这不卖妇女内衣(英中对照)

古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
这不卖妇女内衣
In 1940, most artists in Paris were anticipating a German attack and were desperate to sell anything they could before fleeing the city. Giacometti, Man Ray : all eagerly delivered their works to the well-known American heiress Peggy Guggenheim, and few objected to her haggling over price.
Picasso was the great exception. He ignored her pointedly as she hovered in his studio, and when he finally glanced up, what he said was : "Madame, you will find the lingerie department on the second floor."
一九四○年，巴黎的画家大都担心德军来犯，渴望避地他方之前，把能变卖的东西都卖掉。加柯梅蒂、曼．雷等等，求之不得的把作品卖给佩琪．古根海姆。这个继承了大笔财产的美国名女人喜欢杀价，画家一般也不计较了。
毕加索是最大的例外。他任从古根海姆在画室徘徊，明明白白的对她不瞅不睬，最后起头来望了她一眼，说：「太太，妇女内衣部在二楼。」
【解说】 Work 解作「工作」，是不可数名词（ uncountable noun ），不可冠以 a ，其后也不可加 s ；但是，解作「艺术作品」，却是可数名词（ countable noun ），例如： I discovered an early work by Matisse （我发现了马蒂斯的一幅早期作品）。
Lingerie 是女性内衣，往往兼指睡衣，是不可数名词，例如： I found her in fancy lingerie （

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古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
这不卖妇女内衣
一九四○年，巴黎的画家大都担心德军来犯，渴望避地他方之前，把能变卖的东西都卖掉。加柯梅蒂、曼．雷等等，求之不得的把作品卖给佩琪．古根海姆。这个继承了大笔财产的美国名女人喜欢杀价，画家一般也不计较了。
毕加索是最大的例外。他任从古根海姆在画室徘徊，明明白白的对她不瞅不睬，最后起头来望了她一眼，说：「太太，妇女内衣部在二楼。」
【解说】 Work 解作「工作」，是不可数名词（ uncountable noun ），不可冠以 a ，其后也不可加 s ；但是，解作「艺术作品」，却是可数名词（ countable noun ），例如： I discovered an early work by Matisse （我发现了马蒂斯的一幅早期作品）。
Lingerie 是女性内衣，往往兼指睡衣，是不可数名词，例如： I found her in fancy lingerie （

In 1940, most artists in Paris were anticipating a German attack and were desperate to sell anything they could before fleeing the city. Giacometti, Man Ray : all eagerly delivered their works to the well-known American heiress Peggy Guggenheim, and few objected to her haggling over price.
Picasso was the great exception. He ignored her pointedly as she hovered in his studio, and when he finally glanced up, what he said was : "Madame, you will find the lingerie department on the second floor."