03 購物地點
03 購物地點 偌大商場逛不停 dialogue mary and nancy want to look around in a mall. 瑪麗和南希打算到一家購物中心逛逛。 mary: slow down, nancy. i'm so tired that i'm going to fall apart. 瑪麗:走慢點,南希。我累得都快要散架了。 nancy: e on. tomorrow i will act as the bridesmaid at my friend's wedding. i want to make myself up and show a new different appearao others. 南希:快點。明天我要在我朋友婚禮上做伴娘。我想把自己好好打扮一番,讓其他人都眼前一亮。 mary: oh…so that's why you asked me to help you shop for new clothes? 瑪麗:哦……所以你才拉我來幫你買衣服? nancy: yeah. you know about style and tell me what looks good. 南希:嗯,你知道什么流行,也知道什么好看。 mary: you t on me. hey, how about this skirt? it goes with yure very well. 瑪麗:相信我沒錯的。嘿!這件裙子怎么樣?和你的身材很般配。 nancy: really? you're the boss. i'll take this one. 南希:真的嗎?你說了算。就要這個了。 mary: i think you need some etics to powder your fad you also should ge a new hairstyle. 瑪麗:我想你還需要一些化妝品來化下妝,再換一個新發型吧。 nancy: great idea. the etics are ohird floor. let's get there. 南希:好棒的主意。化妝品在三樓。我們去那兒吧。 mary: i'm feeling tired. let's take the elevator. 瑪麗:我累了,我們去坐電梯吧。 notes 1. bridesmaid [?braidzmeid] n. 女儐相,伴娘 2. appearance [??pi?r?ns] n. 外觀;外貌,外表;出現,露面 3. figur [?fig?] n.身材;輪廓;肖像;數字;v. 被提及,計算在內;估計,料想 4. etic [k?z?metik] n. 化妝品;adj. 化妝用的,美容的;裝點門面的 5. elevator [?eliveit?] n. 電梯,升降機 6. powder [?paud?] v. 在……上面搽粉,上妝;n. 粉,粉末 小貼士 1. the enviro of this mall is really nice. 這個購物中心的環境真不錯。 2. there are a crowd of people in the shop he er. let's go to have a look at what goods are being sold. 拐角附近的那家商店人很多,我們過去看看在賣什么。 3. today i have gone shopping for a whole day with my friends. 今天我和朋友逛街逛了一整天。 4. i bought many cheap things ilet at the shoppier. 今天我在購物中心的清倉大賣場里買了很多便宜東西。 5. after the shopping, i found that i had spent most of the savings i have saved for months. 逛完街后,我發現我把自己幾個月來存的錢差不多花光了。 6. let's go to the cashier to pay for these goods. 我們去收銀臺結賬吧。 鮮花朵朵 dialogue ese valentine's day is ing. 七夕到了。 tom: jack, what do you want to do today? 湯姆:杰克,今天你準備做什么呢? jack: why are you asking me for that? is that any special today? 杰克:為什么這么問我呢?今天有什么特殊的嗎? tom: yeah, of course. today is july 7th in ese lunar year. it's ese valentine's day. 湯姆:是的,當然。今天是農歷7月7日,中國的情人節。 jack: oh, i almost fet about this. so, what will you do with yirlfriend, tom? 杰克:噢,我差點忘了。那么,你今天要和女朋友做什么呢,湯姆? tom: i want to go to the flower shop to buy a bunch of roses for mary. 湯姆:我想去花店買束玫瑰送給瑪麗。 jack: good, let's get there together. 杰克:不錯,我們一起去吧。 (in the flower shop) (花店內) jack: the world of flowers we're in. i want to buy all of them. 杰克:我們進入了花的世界。我想把它們都買下來。 tom: e on, guy. different flowers represent different meanings. 