【英語學習】【Level 08】U04 What I love L3 A good buy

Word Preparation

outfit: 服裝

a set of clothes worn for a particular occasion or activity

Is that the outfit you are going to wear to the party?
那就是你要穿去參加派對的服裝嗎？

Rachel is choosing her outfit for attending her best friend’s wedding ceremony.
Rachel 正在爲出席她好朋友的婚禮而挑選服裝。

preferred: 更喜歡的，更好的

liked or wanted more than anything else

I don’t mind eating pizza, but it’s not on my preferred list of food.
我並不介意喫披薩，但是披薩並不是我比較喜歡的食物。

Eating sooner rather than later would be preferred.
早點喫比晚點喫要好。

a good buy: 很划算的東西

something good that you buy for a reasonable price

I bought this phone at a discounted price. It was such a good buy!
我以折扣價買的這部手機，很划算！

This store has a lot of high quality products and other good buys.
這家商店有很多物美價廉的東西。

mark something down: 降價

to lower the price of something

You should wait till they mark the price down before you buy this bag.
你應該等到降價之後再買這個包。

I heard that they often marked prices down during holidays to promote the sales.
我聽說他們節假日裏爲了提高銷量，通常會降低商品價格。

stress-reliever: 減壓方式

an activity or thing that helps lower or relieve stress

Watching TV after a working day is the best stress-reliever for me.
工作一天回到家後看電視是我最好的減壓方式。

Exercising and listening to music are most people’s stress-relievers.
運動和聽音樂是很多人的減壓方式。

have a weakness for something: 喜愛，偏好

to like, enjoy, be unable to say no to something

I have a weakness for dessert and I can never say no to chocolate.
我喜歡喫甜點，而且我從來無法拒絕巧克力。

If I have a weakness for anything, it is for a good rest on Sunday.
如果我有什麼特殊愛好的話，那就是在星期日好好休息一下。

Grammar

cloth, clothing, clothes and outfit

1. cloth：布料，布匹（概念，不可數）；布塊，桌布（具體實物，可數）
   

2. clothes / clothing，均可表示 “衣服”，用作 “衣服” 的統稱，但是用法上有區別。
   (1) clothes 永遠是一個複數名詞，沒有單數形勢，前面不可加不定冠詞 a，也不可加數詞 one, two等；但可用 some, these, those, many, few 等詞修飾。
   
   (2) clothing 是不可數名詞。

3. outfit 特指用於某種場合，帶有某種風格的衣服。

• She bough some cloth to make her a dress.
• Clean the tables with a soft cloth.
• He changed his clothes for tomorrow’s event.
• Some poor areas still lack food and clothing.
• He bought his daughter a hacking outfit.