美語教學｜Gift Guide

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聖誕節快到了，各位準備好交換禮物（exchange gifts/presents）了嗎？

就讓英國版《金融時報》時尚編輯（fashion editor）、《Vogue》專題編輯（topic editor）──Jo Ellison和HTSI特約編輯（contributing editor）──Nick Foulkes帶你一窺究竟！

Jo Ellison

原文：I have a longstanding weakness for brown tweed jackets that some might call obsessive. This loose wool version, with a herringbone pattern and long ribbed cuffs, is my favourite yet this season. Chloé wool jacket, £1,950

譯文：我對棕色斜紋軟呢外套著迷不已，更可以說是執迷。這款蓬鬆的羊毛款式，帶有人字呢式圖騰和長版羅紋袖口，是我這一季的最愛。蔻依羊毛外套，1950英鎊。

原文：In a year in which I have spent unprecedented hours in front of Netflix, I feel that patchwork quilts should be ascribed the status of an essential item in all households. This one is quite extra, but it’s really, really good. Cutter Brooks 19th-century American quilt, £1,880

譯文：在這一年裡，我在Netflix前度過了許多時間。我覺得拼布被毯應該被視為人手一條的必備商品。這雖然是多餘的，但它真的非常非常好用。Cutter Brooks 19世紀美國拼布，1880英鎊。

Nick Foulkes

I like the feel of ink flowing out of a nib onto the page, and I have recently become very taken with the customiser on the Montegrappa website that allows you to concoct pens from silver, celluloid, marble and much more… all on one writing instrument if you wish! Montegrappa Extra Custom pen, from €895

我喜歡墨水從筆尖流出，攀附到頁面上的感覺，最近我對Montegrappa網站上訂製款非常入迷，只要你想，材料選擇從銀、賽璐珞、大理石等都可以用來製作鋼筆。Montegrappa特製款鋼筆，起價895歐元。

原文：The first Patek I fell in love with and a Christmas-list stalwart of mine since the 1990s; wildly unaffordable then and even more so now – one sold last year for about £553,000 at Sotheby’s. Patek Philippe Ref 5020, POA

譯文：這款百達翡麗是我愛上的首款，也是我自上世紀90年代以來，聖誕節購物清單的首選；價格高得難以接受，現在更是如此──去年一款在蘇富比便拍賣出高達55.3萬英鎊的價錢。百達翡麗Ref 5020, POA。