom Cruse.

Jennifer Aniston .You know the famous actress from the TV show Friends years ago.

Victoria Beckham . you know , she used to be one of the Spice Girls. and then you know

she married the soccer player Beckham as well.

Jessica Alba, you know as another very pretty girl.

You might know her from the Fantastic Four movies.

She played the Invisible Girl in the first series of Fantastic Four movies, etc.