PETS－2语法讲解(166)

　　What do you think of my new suit?
　　对话
　　Terry: What do you think of my new suit?
　　Michae: Not bad. I like the wide lapels and the pant cuffs. It reminds me of
　　one I saw in the department store the other day. Did you get it there?
　　Terry: No, I got it at that new outfitters on the main street.
　　Michael: How much did it cost?
　　Terry: $350.
　　Michael: What? You could have got the one from the department store for $200. You've been ripped off!
　　得利：你认为我这套新西装怎么样？
　　麦可：很不错。我喜欢那大翻领，以及裤脚的反折边。这套西装使我联想到日前在百货公司看到的那一套。你是在那里买的吗？
　　得利：不是，我是在大街那家服装店买的。
　　麦可：价钱是多少？
　　得利：三百五十元。
　　麦可：什么？百货公司那一套，二百元就可以买到了。你被人敲竹杠啦。
　　得利问麦可：What do you think of my new suit?这一句的of可不可以改为about？答案是‘可以’。Think of、think about都有‘对某人、某物抱……看法’的意思，例如：What do you think of/about his proposal?（你认为他的建议怎样？）不过，think high/a lot/a great deal of（认为很好）、think badly/ill of（认为不好）等的of却不可改为about，例如：Don't think ill of him just because he was late last time（不要因为他上次迟到，就对他产生坏印象）。麦可回答得利说：I like the wide lapels and the pant cuffs。西装裤脚的反折边，英式英文叫turn-up，美式则叫cuff或trouser/pant cuff，以别于指‘衬衫袖口’的cuff，例如：Tuck your turn-ups/cuffs into your socks to prevent mosquito bites（把裤脚反折处塞进袜子里，以防被蚊叮）。Lapel是西装的翻领，在左右两襟，所以多用复数形式，和一般的衣领(collar)不同。Coats with narrow lapels are coming back into fashion即‘窄翻领的外衣，又开始流行了’。Rip off是‘敲竹杠’，这个词拙栏从前谈过，不必赘言；值得一谈的，是main street。一般市镇都有一条商铺集中的大街，这在美国叫main street，英国叫法则颇为奇怪，是high street，切勿直译作‘高街’，例如：There are several international banks on/in the main/high street（大街上有几家国际银行）。