商務禮節美語第159期:在炎熱的夏天工作穿着
Dressing for Business in the Heat of the Summer
在炎熱的夏天工作穿着
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: 最近有什麼新鮮事嗎？
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，公司宣佈放鬆着裝要求。你看我，就只穿了長袖襯衣，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: 什麼？裏面還要穿汗衫？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，有什麼可保護的啊？
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，這樣外面就看不出來汗漬了。
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麼穿，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，雖然因爲天氣炎熱，公司宣佈放鬆着裝，但還是要穿長袖襯衣，裏面穿汗衫，如果不繫領口，就應該穿V型領口的汗衫，不能讓別人看見。謝謝你，Amy.
