美語情景對話 第1339期:Price Range for Clothes 衣服的價格範圍(2)
Todd: Okay. That brings up a good question because we're talking about shoes. How important is fashion for you? Are you willing to wear uncomfortable clothing to look good?
託德：好。這引出了一個好問題，因爲我們在談論鞋子。時尚對你來說有多重要？你願意穿看上去很漂亮但是並不舒服的衣服嗎？Jen: Not always, because I really like comfort. I would rather wear pajamas and go out than, like you know, wear something really uncomfortable. But it depends, like if you're going to a party then you would obviously want to look good and wouldn't really care about comfort much. But in a daily basis, I would go for comfort always.
珍：不一定，因爲舒適感對我來說很重要。我寧願穿睡衣出門，也不願意穿非常不舒服的衣服。但是這要視情況而定，如果要去參加派對，那肯定想讓自己看上去很漂亮，這時我就不太在乎舒適感了。不過就日常着裝來說，我一直選擇舒服的衣服。Todd: Okay. Nice. How about for example, jewelry? Do you like to wear necklaces, earrings, rings, things like that?
託德：好。不錯。那珠寶首飾呢？你喜歡戴項鍊、耳環、戒指之類的飾品嗎？
Jen: No, I'm not much of an accessories person.
珍：不喜歡，我不太喜歡飾品。Todd: Okay. Now in your home country, Nepal, is it common for people to wear a lot of jewelry?
託德：好。那在你祖國尼泊爾，佩戴很多首飾普遍嗎？Jen: Yes, they do.
珍：很普遍。Todd: Oh yeah? Oh, okay. What do people like to wear?
託德：是嗎？好。人們喜歡戴什麼首飾？Jen: Everyone prefers gold I guess, because it's like people think that if you wear gold then you are rich. And yeah, gold, silver, and some wear diamonds.
珍：我認爲所有人都喜歡金飾，因爲人們認爲戴金飾說明很有錢。他們會戴金飾、銀飾，有時還會戴鑽石。Todd: Okay, nice. Nice. I don't have any jewelry, I don't think. Oh wow, I didn't even realize that. I don't have one piece of jewelry.
託德：哦，不錯，真好。我沒有珠寶首飾。哇哦，我甚至沒有意識到這件事。我一件首飾都沒有。Jen: Really?
珍：真的嗎？Todd: Yeah, I have no rings. No necklaces. I have a broken watch. But yeah.
託德：對，我沒有戒指、項鍊。我有塊壞了的手錶。就是這樣。Jen: Don't you ever feel like buying one though? Don't you ever follow a trend and thought about piercing your ears or something?
珍：你沒想過買一件嗎？你沒有跟隨潮流嗎？沒想過打耳洞之類的嗎？Todd: That would be interesting, piercing my ears. You know, when I was your age, which was about over 20 years ago, it was just starting to happen that boys or men would pierce their ears. But it was a bit controversial, it wasn't like it's common now. So yeah.
託德：打耳洞，那應該很有意思。你知道，我在你這麼大的時候，大約20年前吧，剛剛有男孩或男性開始打耳洞。不過當時那有點兒爭議，不像現在這麼普遍。情況就是這樣。Jen: What about necklaces?
珍：那項鍊呢？Todd: Yeah, I used to have a necklace, yeah. And I just stopped wearing them, it's just not a thing. Yeah. How about you? Would you like to have piercings? Like do you have, you have earrings, right?
託德：我以前有項鍊。不過我已經不再戴了，不是什麼重要的東西。你呢？你想穿孔嗎？你有耳環，是吧？Jen: Yes, I do, but I rarely use them because at some point it's just hurts and you just feel like you don't really need it, so yeah.
珍：我有，不過很少戴，因爲有時會弄傷自己，讓我感覺其實並不需要它。Todd: What about in your country, do people have piercings in different places like eyelids or lips or ... ? Like a nose ring?
託德：那你祖國尼泊爾的民衆會在不同地方穿孔嗎？比如眼皮或嘴脣之類的地方？或者會戴鼻環嗎？Jen: Yeah, they have nose ring and then they also pierce their ears, like in so many different places. But I've never really seen anyone really piercing their eyelids or stuff. I would want to pierce my-
珍：會，他們會戴鼻環，會打耳洞，也會在不同的地方穿孔。不過我從來沒見到有人在眼皮上穿孔的。我想穿孔的地方是……Todd: Belly button? The belly button?
託德：肚臍？在肚臍上穿孔？Jen: Yes.
珍：對。Todd: Oh my gosh, that looks like it would hurt.
託德：哦我的天哪，那會很疼吧。Jen: I know-
珍：我知道。Todd: So much.
託德：非常疼。Jen: -but I really want to do it.
珍：不過我非常想在肚臍上穿孔。Todd: Really? All right, well, just be careful.
託德：是嗎？好吧，要小心一些。Jen: Okay, I will.
珍：好，我會的。
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重點講解：
1. bring up 提出；
例句：We decided to bring up the problem at the next meeting.
我們決定在下次會議上提出這個問題。
2. would rather do sth. than do sth. 寧願做某事不願做某事；
例句：I would rather hoe in the garden than run on the playground.
我寧願在花園裏鋤草，不願在運動場上跑來跑去。
3. care about 關心；在乎；在意；
例句：I don't care about the matter.
我對這事毫不介意。
4. go for 非常喜歡；選擇；
例句：I don't go for men of his type.
我不喜歡他那種類型的人。
