購物英語口語一本通(MP3+中英字幕) Unit49:修改衣物

Unit 49 alterations

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第49課 修改衣物

C: Excuse me, I'd like to have these pants I bought here yesterday altered. Here's my receipt.

顧客：對不起，我想改一下昨天買的褲子。這是我的收據。

S: Certainly, sir. What would you like done to them?

接待員：沒問題，先生。您想怎麼改？

C: They're a little bit too long, so I'd like about half an inch taken off them.

顧客：它們有點太長了，我想改短大約半英寸。

S: All right, sir. They should be ready for you by tomorrow afternoon.

接待員：好的，先生。明天中午就會好了。

C: Thank you very much.

顧客：非常謝謝你。

S: It's our pleasure.

接待員：那是我們的榮幸。

1．pants n．褲子（恆用複數）
a pair of pants 一條褲子
因爲褲子有兩條褲管，所以恆用複數。其他類似用法尚有scissors（剪刀，
有兩片刀片），trousers（長褲，有兩條褲管），glasses（眼鏡，有兩片鏡片）。
a pair of scissors/trousers/glasses
一把剪刀／一條褲子／一副眼鏡
2．alter vt．修改
例：A publisher can't alter a book without the author's permission.
（出版商未經作者的同意不能刪改書。）
3．receipt n．收據
4．take sth off 把某物拿掉
例：John took the bumper stickers off his car.
（約翰把車子保險槓的貼紙拿掉。）