美语情景对话 第736期:Jeans 牛仔裤(2)

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

托德：你之前说过，以前的音乐人喜欢穿破洞牛仔裤。就是那种有破洞的牛仔裤。

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

玛丽埃尔：对，那是上世纪80年代的事了。

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

托德：那可能是我的年代。那现在破洞牛仔裤不再流行了吗？

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

玛丽埃尔：现在也还有人喜欢穿破洞牛仔裤，不过大部分破洞很整齐，一般破洞的位置在裤兜和裤脚附近。

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

托德：好。听起来像设计师品牌的牛仔裤。也许……那是刻意做出这种样式的吗？

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.

玛丽埃尔：对。实际上，你在商场里买的破洞牛仔裤都会做旧，看起来像旧的，但其实是新的。

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

托德：但是设计师品牌的牛仔裤非常贵，对吧？

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

玛丽埃尔：是很贵，但是人们愿意花钱买，因为那些是设计师品牌的牛仔裤，非常酷。

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

托德：你一般会花多少钱买牛仔裤？

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

玛丽埃尔：我最多可以花120欧元买牛仔裤。

Todd: A hundred and twenty Euros.

托德：120欧元。

Mariel: Yeah.

玛丽埃尔：对。

Todd: That's a lot of money.

托德：那是一大笔钱啊。

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.

玛丽埃尔：的确是很多钱，尤其我还是个学生，不过如果合身的话，我愿意在牛仔裤上花钱。

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?

托德：最后一个有关牛仔裤的问题，最近的牛仔裤有很多颜色。有浅蓝色牛仔裤，深蓝色牛仔裤。你喜欢穿哪种颜色的牛仔裤？

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.

玛丽埃尔：这要取决于时节。夏天我喜欢穿浅蓝色牛仔裤，冬天我会穿黑色或深蓝色牛仔裤。

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

托德：哦，有意思。你是根据季节更换颜色吗？

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

玛丽埃尔：对，我冬天一般会穿深色。

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

托德：问个刚想到的问题，你有多少条牛仔裤？你家里有多少条牛仔裤？

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

玛丽埃尔：我想我大概有八九条牛仔裤。

Todd: That's a lot.

托德：那很多了。

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

玛丽埃尔：是挺多的，不过我一般只穿其中的两条。

Todd: Your favorites?

托德：那两条是你的最爱？

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

玛丽埃尔：对，我最喜欢的牛仔裤。是宽松牛仔裤。

Todd: OK, thanks Mariel.

托德：好，谢谢你，玛丽埃尔。

Mariel: You're welcome. My pleasure.

玛丽埃尔：不客气。我很荣幸。

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重点讲解：
1. used to do sth. 过去常常；过去曾；
例句：Markused tobe a pilot on the Mississippi River.
马克曾在密西西比河上当过领航员。
2. brand new 崭新的；簇新的；
例句：We are now entering abrand newera.
我们正进入一个崭新的时代。
3. be willing to do sth. 乐意的；愿意的；
例句：Iamquitewilling tolisten to your report.
我很乐意去听你的报告。
4. depend on 取决（于）；有赖（于）；
例句：Whether we are outdepend onthe weather.
我们明天是否外出取决于天气。
5. off hand 马上；立即；无需询问（或查证）；
例句：I can't think of anyoff hand.
我现在一个也想不出来。