While they are seen everywhere today, white T-shirts were not always popular. The idea of the white T-shirt came from a piece of clothing called the union suit. The union suit, which covered the whole body, was worn under a person’s clothes and considered underwear. Around the early 1900s, people started separating the union suit into two pieces. This made it easier to put on and take off. Then, the Cooper Underwear Company designed a new type of undershirt. It was a simple shirt with no buttons.
雖然現今白 T 隨處可見，但它們並不是一直都這麼流行的。白 T 的概念來自一件被稱為連衫褲的服裝。連衫褲覆蓋全身，穿在人的衣服底下並被視為內衣。約莫 1900 年代早期，人們開始將連衫褲分成兩個部分。這讓它變得更好穿脫。然後，Cooper Underwear Company 設計了一種新型內衣。它是一件簡單樸素、沒有鈕扣的襯衫。
生活必備字詞：
plain a. 樸素的，簡單的
underwear n. 內衣（總稱，不可數）
put on... 穿上……
take off... 脫掉……
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本文節錄自《常春藤生活英語》雜誌，完整內容請見十一月號。
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