| 19B | 20D | 21D | 22A | 23C | 24C | 25B |
| 26C | 27B | 28A | 29A | 30D |
Ann: I want to buy that shirt online but I do not know my size. Here is their chart.
| SIZE CHART · Shirts |
|---|
| S shoulder 38 · around 88 |
| M shoulder 40 · around 94 |
| L shoulder 42 · around 100 |
| All sizes in centimeters |
Ben: Your shoulder is about 40, right? Then M.
Ann: Yes, but I like my shirts big. Should I take L?
Ben: Then L. You can always wash it in hot water once if it is too big.
安：我想在網路上買那件襯衫，但不知道自己的尺寸。這是他們的尺寸表。
| 尺寸表 · 襯衫 |
|---|
| S 肩寬 38 · 胸圍 88 |
| M 肩寬 40 · 胸圍 94 |
| L 肩寬 42 · 胸圍 100 |
| 所有尺寸單位為公分 |
班：你的肩寬大約 40 吧？那就 M。
安：對，但我喜歡襯衫大一點。我應該拿 L 嗎？
班：那就 L。如果太大，用熱水洗一次就好。
Friday, October 10 · Double Tenth Day week
On Friday students may come without the school shirt, pants, or trousers. Wear what you enjoy and have fun, but please keep these points in mind.
Students who would rather wear the school clothes may do so; nobody has to change. We will also collect old clothes that day. Put them in the boxes outside the office, and please wash them first. Last year we gathered over three hundred pieces, an excellent result that the students achieved themselves.
十月十日星期五 · 雙十節當週
星期五學生可以不穿學校襯衫、褲子或長褲。穿你喜歡的衣服，玩得開心，但請留意以下幾點。
想穿學校制服的同學也可以，沒有人被強迫更換。當天我們也會收集舊衣服。請放進辦公室外的箱子，並請先清洗。去年我們收集了超過三百件，這是學生自己達成的絕佳成果。
Dear Sir,
I bought a coat from your shop two weeks ago, size M. After washing it once in cold water, as the paper inside says, it has become half an inch shorter in the arms and the skin of my wrist now shows.
I am not asking for my money back. I would like to change it for the same coat in size L, if you have one. If not, I would rather have a different color in M than nothing at all.
I still have the paper from the shop. I work until seven every day, so I can only come on Sunday. Could you keep one for me?
Sincerely, Wu Ping
敬啟者：
我兩週前在貴店買了一件 M 號外套。依照裡面的說明用冷水洗過一次之後，袖子短了半英寸，我的手腕皮膚都露出來了。
我不是要退錢。如果還有的話，我想換成同款的 L 號。如果沒有，我寧願換 M 號的其他顏色，也不要什麼都沒有。
我還留著店裡給的單據。我每天工作到七點，所以只能星期天過去。可以先幫我留一件嗎？
敬上，吳萍
A shirt today can cost less than a lunch. That sounds like good news, and for a while it was.
But a shirt that costs so little is made to be worn a few times. The shirt is thin, the buttons are weak, and after two or three washes it loses its shape. People now buy more clothes than ever and keep each piece for half as long as their parents did.
Some people now buy less and better. They choose one coat that will last ten years, learn to put a button back on, and pass clothes to a younger cousin. It is slower, and at first it costs more. But in the end they spend less, and their closets are no longer full of things they never wear.
今天一件襯衫可能比一份午餐還便宜。這聽起來像好消息，有一段時間也確實是。
但便宜到這種程度的襯衫，本來就是設計來只穿幾次的。布料很薄、扣子不牢，洗過兩三次就走樣了。人們現在買的衣服比以往任何時候都多，而每一件留著的時間只有父母那一輩的一半。
有些人現在買得更少、更好。他們挑一件能穿十年的外套，學著把扣子縫回去，把衣服傳給年紀小的表弟妹。這樣比較慢，一開始也比較貴。但最後他們花得更少，衣櫃裡也不再塞滿從來不穿的東西。