ESL露西的一天 第48期:发型服饰讲解(11)

 Lucy says she wishes she "could wear" her "tennis shoes to work." 露西说她希望能“穿网球鞋去上班”。

She wishes she could is a conditional¹ construction, "I wish I could." 她希望自己能，这是一个条件结构，“我希望我能”。

"I wish I could wear my tennis shoes." “真希望可以穿网球鞋去上班”。

Tennis, "tennis," is, you probably know, a sport, 网球（Tennis），你可能知道，是一项运动，

but tennis shoes are the kinds of shoes you wear to go running or to play sports or to walk around your neighborhood, 但网球鞋这种鞋子，你可以穿着去跑步、去做其他运动或在附近散步，

you would put on tennis shoes. 这样的情况下你会穿上网球鞋。

Lucy can't "wear tennis shoes to work," so she has to "pick out," or select, "a pair of heels²" to put on. 露西不能“穿网球鞋上班”，所以她不得不“挑选”，或者选择一“双高跟鞋”穿上。

Heels, "heels," refers here to a pair of shoes that have a little stick at the back of the shoe that makes the woman taller. 高跟鞋（heels）指的是后跟有一个小棍的鞋，可以让女孩子看起来比较高。

We sometimes called these high heels. 我们有时叫它高跟。

So, Lucy puts on a pair of high heels, or a pair of heels, and now she's ready to go to work. 露西穿了一双高跟鞋，现在她已经准备好了，可以去上班了。

1 conditional   

adj.条件的，带有条件的

参考例句：

• My agreement is conditional on your help.你肯帮助我才同意。
• There are two forms of most-favored-nation treatment:conditional and unconditional.最惠国待遇有两种形式:有条件的和无条件的。

2 heels   

n.高跟鞋；紧随某人；跟捬；飞奔逃跑；（袜子等的）后跟( heel的名词复数 )；足跟；有…后跟的；女高跟鞋

参考例句：

• Her heels clacked on the marble floor. 她的鞋后跟在大理石地面上发出咔嗒咔嗒的响声。
• The dogs yapped at his heels. 几只狗跟在他后面汪汪乱叫。