对话原文
Unit 49 Alterations
第49课 修改衣物
C: Excuse me, I'd like to have these pants I bought here yesterday altered. Here's my receipt.
顾客：对不起，我想改一下昨天买的裤子。这是我的收据。
S: Certainly, sir. What would you like done to them?
接待员：没问题，先生。您想怎么改？
C: They're a little bit too long, so I'd like about half an inch taken off them.
顾客：它们有点太长了，我想改短大约半英寸。
S: All right, sir. They should be ready for you by tomorrow afternoon.
接待员：好的，先生。明天中午就会好了。
C: Thank you very much.
顾客：非常谢谢你。
S: It's our pleasure.
接待员：那是我们的荣幸。

重点词汇
1．pants n．裤子（恒用复数）
a pair of pants 一条裤子
因为裤子有两条裤管，所以恒用复数。其他类似用法尚有scissors（剪刀，
有两片刀片），trousers（长裤，有两条裤管），glasses（眼镜，有两片镜片）。
a pair of scissors/trousers/glasses
一把剪刀／一条裤子／一副眼镜
2．alter vt．修改
例：A publisher can't alter a book without the author's permission.
（出版商未经作者的同意不能删改书。）
3．receipt n．收据
4．take sth off 把某物拿掉
例：John took the bumper stickers off his car.
（约翰把车子保险杠的贴纸拿掉。）