湯姆:別鬧了,伙計。不同的花代表著不同的意義。 jack: that's right. how about this bunch of roses? 杰克:是這樣。這束玫瑰怎么樣? tom: i think it's very exquisite, nice as a present. 湯姆:我覺得很精美,很適合做禮物。 notes 1. lunar [?lu:n?] adj. 月的,月球的;按陰歷的 2. valentine [?v?l?ntain] n. 情人;心愛的人在情人節贈送給情人的禮物(或情人卡) 3. bunch [b?nt?] n. 束;串;捆;群;v.(使)……成束 4. exquisite [?ekskwizit] adj. 精致的,精美的;敏感的,細致的 小貼士 1. ese valentine's day. 中國情人節,七夕節。 在中國,牛郎織女的傳說婦孺皆知。陰歷7月7日是牛郎織女相會的日子。于是這一天便成為中國的情人節。西方的情人節是在每年的2月14日,情侶們在這一天互相饋贈禮物,用以表達愛意或友好。 2. e on, guy. 別鬧了,伙計。 e on 是英語口語使用頻率頗高的詞匯。不同的場合代表不同的意思。主要有表示請求、鼓勵、催促、責備、不耐煩、挑戰或激怒對方、加油等。 3. could you please pack these flowers? 把這些花包裝一下好嗎? 4. these flowers are very suitable to decorate our room. 這些花很適合裝飾我們的房間。 5. these flowers are enough. we to buy so many. 這些花已經足夠了,我們沒有必要買那么多。 拿取瓷器要小心 dialogue brown is on business in a. he wants to buy some souvenirs with ese feature. 布朗在中國出差。他想買一些有中國特色的紀念品。 seller: i help you, sir? 店家:我能為您效勞嗎,先生? brown: yes, i'd like to buy some souvenirs with ese feature. you give me some suggestions? 布朗:是的,我想要一些有中國特色的紀念品。你能給我一些建議嗎? seller: sure, sir. what do you think of something closely related to the ese a civilization? there are many antiques and ese paintings here. 店家:當然,先生。你對中國的文物感興趣嗎?這兒有許多古玩和中國畫。 brown: good idea. 布朗:好主意。 seller: i reend you “the four treasures of study” then. 店家:我向您推薦“文房四寶”。 brown: i like some artworks with ese culture better. that vase is elegant, i think. 布朗:我想我更喜歡一些中國文化的藝術品。我覺得這個花瓶很精致。 seller: yes, the vase is made in jingdezhen, a very famous brand all over the world. 店家:是的,這個花瓶產自景德鎮,是全球知名的品牌。 brown: you take it to me to have a look? 布朗:能拿給我看一下嗎? seller: yes, sir, but please be careful when you hold this. aware is fragile. 店家:可以,先生,不過拿時請小心。瓷器很容易破碎。 brown: how i take it to my home? i'm w that it would break into pieces. 布朗:我怎樣才能把它帶回家呢?我很擔心它會碎掉。 seller: don't worry, sir. we'll send it directly to your house if you buy it. 店家:不用擔心,先生,如果你買的話,我們會把它直接送到您家里。 notes 1. souvenir [?su:v?ni?] n. 紀念品 2. a [?ein??nt] adj. 古代的,古老的;年老的,老式的 3. civilization [?sivilai?zei??n] n. 文明,文化 4. antique [?n?ti:k] adj. 古時制造的,古董的;古代的;n. 古玩,古董,古物 5. artwork [?ɑ:tw?:k] n.(書, 雜志等的)插圖;藝術作品,美術作品 6. elegant [?elig?nt] adj. 精美的,優美的;文雅的,講究的;簡潔的 7. fragile [?fr?d?ail] adj. 易碎的,脆的;脆弱的,經不起折騰的 8. aware [?t?ain?w??] n. 陶瓷器 小貼士 1. the four treasures of study文房四寶 即筆、墨、紙、硯。古時讀書人常用的案頭工具。 2. jingdezhen 景德鎮 景德鎮是“瓷器之國”的代表和象征,制瓷歷史悠久,瓷器精美絕倫,聞名全世界,固有“瓷都”之稱。景德鎮瓷器“白如玉,薄如紙,明如鏡,聲如磬”,尤其是熔工藝、書法、繪畫、雕塑、詩詞于一爐,巧奪天工,尤以白瓷、青花瓷最為有名,是中華文化藝術的瑰寶。 