【英语趣味课堂】衣服和颜色-Clothes and Colors

Todd: What's your favorite color?

 

Wendi: Me?

 

Todd: Yeah. You're the only one here.

 

Wendi: Good point. Favorite color -- green.

 

Todd: Yeah. Why green?

 

Wendi: I don't know. I just chose on really. I don't know. These days I kind of like green, but it changes all the time.

 

Todd: Like seasonally¹? You have your favorite color for the season?

 

Wendi: I think it's more of a monthly thing.

 

Todd: Right.

 

Wendi: You?

 

Todd: Well, purple. I love the color purple.

 

Wendi: Why is that?

 

Todd: I don't know really. Same thing I guess and I never where purple. I mean, I don't have purple clothes. I don't have anything purple in my room, but.

 

Wendi: You should have a purple suit.

 

Todd: A zoot suit. A purple suit.

 

Wendi: Yeah, just for one on those days when you're feeling it. You could pull it off.

 

Todd: A yellow shirt maybe and purple tie.

 

Wendi: No, and a purple shirt too and a purple tie, some purple patent shoes and a purple brief case.

 

Todd: I'm not sure it's going to go with my complexion².

 

Wendi: No, I think it will work.

 

Todd: Purple hat, suede³ hat.

 

Wendi: I see it all right now. It looks good.

 

Todd: OK, what's a color you don't like?

 

Wendi: A color I don't like. I'll show you a color I don't like, but I don't know if there's a name for it, the closest name would probably be mustard.

 

Todd: Like this green.

 

Wendi: You think that's a green. See I think that's more of baby diarrhea.

 

Todd: It does actually look like baby diarrhea.

 

Wendi: It is quite baby diarrhea. Have you ever had to change a baby's diaper?

 

Todd: Of course.

 

Wendi: Yeah, it's kind of, it's about that color and that's one that I don't like. Yeah, it's bad isn't it.

 

Todd: That is disgusting.

 

Wendi: There's a story behind those pants.

 

Todd: Oh, yeah, what's the story behind the pants?

 

Wendi: I think no one would buy them so they got heavily discounted and so I purchased them and then when I got home, I was like, "Wait a second! I know why no one else would buy those cause they're so ugly."

 

Todd: What, you were working at a clothing store?

 

Wendi: No, I was shopping.

 

Todd: And you noticed that no one buying these poor pants and you're like, 'I must buy them."

 

Wendi: Yeah. No, actually, I think like whenever I buy stuff, cause it's not often, my first thing is I look at the price tag and I was like, "Ah, dam, a thousand yen⁴, I could use some work pants." And then I bought them and well, they've never been worn, but a little while later.

 

Todd: Well, you've actually never worn these things?

 

Wendi: I've never worn them.

 

Todd: Come on, you gotta, you know bust⁵ out.

 

Wendi: I can't bust out. It's like me busting⁶ out in those is akin⁷ to you busting out in the purple suit. It's just not going to happen.

 

Todd: Yeah, but you see, I would actually have to spend a lot of money. I would wear the purple suit but I just don't want to go buy it. If I actually had it I'd probably wear it.

 

Wendi: That's dishonest because if I got you a purple suit, you would not wear it.

 

Todd: Oh, buy it. I'll wear it.

 

Wendi: Oh, now way. There's not way you would.

 

Todd: Because you know what, the greatest thing about being a teacher is you can wear whatever you want.

 

Wendi: That's kind of true.

Todd: You know because they expect you to have no fashion sense anyway.

 

Wendi: For sure.

 

Todd: So.

 

Wendi: It is true actually.

1 seasonally   

参考例句：

• The price of vegetables fluctuates seasonally. 蔬菜的价格随季节变动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They moved seasonally among various vegetation types to feed on plants that were flourishing. 它们还随着季节的变化而在各种类型植物之间迁移，以便吃那些茂盛的植物。 来自辞典例句

2 complexion   

n.肤色；情况，局面；气质，性格

参考例句：

• Red does not suit with her complexion.红色与她的肤色不协调。
• Her resignation puts a different complexion on things.她一辞职局面就全变了。

3 suede   

n.表面粗糙的软皮革

参考例句：

• I'm looking for a suede jacket.我想买一件皮制茄克。
• Her newly bought suede shoes look very fashionable.她新买的翻毛皮鞋看上去非常时尚。

4 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。

5 bust   

vt.打破；vi.爆裂；n.半身像；胸部

参考例句：

• I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。
• She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。

6 busting   

打破，打碎( bust的现在分词 )； 突击搜查（或搜捕）； （使）降级，降低军阶

参考例句：

• Jim and his wife were busting up again yesterday. 吉姆和他的妻子昨天又吵架了。
• He figured she was busting his chops, but it was all true. 他以为她在捉弄他，其实完全是真的。

7 akin   

adj.同族的，类似的

参考例句：

• She painted flowers and birds pictures akin to those of earlier feminine painters.她画一些同早期女画家类似的花鸟画。
• Listening to his life story is akin to reading a good adventure novel.听他的人生故事犹如阅读一本精彩的冒险小说。