戴尔英语红宝书 第37期

I’m going to see my tailor.

Victor： Hi,大家好,我是Victor， 

Nancy： Nancy! 

Victor： 今天我们讨论的Topic是： 

Nancy：I’m going to see my tailor. 

Victor：我准备去找我的裁缝。 

Nancy：A tailor is someone whose job it is to make clothing – in China, tailors are very cheap, and make some very nice clothing. Tailors can also do alterations¹, which means² making changes to existing clothes. 

Victor：在中国找裁缝做衣服很便宜，但在美国就恰恰相反。 

Nancy：To take something in means to make it smaller; to let something out means to make it bigger. When we say something is tailor-made, it means it fits that person exactly, this is with clothing or anything else. 

Victor：Nancy刚才说的tailor-made就是量身定做。 

Nancy：I’m going to see my tailor. 

Victor：I’m going to see my tailor. 

Nancy: That’s all for today. See you! 

Victor: See you! 

1 alterations   

n.改动( alteration的名词复数 )；更改；变化；改变

参考例句：

• Any alterations should be written in neatly to the left side. 改动部分应书写清晰，插在正文的左侧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code. 基因突变是指DNA 密码的改变。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。