禮節美語: Dressing for Business in the Heat of the Summer (美語聽力) ZT 陳豪在北京的ABC美國公司工作，他在餐廳裏遇到了美國同事Amy。 (Office ambience) CH：Hi Amy. 坐下一起吃吧！ A: I'd love to. CH: 最近有什麽新鮮事嗎？ A: Well, I can tell that word got around about our being able to dress more comfortably during these hot days. CH: 是啊，天太熱了，公司宣布放鬆著裝要求。你看我，就隻穿了長袖襯衣，把西裝和領帶放在辦公室裏，萬一要見客戶再穿。 A: Your dress shirt is fine, except that you are not wearing an undershirt. CH: 什麽？裏麵還要穿汗衫？那不是更熱了嘛！ A: Still it is necessary. When a man isn't wearing an undershirt, it is obvious and he looks unprofessional. CH: 你能說說男人一定要穿汗衫的理由嗎？ A: For one it adds polish. Neither men nor women need to be dressed in see-through clothing in the business world. CH: 上班不應該穿透心的衣服。還有呢？ A: An undershirt adds a layer of protection. CH: 多穿一層不是很熱嗎？ A: It's because of the heat that you need the layer of protection. CH: 我還是不明白，有什麽可保護的啊？ A: When you perspire, the undershirt protects the dress shirt from showing the moisture and causing stains. It also absorbs some of the odor if you perspire heavily. C: 哦，我明白了，汗衫可以吸汗，這樣外麵就看不出來汗漬了。 ****** 陳豪第二天在辦公室遇到Amy. CH: Hi Amy, 我今天穿得如何？ A: You mean the undershirt? CH: 是啊，這回總行了吧！ A: I guess I didn't explain myself completely. You are wearing a crew-neck undershirt. CH: 穿高領衫難道不行嗎？ A: It would be fine if your shirt was buttoned at the neck, but you are wearing it open and I can see your undershirt. CH: 我以前也見過別人這麽穿，所以才覺得沒問題的。 A: People shouldn't see your undergarments. If you want to wear a shirt that is open at the collar, choose a v-neck style. CH: 那好，我中午出去買兩件V型領口的汗衫。 A: Good idea. And while you are at it, you might want to buy some socks to match your slacks and your shoes. CH: 不能穿白襪子嗎？ A: They don't belong at work. Socks should always match your shoes or your slacks. Besides, white socks are far too casual. CH: 那我能不能不穿襪子呢？今天會計科一個新來的就沒穿襪子，這樣就不存在搭配的問題了。 A: I suspect he will hear about that and you'll see him with socks on tomorrow. 我知道了，雖然因為天氣炎熱，公司宣布放鬆著裝，但還是要穿長袖襯衣，裏麵穿汗衫，如果不係領口，就應該穿V型領口的汗衫，不能讓別人看見。謝謝你，Amy.
