美語情景對話 第736期:Jeans 牛仔褲(2)

Todd: Before musicians like you said used to wear ripped jeans. Jeans with big holes or rips in them.

託德：你之前說過，以前的音樂人喜歡穿破洞牛仔褲。就是那種有破洞的牛仔褲。

Mariel: Oh, yeah, that was in the 80's.

瑪麗埃爾：對，那是上世紀80年代的事了。

Todd: OK, maybe that was my generation. So that's not popular anymore?

託德：那可能是我的年代。那現在破洞牛仔褲不再流行了嗎？

Mariel: Some people like to wear ripped jeans, yeah, still, but mainly the rips are quite neat, so they're usually ripped a little bit around the pockets or around the cuffs, you know the bottoms, Yeah

瑪麗埃爾：現在也還有人喜歡穿破洞牛仔褲，不過大部分破洞很整齊，一般破洞的位置在褲兜和褲腳附近。

Todd: OK, yeah. That sounds like designer jeans. Maybe then like.... are they specifically made just for that style?

託德：好。聽起來像設計師品牌的牛仔褲。也許……那是刻意做出這種樣式的嗎？

Mariel: Well, yeah. Actually, quite often the jeans you buy in the store are already ripped or already worn so they look like they're old but they are brand new.

瑪麗埃爾：對。實際上，你在商場裏買的破洞牛仔褲都會做舊，看起來像舊的，但其實是新的。

Todd: But designer jeans can be really expensive, right?

託德：但是設計師品牌的牛仔褲非常貴，對吧？

Mariel: Oh, they can be very expensive but people are willing to pay the money because they're designer jeans. They're cool.

瑪麗埃爾：是很貴，但是人們願意花錢買，因爲那些是設計師品牌的牛仔褲，非常酷。

Todd: Well, how much do you pay for jeans?

託德：你一般會花多少錢買牛仔褲？

Mariel: I can pay up to 120 Euros for jeans.

瑪麗埃爾：我最多可以花120歐元買牛仔褲。

Todd: A hundred and twenty Euros.

託德：120歐元。

Mariel: Yeah.

瑪麗埃爾：對。

Todd: That's a lot of money.

託德：那是一大筆錢啊。

Mariel: It's a lot of money, yeah, especially because I'm a student but I'm willing to put the money into it if the jeans fit very well.

瑪麗埃爾：的確是很多錢，尤其我還是個學生，不過如果合身的話，我願意在牛仔褲上花錢。

Todd: Just, lastly about jeans, these days there's many different colors. You have the light blue jeans, or the darker blue jeans. Which colors do you like to wear?

託德：最後一個有關牛仔褲的問題，最近的牛仔褲有很多顏色。有淺藍色牛仔褲，深藍色牛仔褲。你喜歡穿哪種顏色的牛仔褲？

Mariel: That depends on the time of the year actually. In the summer I like to wear light blue jeans and then in the winter I sometimes wear black jeans or really dark blue jeans.

瑪麗埃爾：這要取決於時節。夏天我喜歡穿淺藍色牛仔褲，冬天我會穿黑色或深藍色牛仔褲。

Todd: Oh, that's interesting. So you change the color by season?

託德：哦，有意思。你是根據季節更換顏色嗎？

Mariel: Yeah, generally I think I wear more darker clothes in the winter.

瑪麗埃爾：對，我冬天一般會穿深色。

Todd: Well, just off hand, how many jeans do you think you have? How many pairs do you have at home?

託德：問個剛想到的問題，你有多少條牛仔褲？你家裏有多少條牛仔褲？

Mariel: I think I have about eight or nine pairs.

瑪麗埃爾：我想我大概有八九條牛仔褲。

Todd: That's a lot.

託德：那很多了。

Mariel: That's a lot but actually, I use only two pairs of them.

瑪麗埃爾：是挺多的，不過我一般只穿其中的兩條。

Todd: Your favorites?

託德：那兩條是你的最愛？

Mariel: Yeah, my favorite jeans. And they're baggy.

瑪麗埃爾：對，我最喜歡的牛仔褲。是寬鬆牛仔褲。

Todd: OK, thanks Mariel.

託德：好，謝謝你，瑪麗埃爾。

Mariel: You're welcome. My pleasure.

瑪麗埃爾：不客氣。我很榮幸。

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重點講解：
1. used to do sth. 過去常常；過去曾；
例句：Markused tobe a pilot on the Mississippi River.
馬克曾在密西西比河上當過領航員。
2. brand new 嶄新的；簇新的；
例句：We are now entering abrand newera.
我們正進入一個嶄新的時代。
3. be willing to do sth. 樂意的；願意的；
例句：Iamquitewilling tolisten to your report.
我很樂意去聽你的報告。
4. depend on 取決（於）；有賴（於）；
例句：Whether we are outdepend onthe weather.
我們明天是否外出取決於天氣。
5. off hand 馬上；立即；無需詢問（或查證）；
例句：I can't think of anyoff hand.
我現在一個也想不出來。