美語情景對話 第1214期:What do you wear when you dress up? 精心打扮時的穿着

Pernais: Hello, I'm Pernais from Jamaica.

佩納斯：大家好，我是佩納斯，來自牙買加。

Doron: And I'm Doron from England.

多倫：我是多倫，來自英國。

Pernais: And our question is what do you.wear when you dress up?

佩納斯：我們要討論的問題是，你精心打扮時會穿什麼？

Doron: I'm sometimes very happy to be a boy because I think boys don't have to dress up too much and when we do we just wear a suit, so I own one suit and when I have to dress up for a special occasion I wear that suit. Sometimes I change ties. That's my version of dressing up. What about you?

多倫：有時我很高興自己是個男生，因爲我認爲男生不必盛裝打扮，我們穿西裝就行了，我有一套西裝，我在爲特殊場合精心打扮時會穿那套西裝。有時我會換領帶。我就是這樣打扮的。你呢？

Pernais: Well I don't like to dress up to begin with but if I have to, it's usually something very casual like some jeans and a nice shirt but I just don't like dressing up.

佩納斯：首先我要說，我不喜歡打扮，如果必須要打扮，那我通常會穿牛仔褲和漂亮的襯衫等休閒的衣服，我很不喜歡打扮。

Doron: OK.

多倫：好。

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重點講解：
1. dress up 裝扮；打扮；
例句：You do not need to dress up for dinner.
你們不必特意盛裝赴宴。
2. be happy to do sth. 樂意的；情願的；
例句：If you have any requests, I'd be happy to play them for you.
您點播任何歌曲，我都會很樂意爲您演奏。
3. like to do sth. （表示習慣）願意，希望；
例句：Some young people like to make a fetish of style.
有些年輕人喜歡盲目地趕時髦。
4. to begin with 首先；第一；
例句：'What do scientists you've spoken with think about that?' — 'Well, to begin with, they doubt it's going to work.'
“跟你聊過的科學家是怎麼看的？”——“嗯，首先，他們懷疑這能否行得通。”