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牛人支招:20個竅門練就地道英語
你知道多少的時尚詞匯?考考自己,看看下面的這個fashion quiz吧。
1: Which of the following prepositions means that something is fashionable?
a. up
b. down
c. in
d. out
答案是:c. in,in 在英語裏往往代表時尚的意思,比如what's in at the moment? 意思就是現在流行的是什麼?你可能也會聽到人們談到the in-thing,它指那些現在流行、時尚的東西,並不局限于時裝,還包含音樂,語言表達等。Up, downt都不是時尚的意思,out正好和時尚相反,這個詞是指過時的。
2: If a piece of clothing is a bit big and loose on the body, which word would we use in
English to describe it?
a. loosy
b. baggy
c. tight
d. shaggy
答案是:b. baggy,Baggy 表示衣服穿著很寬松,有的時候流行的是寬松類型的衣服,並不代表衣服不合身。a不對,因為英語裏沒有loosy這個詞;c不對,因為tight是寬松的反義詞,意思是很緊;d不對,因為Shaggy一般是用來形容頭發亂糟糟的意思。
3: When British people talk about "high street fashion" – what do they mean?
a. Clothes that they bought at a shop on a main road
b. Expensive designer clothes
c. Clothes bought from one of the many chain fashion shops that you typically see in all
towns across Britain
d. Clothes that you can only wear outside
答案是:c,High street fashion 的意思就是指大眾能接受的時裝流行趨勢。a不對,因為A high street一般指商業街,不過不是所有商業街上的時裝店買的都是high street 時裝;b不對,因為high street fashion一般沒有價格昂貴的頂級名牌時裝。