At a Menswear Shop 在男装店

 　　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 fashionable¹.

　　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 lighter²....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, ivory³ 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 receipt⁴. Thank you, ma'am.

　　Vocabulary

　　注释

　　1ighter adj．是light的比较极，此指较明亮的颜色。

1 fashionable   

adj.时髦的，上流社会的，流行的

参考例句：

• 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。

2 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• 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。

3 ivory   

n.象牙，乳白色；adj.象牙制的，乳白色的

参考例句：

• 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。

4 receipt   

n.收据，收条；收到，接到

参考例句：

• We are in receipt of your letter of the 10th.我们收到了您十日的来函。
• I asked for a receipt.我要一张收据。