购物英语口语一本通(MP3+中英字幕) Unit49:修改衣物

Unit 49 Alterations

第49课 修改衣物

C: Excuse me, I'd like to have these pants I bought here yesterday altered. Here's my receipt.

顾客：对不起，我想改一下昨天买的裤子。这是我的收据。

S: Certainly, sir. What would you like done to them?

接待员：没问题，先生。您想怎么改？

C: They're a little bit too long, so I'd like about half an inch taken off them.

顾客：它们有点太长了，我想改短大约半英寸。

S: All right, sir. They should be ready for you by tomorrow afternoon.

接待员：好的，先生。明天中午就会好了。

C: Thank you very much.

顾客：非常谢谢你。

S: It's our pleasure.

接待员：那是我们的荣幸。

1．pants n．裤子（恒用复数）
a pair of pants 一条裤子
因为裤子有两条裤管，所以恒用复数。其他类似用法尚有scissors（剪刀，
有两片刀片），trousers（长裤，有两条裤管），glasses（眼镜，有两片镜片）。
a pair of scissors/trousers/glasses
一把剪刀／一条裤子／一副眼镜
2．alter vt．修改
例：A publisher can't alter a book without the author's permission.
（出版商未经作者的同意不能删改书。）
3．receipt n．收据
4．take sth off 把某物拿掉
例：John took the bumper stickers off his car.
（约翰把车子保险杠的贴纸拿掉。）