陳豪在北京的ABC美國公司工作，他在餐廳里遇到了美國同事Amy。

(Office ambience)

CH：Hi Amy. 坐下一起吃吧！

A: I'd love to.

CH: 最近有什么新鮮事嗎？

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，公司宣布放松著裝要求。你看我，就只穿了長袖襯衣，把西裝和領帶放在辦公室里，萬一要見客戶再穿。

A: Your dress shirt is fine, except that you are not wearing an undershirt.

CH: 什么？里面還要穿汗衫？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，有什么可保護的??？

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?jié)n了。

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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么穿，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，公司宣布放松著裝，但還是要穿長袖襯衣，里面穿汗衫，如果不系領口，就應該穿V型領口的汗衫，不能讓別人看見。謝謝你，Amy.