地道英語：Kitten Heels 中跟女鞋（英語聽力）

How high are your heels?



地道英語：Kitten Heels 中跟女鞋（英語聽力） ZT

Tracy: Hello, welcome to Authentic Real English from BBC Learning English. I’m Tracy.

Li: 大家好，我是楊莉。

Tracy: Li, your shoes are gorgeous. Are they new?

Li: Yes. I had to buy them. 這雙鞋挺貴的，不過可以搭配很多不同種類的衣服。

Tracy: I can see why you bought them. Those kitten heels are perfect for work and partying.

Li: Why do people call them kitten heels?

Tracy: Honestly, I don’t know. They just do. Perhaps it’s because they are as cute as a kitten.

Li: 和小貓一樣可愛。那麽女鞋中的 kitten heel 和 stiletto heel 比起來都有哪些區別呢?

Tracy: That’s a good question. They are both types of high-heeled shoe. A stiletto is a tall, slim-heeled shoe.

Li: A stiletto 是鞋跟又高又細的高跟鞋。

Tracy: They are usually considered to be quite sexy.


How high are your heels?
Li: Ok, and a kitten heel?

Tracy: A kitten heel is a shoe with slightly shorter heel. The heels are usually no more than a couple of inches tall.

Li: 就是說，中跟鞋的鞋跟要低一些，大概有兩英寸左右。

Tracy: Exactly.

Li: 那麽中跟鞋看起來是不是比高跟鞋更職業一些？如果是上班的工作環境，是不是穿中跟鞋比高跟鞋更合適？

Tracy: Nowadays, women wear all different types of shoes. They might wear kitten heels or stilettos or another type of shoe to work.

Li: What do you prefer to wear: kitten heels or stilettos?

Tracy: That’s a tough one. I’m quite short so I often wear stilettos, although I think kitten heels are more comfortable.

Li: 讓我們來聽聽這些英國女孩子都喜歡穿什麽樣的鞋子。



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Examples


I normally wear stilettos to work. I think they look smarter with a suit than kitten heels.


I don’t own a single pair of kitten heels. I’m definitely a stiletto fan.


I have a couple of pairs of kitten heels which I wear to work but my favourite shoes are my stilettos.



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Li: That’s quite interesting. 比起 kitten heels，她們好像更喜歡穿 stilettos？這又是為什麽呢？

Tracy: I don’t know, but there is a trend just now for very tall high heels.

Li: 是的，這些接受我們采訪的女孩子們的穿著都是相當的時尚。

Tracy: Talking of very fashionable people Li, we should finish today’s programme.

Li: 謝謝大家收聽我們今天BBC英語教學為您製作的《地道英語》節目。

Tracy: Join us next time at www.bbcchina.com.cn. Bye.

Li: Bye.