3. what kind of antiques do you like to collect? 你喜歡收集什么類型的古董? 4. this copper has a high value of recolle. 這個銅幣具有很高的收藏價值。 5. all the antiques have the reasonable prices and are clearly marked. 所有的古董都價格公道,明碼標價。 6. this picture of horses is a fake. 這幅關于馬的畫是個贗品。 精致工藝品 dialogue rose and alice walk into an accessory shop. 羅絲和愛麗絲走進了一家飾品店。 seller: good afternoon, ladies. i help you? 賣家:下午好,女士們,我能為你們效勞嗎? rose: we are just looking around. it's a warm and fortable little shop. 羅絲:我們隨便看看。這家小店很溫馨。 seller: thank you. i'm always at your service. 賣家:謝謝,隨時為你們效勞。 alice: rose, look, these ese knots are so beautiful. 愛麗絲:羅斯,看,這些中國結真漂亮。 rose: they are beautiful, but i think that wind bell is more attractive to me. 羅斯:它們確實很漂亮,但我對那個風鈴更感興趣。 alice: the purple one? 愛麗絲:那個紫色的嗎? rose: yeah, the sound of the little bells is melodious. it would be very iing if there's a wind bell hanging in the bedroom. 羅斯:是的。小鈴鐺的聲音聽起來很悅耳。如果能在臥室里掛一個風鈴該多有趣啊。 alice: sounds nice. 愛麗絲:聽起來不錯。 rose: how much is the wind bell? 羅斯:這個風鈴多少錢? seller: it's 40 yuan. 賣家:40元。 alice: and the ese knot? 愛麗絲:這個中國結呢? seller: 15 yuan, madam. 賣家:15元,女士。 rose: we'll buy these two for 50 yuan, ok? 羅斯:50塊錢買這兩個,可以嗎? seller: ok, deal. 賣家:好的,成交。 notes 1. fortable [?k?mf?t?bl] adj. 安逸的,使人舒服的;豐富的 2. service [?s?:vis] n. 服務,效勞;政府部門;服役,任職;v. 檢修;向……提供服務;支付……的利息 3. knot [n?t] n. 結;v.(使)打結,纏結 4. attractive [??tr?ktiv] adj. 吸引的,誘人的;有吸引力的;引起注意的 5. melodious [m??l?udi:?s] adj. 有旋律的,產生旋律的;悅耳的 6. hang [h??] v. 懸,掛,垂下;(被)絞死,吊死 小貼士 1. i am just looking around. 我只是隨便看看。 2. i'm always at your service. 隨時為你們效勞。 3. i like these ese knots very much. 我非常喜歡這些中國結。 ese knot 中國結,是用一條線編織而成的手工藝品。古時用線挽結記事,逐漸演變成今日的裝飾手藝。周朝人隨身的佩戴玉常以中國結為裝飾,而戰國時代銅器上也有中國結的圖案,延續至清朝中國結真正成為流傳于民間的藝術。當代多用來室內裝飾、親友間的饋贈禮物及個人的隨身飾物。因為其外觀對稱精致,可以代表中華民族悠久的歷史,符合中國傳統裝飾的習俗和審美觀念,故命名為中國結。 4. this mo is very exquisite. just a pity that it is too expensive. 這個雕像很精致細膩,遺憾的是價格太高了。 5. i'll buy this painting for my teacher as a gift. 我要把這幅畫買下來作為禮物送給老師。 音像店 dialogue bob is off duty today. he plans to buy some music disks. 鮑勃今天不上班,他打算去買一些音樂光碟。 kahere are different kinds of disks here. you choose whatever you like, sir. 凱恩:這里有各種各樣的光盤,您可以選擇任何您想要的,先生。 bob: i'm looking for some music cds. 鮑勃:我在找音樂光碟。 kane: what kind of music do you like best,jazz music or rock music? 凱恩:您喜歡聽什么音樂?爵士還是搖滾? bob: i like many kinds of music. do you have any ichael ja in your shop? 鮑勃:我喜歡很多種音樂。你商店里有賣邁克爾·杰克遜的光碟嗎? kane: i'm sorry, sir. the ichael ja have been sold out. but you book it here if you like. 凱恩:對不起,先生。邁克爾·杰克遜的光碟已經賣完了。不過,如果您喜歡的話可以在這兒預訂。 