ESL露西的一天 第42期:发型服饰讲解(5)(在线收听

   Lucy goes into her bedroom and looks in her closet for a skirt and a blouse to wear. 露西走进卧室,打开壁橱找一条裙子和一件衬衫穿。

  A closet, "closet," is a space in your bedroom where you can keep your clothes. 壁橱(closet)是卧室里可以放衣服的地方。
  The clothes that you put in a closet are usually ones that you hang, "hang." 放在壁橱里的衣服通常都是挂起来(hang)的。
  To hang your clothes means to put them on something so that the clothes are not folded, they are vertical and they are hanging down from a bar - a pole that is at the top of your closet. 把衣服挂起来,是指把衣服放在某个东西上,这样衣服就不是叠起来放的,它们是竖直挂在一根杆子上垂下来的,这根杆子在衣柜顶部。
  The thing you put your clothes on is called a hanger, "hanger." 你挂衣服的那个东西叫做衣架(hanger)。
  So, you put your clothes, or you hang your clothes on a clothes hanger, and you put them into your closet. 所以,你把衣服放在或者挂在衣架上,然后把它们放进衣橱里。
  Closets can also just be places to store things - places to keep things. 衣橱也可以是储存东西的地方,用来放东西。
  It's like a big box in your room, but it's very tall, usually as tall as the person or taller. 它就像房间里的一个大盒子,但它很高,通常和人一样高,或者比人还高。
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