B: Are you ready to go shopping?
A: Not yet. I'm not finished with my research yet.
B: What research?
A: Reading my fashion magazines! How do you think I know so much about all the latest trends?
B: But they're just ads.
A: Duh...That's the point. The people in the ads are wearing what's in. Plus, there are articles on new trends.
★be ready to 準(zhǔn)備去做某事
She is always ready to help others.
她總是樂于助人。
★ trend (n.) 潮流
★That's the point.說到點(diǎn)子上了/正中要害
★ in (a.) 現(xiàn)下最流行的
★plus prep. 加上,外加
B: 你準(zhǔn)備好要去購物了嗎?
A: 還沒。我的研究還沒做完。
B: 什么研究?
A: 看我的流行雜志!你以為我是怎么知道這么多最新流行信息的?
B: 它們不過都是些廣告。
A: 蠢……這就是重點(diǎn)。廣告里的人穿的都是最流行的。此外還有報(bào)導(dǎo)最新流行的文章。