Gauche 

高斯

Garish

伽利什

Let's learn some vocabulary. 

讓我們學習一些詞彙。

The other day, I was walking next to a nice  restaurant and they had this sign on it and  

有一天，我走在一家不錯的餐廳旁邊，他們有這樣的標誌，並且

my husband said, "How tacky." Why is the city making these  

我丈夫說，"真俗氣"。為什麼這個城市要製作這些

restaurants put up this awful sign? Tacky. Not in good taste. The front  

餐館掛上了這個可怕的標誌？俗氣。不合口味。前面的

of this restaurant was beautiful. They had great  plants, great style and this sign just ruined it. 

這家餐館的環境很好。他們有很好的植物，很好的風格，而這個標誌只是毀了它。

Well, my son who is five  says, "What's tacky mean?" 

嗯，我五歲的兒子說，"俗氣是什麼意思？"

And my husband said, "Gauche!" And I'm like what is my husband  

我丈夫說，"高斯！"我想，我的丈夫是什麼人？

thinking? My kids not going to know "gauche". Something that's gauche is unsophisticated,  

思考？我的孩子不會知道 "高尚"。俗氣的東西是不成熟的。

a little bit awkward. This word seems it could be pronounced  

有一點兒尷尬。這個詞似乎可以讀作

"gosh" but this one is actually "gauche". And Garish means bright and showy. 

"gosh"，但這個人實際上是 "gauche"。而Garish的意思是明亮和炫耀。

What a garish sign to have to put on the  front of a beautifully styled restaurant.

在一家風格優美的餐廳門前掛上一個多麼花哨的標誌。