C = Customer S = Salesperson
C: Excuse me, I'd like to have these pants I bought here yesterday altered. Here's my receipt.
顾 客：对不起，我想改一下昨天买的这些裤子。这是我的收据。
S: Certainly, sir. What would you like done to them?
接待员：没问题，先生。您想怎么改?
C: They're a little bit too long, so I'd like about half an inch taken off them.
顾 客：它们有点太长了，我想改短大约半吋。
S: All right, sir. They should be ready for you by tomorrow afternoon.
接待员：好的，先生。明天中午就会好了。
C: Thank you very much.
顾 客：非常谢谢你。
S: It's our pleasure.
接待员：那是我们的荣幸。
智慧补给站：
1.pants n.裤子(恒用复数)
a pair of pants 一条裤子
注意：
因为裤子有两条裤管， 所以恒用复数。 其他类似用法尚有 scissors(剪刀，有两片刀片)，trousers(长裤， 有两条裤管)，glasses(眼镜， 有两片镜片)。
a pair of scissors/trousers/glasses
一把剪刀/一条裤子/一副眼镜
2.alter vt.修改
例：A publisher can't alter a book without the author's permission.
(出版商未经作者的同意不能删改书。)
3.receipt n.收据
4.take sth off 把某物拿掉
例：John took the bumper stickers off his car.
(约翰把车子保险杠的贴纸拿掉。)
