美語情景對話 第1135期:Dressing for Work 上班着裝

Sarah: So John, what do you think about tattoos and piercings?

薩拉：約翰，你怎麼看紋身和穿孔？

John: Oh. Well, I think they're okay. Personally, I have my ears pierced, and I have many tattoos. But in the professional world, different people have different ideas. So I had to make sure all of my tattoos can be covered by a t-shirt, so any person who sees me doesn't know that I have any tattoos. But I personally think tattoos are okay. So if I saw a police officer with many tattoos on her arms and her neck, I wouldn't have a problem with it. What about you?

約翰：哦。我認爲那沒什麼問題。我有耳洞，而且我也有很多紋身。但在職場上，不同的人有不同的看法。我要確保T恤能遮住我的紋身，這樣人們就不知道我有很多紋身。不過我個人認爲紋身不是問題。如果我看到女警胳膊上和脖子上有很多紋身，我並不覺得那是問題。你呢？

Sarah: Do you think in the future, maybe as you and I grow up, it will become more common to go to the doctor or maybe go to the bank and you see people, and they are professional people, but they have visible tattoos or earrings? I also have a tattoo. So I think they're okay.

薩拉：你認爲未來，也許在你和我都成熟以後，我們去看醫生或去銀行時，會看到那些職業人士露出紋身和穿孔嗎？這種現象會更普遍嗎？我也有紋身。所以我也認爲這不是問題。

John: I agree. I think that in the future, it will be more and more commonplace to see people who have visible tattoos and piercings. Of course, right now, people are having more and more visible tattoos that are very small. But maybe in the future, tattoos will be bigger and bigger. I think it's the same with piercings. Nowadays, it's normal to see women and men who have their ears pierced. But it's still not common to see a professional working with their nose pierced or their eyebrows pierced. Maybe in the future that will be common as well.

約翰：我同意。我認爲未來，看到人們露出紋身和穿孔會更普遍。當然，現在人們會露出那種很小的紋身。不過也許以後，人們露出的紋身會越來越大。我認爲穿孔也是如此。現在，女性和男性打耳洞是很平常的事。不過，現在並不常見到職業人士戴鼻環或眉環。也許未來這些現象也會更常見。

Sarah: I think so. But one thing that I think won't change is professional clothing. I think these days and the future, I think a nice suit, a professional collared shirt, ironed pants – I think those type of clothes are really important for your job or for the type of job if you want a promotion. And I think in the future, we'll see people with really nice professional clothing and then they might have visible tattoos or earrings. I think your clothes show how important your job is to you.

薩拉：我也是這麼認爲的。不過我認爲職業着裝是不會改變的。無論是現在還是未來，得體的西裝、職業有領襯衣、熨好的褲子等，我認爲這類衣服對你的工作非常重要，如果你想升職的話，這類衣服對你的工作類型很重要。未來，我們可能看到人們穿着得體的職業着裝，露出紋身和穿孔。我認爲着裝能顯示出工作對你的重要性。

John: I see what you're saying. If I was trying to hire a lawyer and I saw two lawyers and both of them had tattoos and their ears pierced, but if one of the lawyers was wearing a suit, even if that person have tattoos and piercings, if they're wearing a suit, I would rather choose that lawyer than someone who had tattoos and piercings who was wearing a t-shirt and shorts.

約翰：我明白你的意思。如果我要聘請一名律師，我看到兩名律師都有紋身，而且戴耳環，但是其中一人穿着西裝，即使那個人有紋身和穿孔，可是如果他穿着西裝的話，我也會選擇他，而不是那個有紋身和穿孔，但是穿着T恤和短褲的人。

Sarah: Uh-hmm.

薩拉：嗯。

John: So I agree with you that the clothing is more important for professional image.

約翰：我同意你的觀點，衣着對職業形象更重要。

Sarah: What do you think – these days, some of the computer companies or tech startups, the CEOs are young people and they'll go to work wearing jeans or shorts and a t-shirt. And they like to portray a casual atmosphere through their clothes. What do you think about that?

薩拉：現在有些計算機公司或科技初創公司的首席執行官是年輕人，他們會穿着牛仔褲或短褲T恤上班。他們希望用穿着營造輕鬆的氛圍。你對此有什麼看法？

John: Well, in my opinion, the environment at a job, as long as everyone working there is in the same environment, maybe they should be able to choose what kind of professional attire is appropriate inside of that company. But the problem would arise when those workers have to interact with people from another company. So if another company has a dress code where everyone is wearing suits and these two companies have to work together, there might be a problem.

約翰：在我看來，就工作環境來說，所有員工都在同一個環境，也許應該讓員工選擇適合公司的職業裝。不過，因爲這些員工要和其他公司的人接觸，這樣做可能會產生問題。如果其他公司有着裝規定，要求員工穿西裝，而這兩家公司要一起工作，那可能就會有問題產生。

Sarah: It's strange that clothes seem like they're so important. The knowledge and the product should be important but I think everyone looks at the clothes and makes a judgment.

薩拉：着裝如此重要其實很奇怪。知識和產品應該更重要，不過我認爲所有人都會根據他人的着裝去做判斷。

John: Yeah. It's interesting that we all know the saying "Don't judge a book by its cover" but we can't help but do that. Everyone is judging people by what they wear, and that's not going to change.

約翰：對。有意思的是，我們都知道“不要以貌取人”這句話，可是我們卻不由自主地去這樣做。所有人都通過其他人的穿着來評判他們，這種情況不會改變。

Sarah: I agree.

薩拉：我同意。

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重點講解：
1. make sure 一定要；設法保證；
例句：Make sure the draining board, sink and plug hole are regularly disinfected.
滴水板、水槽和塞孔一定要定期消毒。
2. even if 即使；儘管；縱然；
例句：Friendship means understanding, not agreement. It means forgiveness, not forgetting. It means the memories last, even if contact is lost.
友情是理解，不是妥協；是原諒，不是遺忘。即使不聯繫，感情依然在。
3. would rather do sth. 寧願；寧可；
例句：I would rather stay at home alone.
我寧願獨自呆在家。
4. in one's opinion 在…看來；據…的意見；
例句：The book is, in Henry's opinion, the best book on the subject.
依照亨利的看法，這本書是關於該主題的最佳著述。