留学生在中国 第29期 Girl's Shoes 女孩子的鞋

 　　Chapter 29 Girls can never have enough shoes第29章 女孩子们的鞋总是不够穿David ： How many pairs of shoes do you have?

　　你有多少双鞋 ?

　　You ：I have four pairs of summer shoes. I have one, two, three......I have five pairs of slippers¹.

　　我有四双夏天穿的鞋子。我还有一、二、三 ，我一共有五双拖鞋。

　　David ： You have more pairs of slippers than you have shoes?

　　你的拖鞋比鞋还多。

　　You ：Not exactly. The slippers are for winter. I have four pairs of shoes I wear in the summer but for the winter I have about three pairs of shoes: two pairs of boots and one pair of everyday shoes.

　　不。我的拖鞋是冬天才穿的。夏天我有四双鞋，但冬天我只有三双鞋：两双靴子和一双普通的鞋子。

　　David ： Oh, I see.

　　噢，是这样啊。

　　You ：No, wait. I must have more than three because I also have hiking² shoes. I have two pairs of winter sports shoes. That means³ I have more than four pairs of winter shoes. I guess for every season, I wear more than four pairs of shoes. Even that doesn’t seem like enough.

　　不，不止三双，我还有一双郊游鞋，两双冬天穿的运动鞋。那意味着我冬天不止有四双鞋。我想，每个季节，我的鞋子都不止四双，但即使那样也不够。

　　David ： It is never enough for women. I have two pairs of dress shoes and two pairs of sport shoes.

　　鞋子对女人来说永远都不够。我有两双皮鞋和两双运动鞋。

　　You ：You can never have too many. I like wearing different shoes every day. I think when I go home, I will wear different slippers every day, too. That should lift my spirits. Every day brings something new and I like a change of scene.

　　永远都不够。我喜欢每天穿不同的鞋。我觉得我回家的时候，每天也要穿不一样的拖鞋。那可以让我心情愉快。每天都有新气象，我喜欢变化。

1 slippers   

n. 拖鞋

参考例句：

• a pair of slippers 一双拖鞋
• He kicked his slippers off and dropped on to the bed. 他踢掉了拖鞋，倒在床上。

2 hiking   

n.徒步旅行

参考例句：

• He has been hiking round Scotland for a month.他围着苏格兰徒步旅行了一个月。
• Hiking is not yet popular in China.徒步旅行在中国还不流行。

3 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。