At a Menswear Shop 在男装店
英语课
Shop- assistant : Can I help you?
Mrs. Liu : I'm just looking at these jackets.
Shop- assistant : May I know who is it for? Maybe I can give you some suggestions.
Mrs. Liu : Sure, it's for my son.
Shop- assistant : How old is he?
Mrs. Liu : He is eighteen.
Shop- assistant : How tall is he?
Mrs. Liu : He's about five feet eleven inches tall. He's very strong. I always buy him clothes of larger size.
Shop- assistant : I see. How about this one? It's very fashionable 1.
Mrs. Liu : No. He prefers simple styles.
Shop- assistant : How about this one?
Mrs. Liu : The style is all right, but I'm not sure about the color. He looks good in dark colors, but I always think that a young man should wear something lighter 2....I don't know. Let me think...
Shop- assistant : That's easy. They come in different colors. Here. There is dark blue, green, brown, black, ivory 3 white, melon yellow, and sky blue.
Mrs. Liu : Well....Can I change it if he doesn't like the color?
Shop- assistant : Of course.
Mrs. Liu : I think I'll take the dark blue one.
Shop- assistant : Very well. That's fifty-nine dollars....Here is your receipt 4. Thank you, ma'am.
Vocabulary
注释
1ighter adj．是light的比较极，此指较明亮的颜色。
adj.时髦的，上流社会的，流行的
- She is moving in fashionable circles in New York.她活动于纽约上流社会之中。
- We lunched in a fashionable restaurant.我们在一家上等的饭店吃午餐。
n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级
- The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
- The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。
n.象牙，乳白色；adj.象牙制的，乳白色的
- My grandmother has some jewelry made of ivory.我祖母有一些象牙首饰。
- It is carved from ivory.它是用象牙雕成的。