A:Did you see the fashion awards last night?
你看了昨晚的時裝頒獎晚會沒有?
B:I sat through about half of it but they lost me after that.
我看了大約一半就走了。
A:Not interested?
不感興趣?
B:Not really, to be honest. Some of what they call fashion looks terrible to me.
老實說,不是很感興趣。他們所謂的一些時裝在我看來太差勁了。
A:But they are showing what will be all the rage next year.
但他們展出的是一些明年要流行的時裝。
B:All the rage with whom? I never see anyone wearing these designs on the street.
流行個鬼!我從來就沒有看到街上有誰會穿這個。
A:Did you know that fashion is cyclical?
你知道流行的潮流是循環(huán)往復的嗎?
B:What, it keeps coming back?
什么?還可以再流行以前的?
A:Precisely! For example,Flares were popular for a while, then went out of fashion. Now we can start to see them coming back in again.
沒錯!喇叭褲就曾經(jīng)流行了陣子,隨后過時了?,F(xiàn)在,我們發(fā)現(xiàn)它又開始流 行起來了。
B:Flares?
喇叭褲?
A:They're also known as bell-bottoms. They are a type of trousers.
他們是種鐘形褲管的褲子。
B:It's too complicated.I'll just stick to the plain clothes.
太復雜了。我還是簡簡單單的算了。
A:That's fine, but then you'll always look plain.
那也可以,但你看起來可就顯得老土了。