EP 0070Advanced Media

Buying Underwear

A

This sucks; I hate buying lingerie. Okay, just find something and get out of here. Alright, these are fine. Oh, no, don’t come over here, don’t come over here.

B

You look a little lost, can I help you?

A

Um, I’m just having a look around. It’s my girl- ’ friend’s birthday tomorrow. I m trying to find her something.

B

Well, you can’t give her granny panties. Have you thought about getting her some sleepwear? We’ve got these lovely, silky nighties. Or, how about a nice panty-and and-bra set. Look, here’s a nice satin push-up bra, and you can choose a few different styles of undies to go with it.

A

Sure that’s fine.

A

This is so awkward...what ones do I pick? What size is she?

B

Well, do you want a thong, some bikini briefs, maybe this nice pair of lacy boy shorts?

A

Just pick something and get the hell out of here. ’

A

Um, I ll go with these two.

A

This is mortifying; I just want to get this over with. She better thank me for this... Here you are, sir. I’m sure she’ll enjoy them.

B

Finally!

A

I’m sorry, sir. I’m going to have to take a look inside your bag.

核心词汇

mortifyingAdjective

extremely embarassing

boy shortscommon noun, plural

women’s underwear that looks like little, tight shorts

bikini briefscommon noun, singular

women’s underwear worn on the lower part of the body

undiescommon noun, plural

informal way of saying underwear

pushup bracommon noun, singular

a bra that raises the breasts so as to offer additional size through padding

nightiescommon noun, plural

a night dress, night gown

get out of herephrase

leave this place

sleepwearcommon noun, singular

clothes you use for sleeping

lingeriecommon noun, nonvariable

women’s underwear

pantiescommon noun, plural

women’s underwear

bracommon noun, singular

clothes a women wears to support her breasts

拓展词汇

going commandophrase

term used to describe when a person is not wearing any underwear

briefscommon noun, plural

normal or traditional underwear for men, similar to the shape and size of panties

boxer shortscommon noun, plural

type of underwear that men use which are similar to shorts

corsetcommon noun, singular

a garment worn under the clothing used to mold and shape the torso into a desired shape for aesthetic or medical purposes

knickerscommon noun, plural

BrE. same as panties