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A: backseat driver 就是喜歡瞎指揮，給別人亂出主意的人。想一想，生活中這樣的人還真不少！
B: I know! No one is asking their opinions, but they just pester you with their advice! Like a friend of mine, she likes to be a backseat driver when it comes to fashion. She always tells me what to wear, but her taste is really bad.
A: Really? What style does she like?
B: She likes clothes that are tacky or trashy.
A: 哦，你是說她喜歡俗氣，看著檔次低的衣服。
B: That's right. I think she should buy clothes that are more classy in style, but again, I'm not a backseat driver. I don't tell her what to wear.
A: 是，每個人的品位不同嗎。不過你剛才說她應(yīng)該穿些經(jīng)典款的衣服，這讓我想到咱們在下面的“美語怎么說”里要教的詞，那就是“必備單品”。
KAT在北京學(xué)漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是吳瓊要問的：必備單品。
WQ: Hey KAT! Wow...wait, 我們穿的褲子一樣耶！
KAT: OMG! Yeah! We ARE wearing the same thing! Where did you get it?
WQ: 在outlet啊！現(xiàn)在這種緊身褲最流行了！衣櫥必備！對了，這種什么都能配，大家都需要的衣服用美語怎么說啊？
KAT: Hmm, we usually say that kind of clothing is a must-have item.
WQ: M-u-s-t, must, 是必須的意思，have, h-a-v-e, 擁有，must-have, 必須擁有，就是必備單品嘍！
KAT: Exactly! Must-have items often go with many different styles. For example, skinny jeans are a must-have in today's fashion. 緊身牛仔褲是時尚潮人的必備單品。
WQ: That's why we are both wearing it! 對了，我這條褲子買的特值，買一送一呢！
KAT: What? Buy one get one free? That's such a great bargain!
WQ: Buy one get one free? 我猜這就是買一送一的意思吧？
KAT: That's correct! Sometimes you can buy one and get one 50% off Guess what that means?
WQ: Hmmm, 我想，這就是買一件，第二件打5折，對不對？
KAT: Good job! Besides, many stores are having end of season sales!
WQ: 這個我知道，就是換季大甩賣！Actually, I got these pants from the end of season sale! 我這條褲子就是換季大甩賣的時候買的！
KAT: There you go! I think we should pay a visit to the mall together this weekend, shall we? We can not and must not miss the end of season sale!
WQ: Sounds good!
KAT: It's a date!! Now let's see what you've learned today!
WQ: 第一：必備單品叫做：must-have;
第二，買一送一，可以說: buy one get one free;
第三，換季大甩賣，叫做end of season sale.
B: A little black dress is a must-have for every girl. Do you have one, yanglin?
A: Hmm, 我倒是覺得，什么是 a must-have item? 這還不都是時尚雜志說的？我看也是在忽悠消費者，為什么別人穿我就得穿啊？我非要和大家不一樣，難道不行？
B: That's an interesting point! Why should we follow the trend? We should be unique, or better yet, a trend setter!
A: 就是！要是大家都穿某一季的所謂必備單品，那滿街都是一樣的衣服，多沒意思！好了，一提起穿衣打扮咱們就沒完了，還是繼續(xù)聽節(jié)目吧。
B: Okay! Let's listen to Go English
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