【大家说英语】 第370期:夏季服装(1)

 　　Hey, Taylor, where do you shop for summer clothes? 嗨，泰勒，你在哪里买夏季的服装呢？

　　I shop at the mall. I also shop at stores downtown. 我在商场里买。另外我也会去市区的商店买。

　　I need some new summer clothes. 我需要一些夏季服装。

　　What do you want? 你想要什么呢？

　　I want some new skirts. I can wear them to work. 我想要一些新裙子。我可以穿着去工作。

　　Skirts are nice and cool in summer. 夏天穿裙子是很适合、很凉爽的。

　　I know. They're also comfortable. 是的。而且也非常舒服。

　　That's a nice outfit¹, Susie. Those colors look good on you. 苏西，你这套衣服真好看。你很适合这些颜色。

　　Thank you. I like it. It's comfortable. 谢谢。我很喜欢。穿起来很舒服。

　　Where did you buy it? 你在哪里买的呢？

　　At the mall. It was on sale. 在商场。当时在特价。

　　There are some good sales now. 现在有一些很好的特价活动。

　　Yes. I often buy things on sale. 是的。我经常买特价的东西。

　　So do I. Then I can save money! 我也是。这样我就能省下钱来了！

　　It's really hot today, Ben. 本，今天真得好热啊。

　　It really is. Can we wear shorts and flip² flops³ to work? 确实是。我能可以穿短裤和人字拖上班吗？

　　Of course not. Those are not work clothes. 当然不行。这些都不是职场服装。

　　I know. But I like shorts, T-shirts and flip flops. Those are comfortbale clothes. 我知道。但是我喜欢短裤、T恤和人字拖。这些都是穿着舒适的服装。

　　Yes they are. Well, we can't wear them to work. But we can wear them after work! 是的。不过我们不能穿这种服装来上班。但是我们下班之后可以穿！

1 outfit   

n.（为特殊用途的）全套装备，全套服装

参考例句：

• Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
• His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。

2 flip   

vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的

参考例句：

• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。

3 flops   

n.失败( flop的名词复数 )v.（指书、戏剧等）彻底失败( flop的第三人称单数 )；（因疲惫而）猛然坐下；（笨拙地、不由自主地或松弛地）移动或落下；砸锅

参考例句：

• a pair of flip-flops 一双人字拖鞋
• HPC environments are often measured in terms of FLoating point Operations Per Second (FLOPS) . HPC环境通常以每秒浮点运算次数(FLOPS)加以度量。 来自互联网