美語情景對話 第735期:Jeans 牛仔褲(1)
Todd: Now, Mariel, what kind of clothes do you love to wear?
託德:瑪麗埃爾,你喜歡穿哪種衣服?Mariel: My favorite clothing is jeans, for sure.
瑪麗埃爾:我最喜歡的當然是牛仔褲。Todd: OK, so you then are the jeans expert.
託德:那你是牛仔褲專家了。
Mariel: I could be. What would you like to know?
瑪麗埃爾:可以這麼説。你想知道什麼?Todd: Well, there's so many kinds of jeans now and it's a bit confusing so what is trendy or popular right now?
託德:現在市面上有許多種牛仔褲,這令人有點困惑,現在流行或是受歡迎的牛仔褲是哪種?Mariel: Right now? You see different kinds of trends, but I think tight jeans and baggy jeans are very popular.
瑪麗埃爾:現在嗎?現在有許多種不同的潮流,不過我認為緊身牛仔褲和寬鬆牛仔褲非常流行。Todd: OK, wow, that's quite a difference.
託德:哇,那是完全不同的兩種風格。Mariel: It's a contrast. Yeah.
瑪麗埃爾:是種對比。Todd: OK, let's start with the baggy jeans. First of all, who likes to wear baggy jeans?
託德:好,我們先來説寬鬆牛仔褲。首先,哪些人喜歡穿寬鬆牛仔褲?Mariel: I think baggy jeans go with the hip-hop kind of style. Also, skateboarders really like to wear baggy jeans. People who like to feel relaxed and move around a lot are usually baggy jeans fans.
瑪麗埃爾:我認為寬鬆牛仔褲給人一種嘻哈的感覺。玩滑板的人也喜歡穿寬鬆牛仔褲。還有那些喜歡舒適、經常走動的人也喜歡寬鬆牛仔褲。Todd: What about you? Do you like to wear baggy jeans?
託德:那你呢?你喜歡穿寬鬆牛仔褲嗎?Mariel: Oh, those are my favorite kind of jeans.
瑪麗埃爾:哦,那是我最愛的牛仔褲風格。Todd: Your favorite?
託德:你的最愛?Mariel: Yeah, I love to wear baggy jeans.
瑪麗埃爾:對,我非常喜歡穿寬鬆牛仔褲。Todd: Why is that?
託德:為什麼?Mariel: It's just that they're so easy to wear and so relaxed and I can just do whatever I want in baggy jeans I feel.
瑪麗埃爾:寬鬆牛仔褲很容易穿,而且穿上以後感覺很舒適,我可以想做什麼就做什麼。Todd: Sounds good. Well, then what about tight jeans?
託德:聽起來不錯。那緊身牛仔褲呢?Mariel: Mm, tight jeans. To me they're very unconfortable, but a lot of girls like to wear them.
瑪麗埃爾:嗯,緊身牛仔褲。對我來説,緊身牛仔褲不舒服,不過許多女孩喜歡穿緊身牛仔褲。Todd: Now, usually only girls wear tight jeans?
託德:只有女孩們喜歡穿緊身牛仔褲嗎?Mariel: Some guys do as well. Again, those people are usually very trendy and it's quite often that punk people and rock people wear tight jeans.
瑪麗埃爾:男孩也喜歡穿。那些非常時尚的人,還有玩朋克音樂和搖滾音樂的人也喜歡穿緊身牛仔褲。
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重點講解:
1. for sure 無疑;肯定;
例句:I think he lives there but I couldn't sayfor sure.
我想他是住在那裏的,但我不敢肯定。
2. start with (從…)開始;(從…)着手;
例句:I wannastart witha song that means a lot to me.
我打算由一首對我意義非凡的歌開始。
3. first of all 首先;
例句:First of all, we should strive to expand consumption demand.
首先要努力擴大消費需求。
4. as well 也;還;
例句:He wore his collar and orders, and his blue ribbonas well.
他身上掛滿了領章、各種寶星勛章,還掛着他的藍綬帶。