bob: ok, i he ultimate colle.should i pay for that now? 鮑勃:好的,我要《終極精選》,現在需要付款嗎? kane: you should pay half the price. it's 50 yuan, sir. please sign your name and phone number here. 凱恩:您需要付一半的訂金,50元,先生。請在這兒簽上您的名字和電話號碼。 bob: ok, here's the money. how long will it take? 鮑勃:好的,給你錢。需要多長時間? kane: about 3 days. 凱恩:大概三天吧。 notes 1. disk [disk] n. 圓盤;磁盤;唱片,光盤 2. ultimate [??ltimit] adj. 最后的,最終的;基本的,根本的;最大的,極限程度的 3. colle [k??lek??n] n. 收集,收取;領取;收藏品,收集的東西;募集的款項,捐款;積聚物;集中在一起的人 小貼士 1. jazz music 爵士樂是一種起源于非洲的音樂形式,從民間音樂慢慢發展為當今樂壇上很重要的一個派別,其影響力遍及全世界。其音樂風格混合了布魯斯、拉格泰姆等多種音樂類型,節奏特色明顯,而且保留了集體即興創作的特點。其主要發源地為美國的新奧爾良。 2. rock music 搖滾音樂音樂來源有很多,融合有布魯士、rb、鄉村音樂等多種風格,其主要來源是節奏布魯斯。風格奔放,適于伴舞。 3. michael ja 邁克爾 ·杰克遜是世界樂壇極具影響力的一名歌手。被譽為“流行音樂之王”。他的歌迷遍布世界各地,其個人演唱會總是場場爆滿,他那獨特的風格和舞步更是讓無數的明星紛紛效仿。2009年6月26日,據傳因其私人醫生注射鎮靜劑過量而導致他心臟病突發逝世。世界各地的歌迷用不同的方式懷念著這位巨星。 家電超市 dialogue there is something wrong with tayor's dvd player. is that so? 泰勒的dv d機出問題了,真是那樣嗎? tayor: there's something wrong with the dvd player that i bought yesterday. 泰勒:我昨天買的dvd機有問題。 seller: what's wrong with it? we tested it yesterday. it worked rather well. 賣家:什么問題?我們昨天測試過,機器運轉很好啊。 tayor: i know that. this m i rent a vcd disk in a digital shop. i played it on the player. but it didn't work. 泰勒:我知道。今天上午我在一家音像店租了一張vcd碟片。我放在播放機里,但是不能播放。 seller: ok, i will check it for you. 賣家:好吧,我為您檢查一下。 (several minutes later…) (幾分鐘后……) seller: there's nothing wrong with the player, sir. you see, it runs well with our disk. 賣家:播放機沒有問題,先生。你看,我們的碟片在上面播放得很好。 tayor: then what's the problem? 泰勒:那是怎么回事? seller: the problem must be caused by your vcd disk. this player 't play the disks with inferior quality. 賣家:問題一定出在光盤上。這臺播放機不能播放質量差的光盤。 tayor: oh, i know. 泰勒:哦,我知道了。 seller: ime you rent the disks, please make sure that they are real and intact. 賣家:下次租光盤的時候,請確保光盤是正版且完好無損。 tayor: ok, thanks for your service. 泰勒:好的,很感謝你的服務。 seller: my pleasure. 賣家:不客氣。 notes 1. test [test] v. 測驗,考查;檢查,檢驗;n. 測驗,化驗;試驗品 2. rent [rent] n. 租金;地租;v. 租用,出租(房屋等) 3. digital [?did?it?l] adj. 數字式的,數碼的;數字顯示的 4. inferior [in?fi?ri?] adj.低等的,劣等的,次的;下級的;n. 部下,下屬 5. intact [in?t?kt] adj. 完整無缺的,未經觸動的;未受損傷的 小貼士 1. what's the size of the tv? 這臺電視的尺寸是多少? 2. could you introduce me about this microwave oven? 你能給我介紹一下這臺微波爐嗎? 3. is this refrigerator an energy-saving one? 這是臺節能冰箱嗎? 4. this player support different formats of videos. 這臺播放機支持多種視頻格式的播放。 5. how long does it take to charge this electric shaver? 這個電動剃須刀需要充多長時間電? 6. this is your warranty card of the air ditioning. 這是你空調的保修卡。