美語情景對話 第350期:The History of the Tie 領帶的歷史
Todd: Mike, you were born in Croatia.
託德：邁克，你出生於克羅地亞。Mike: That's right.
邁克：沒錯。Todd: Now you told me an interesting story about the necktie. Can you explain where the necktie came from?
託德：你要給我講一個有關領帶的有趣故事。那你能告訴我領帶的起源嗎？
Mike: Well, my understanding is that the necktie originated from Croatia. Originally, several hundred years ago, when the Croatians went into battle they would have a scarf or a handkerchief that protected their necks when they went into battle, and when they fought, and what they started doing was wearing this scarf or this handkerchief around their neck almost as an accessory and they wore this in the 17th, I believe it was 18th century maybe, or 17th century. They went to visit Louis the 14th in France on some sort of official visit, a delegation of Croatians, that rhymes, and they wore their handkerchiefs, and apparently Louis the 14th was so impressed and thought is was such a cool looking accessory that he adopted it as a fashion item for the French and it became the necktie, and the French word for necktie comes from the French word for Croatian, which is "cravate", so the cravate origin is from the Croatian. That's the story as far as I know it.
邁克：我的理解是，領帶起源於克羅地亞。最初，大概是幾百年前，克羅地亞人打仗的時候會戴圍巾或是手帕來保護脖子，他們打仗的時候要先在脖子上繫上圍巾或是手帕當做裝飾，我想他們大概是在17世紀，或是18世紀開始戴這種裝飾。一個克羅地亞代表團去法國拜見路易十四，他們當時就戴着手帕，顯然路易十四對此印象深刻，認爲這個裝飾看上去很酷，所以他把這種裝飾作爲了法國的時尚，而這就演變成了領帶，法語中的領帶一詞就來源於法語中的“克羅地亞人”，即“cravate”，cravate就來源於克羅地亞人這個詞。這就是目前我所知道的故事。Todd: Wow, so today people wear neckties because of Croatia?
託德：哇，所以今天人們佩戴領帶是因爲克羅地亞嗎？Mike: Because of Croatians and that doesn't make me feel any better because I hate wearing a necktie, but I guess I can't change history.
邁克：因爲克羅地亞人，這並沒有讓我感覺舒服些，因爲我討厭戴領帶，不過我無法改變歷史。
重點講解：
1. come from
來自；始於；
eg. Chocolate comes from the cacao tree.
巧克力出自可可樹。
eg. The term 'claret', used to describe Bordeaux wines, may come from the French word 'clairet'.
用來指稱波爾多葡萄酒的詞 claret 可能源於法語單詞 clairet。
2. originate from
來源；起源；
eg. All carbohydrates originate from plants.
所有的碳水化合物均來自植物。
eg. The rhythms of jazz music originate from African tribal music.
爵士樂的節奏起源於非洲的部落音樂。
3. as far as I know
（用於表示不太確信）據我所知；就我記得的；
eg. It only lasted a couple of years, as far as I know.
據我所知，它僅僅維持了兩三年。
eg. So far as I know, she has a faculty of housekeeping.
就我所知，她很善於理家。
