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Gossip Girl,《緋闻女孩》

A:What's in the bag?

甲:包里是什么？

B:It's my dress for the fall dinner at the Frick. Eleanor sent them over. I don't know why there are two. This one's a little edgier than I thought, but I like it.

乙:是我准备参加福瑞克家秋季宴会的裙子。伊利诺寄过来的，不知道怎么会有两件。这件比我想得要更前卫一点，但是我挺喜欢的。

A:Apparently,it's for me.

甲:显然这是为我准备的。

B:Oh, this must be mine.

乙:哦，这件肯定是我的了。

A:It is a really nice color, though.

甲:颜色不错。

B:Dad, what do you think of this color?

乙:老爸，你觉得这颜色怎么样？

A:Of the paper? It's white.

甲:纸的颇色？白的。

B:No, no, no. It's not white. It's soft ecru. This is…that's white. I like the ecru myself, but I'm not sure about the font.

乙:不，不，不，不是白的。是淡米色。这个…这个才是白色。我个人喜欢米色，但是不知道字体合不合适。

A:Don't worry. You'll be fine. More than fine. You're the perfect Yale candidate. Maybe,

甲:别担心，会好的。比“好”还要好，你是耶鲁大学的完美候选人。

B:but I...I can't help thinking that, Yale is for presidents, not Humphreys.

乙:也许吧，可是我…我总忍不住觉得耶鲁是给总统去上的，不是给汉弗莱家的人上的。

生活口语

Sorry, does this dress come in another color?

抱歉,这条裙子还有别的颜色吗?

Yes. It also comes in purple and green.

有，这条裙子还有紫色和绿色的。

重点讲解:

Is this dress available in another color?

Does this dress come in another color?

单词available含有“可用的”,“可以买到的”之意，因此“有另一种颜色”的英文表达可以翻译为be available in another color。不过，这种表达过于书 面化，口语中我们用come in another color表达即可。