新视野大学英语视听说教程 2 Unit 6-6

Now Your Turn
A: What did you think of the low-cut dress at the fashion show yesterday evening?
B: I think it’s not decent¹ for Chinese girls to wear a dress like that.
A: The dress seemed quite al right to me. In fact, they looked pretty nice to me.
B: Do you really think people can wear that stuff² and walk around the streets?
A: Yes, I do. Don’t forget this is already the 21st century. Some people wear high-fashion clothes to show off their sense³ of style as wealth⁴.
B: Well, I still think low-neck dresses are wrong. It would be better to spend the money on high-quality, traditional clothes.
 

1 decent   

adj.象样的，不错的，体面的，正派的，恰当的

参考例句：

• We want to raise our children to be decent men and women.我们盼望把孩子们培养成优秀人才。
• There isn't even a decent table in this room.这屋里连张像样的桌子也没有。

2 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

3 sense   

n.侦测，感应，感觉，感官，意识，观念，情理，知觉，理智；vt.感觉，觉察，了解

参考例句：

• He has a strong sense of humor.他很有幽默感。
• He has a sense that somone is standing behind him.他有一种有人站在他后面的那种感觉。

4 wealth   

n.财富，资源，财产，丰富，富裕，大量

参考例句：

• Loss of health is more serious than loss of wealth.健康的丧失比财富的损失更为重要。
• It goes without saying that health is above wealth.健康胜于财富这是不言而喻的。