ESL杰夫的一天 第39期:穿好衣服 准备上班讲解(1)

 　　Part four is called "Getting Dressed and Ready for Work." 第四部分叫做“穿好衣服、准备上班。”

　　We began by me going into the bedroom and opening up my closet door. 故事开始，我走进卧室，打开壁橱。

　　To open up means here to open the door. “To open up”在这里是“开门”的意思。

　　A closet, "closet," is a place, usually in your bedroom, where you put clothes—you store your clothing. 壁橱(closet)，是这样的地方，通常在你的卧室，那里你可以放置衣物。

　　You can also have a closet in other parts of your house, and it's usually a place where you keep things—you store things. 你房子的其它地方也可以设立壁橱，那通常是你放置东西的地方。

　　Well, I "open up my closet door" and I look at my dress shirts. 嗯，“我打开壁橱”，看着我的西装衬衣。

　　My dress, "dress" shirts (two words) are the nice shirts, the shirts that I can wear to work. 我的西装衬衣（dress）（两个字）是我能穿着去上班、质量很好的衬衫。

　　The opposite of a dress shirt would be a casual¹ shirt, "casual." 与西装衬衣相对的是休闲衬衫（casual）。

　　A dress shirt is a nice shirt; something that usually has a collar on it. 西装衬衣的质量很不错；它一般会有衣领。

　　A collar, "collar," is the top of the shirt, what goes around the neck. 衣领（collar）在衬衫的上部，环绕着脖子。

　　Well, I look at my dress shirts and I look, also, at my pants, "pants." 嗯，我看看西装衬衣，再看看裤子（pants）。

1 casual   

adj.漠不关心，冷漠的；随便的，非正式的；偶然的，碰巧的

参考例句：

• He earns a living by casual labour.他靠做临时工为生。
• The guests wore casual clothes.客人们穿着便服。