美國之音口語經(jīng)典教程Shopping 購物

Lesson 29Shopping

購 物

 

Things to Know  學前必讀

美國各地都有大大小小的購物商店，規(guī)模較大的有百貨公司(department store)、購物中心(shopping mall)，小型的有一角廉價店(dime store)、萬有商店(general store)等。最大的百貨公司是梅西(Macy's)。

在美國買東西，必須知道在大多數(shù)情況下，價格標簽上的錢數(shù)并不是你的付款數(shù)，你還得加付款稅。稅額一般是標簽價格的5%至10%。

在買服裝和鞋子時，要注意美國的尺寸和我國的尺寸標法不一樣，你可以請店員幫忙。

 

Conversation A: In the Downtown Area

EILEEN: Let's walk on this street. I want to buy a new dress.

MARTIN: Do you want a dress for work?

EILEEN: Yes, I want a dress for the office. Stop. Look at that dress in the window. Do you like that dress?

MARTIN: No, I don't. It's too green. I don't like green dresses.

EILEEN: OK. Let's look over there.

MARTIN: Do you like green?

EILEEN: Green dresses? I don't know. Sometimes.

MARTIN: I want to buy a shirt.

EILEEN: Do you want a shirt for work?

MARTIN: No, I want a shirt for tennis.

EILEEN: Do you want a white shirt?

MARTIN: I don't know. No, I don't like white.

EILEEN: What color do you want?

MARTIN: I don't know. What don't you like?

EILEEN: I don't like red tennis shirts. I like blue or green. Do you like green shirts?

MARTIN: No, I don't. I like blue.

EILEEN: Let's look for blue.

EILEEN: Oh, look! See those yellow pants?

MARTIN: In the window? Yes, I see them.

EILEEN: Do you like them?

MARTIN: Yes, I do. Do you want those pants?

EILEEN: I don't know.

MARTIN: Do you want them for work?

EILEEN: Do you really like them?

MARTIN: They're OK.

EILEEN: OK? You don't like them.

MARTIN: Yes, I do. I really like them. Let's go inside.

CLERK: May I help you?

EILEEN: I want to buy some yellow pants.

CLERK: Here. Loot at these.

EILEEN: No, I don't like those.

CLERK: Do you want another color? These green pants are very beautiful.

EILEEN: No, thank you. My husband doesn't like green.

MARTIN: I like green.

EILEEN: You didn't like the green dress.

MARTIN: That's right. I didn't like the green dress. But I like green.

CLERK: Do you like these green pants?

MARTIN: They're OK.

EILEEN: He doesn't like them.

MARTIN: Do you like them?

EILEEN: No, I don't. I don't like them for work.

CLERK: Do you want another color?

EILEEN: I like the yellow pants in the window.

CLERK: Oh, yes. They are very nice. Wait a minute, please. I'm going to get them for you.

EILEEN: Do you really like them, Martin?

MARTIN: Yes, I do.

EILEEN: Do you like them for the office? 

MARTIN: I don't know.

EILEEN: I don't like them for the office. Thank you very much. I’m going to look some more.

CLERK: You're welcome.

 

Practice 1：want 想要，需要。句型結構與 like 一樣，后接名詞形式或不定式結構，即“want+名詞或 want+to+原形動詞”。

Examples:

I want a dress.

I want to play tennis.

根據(jù)上述句型完成下列對話：

MARTIN: Do you want to buy a shirt?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: Do you want to buy a dress?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: Do you want red pants?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

MARTIN: Do you want yellow pants?

YOURSELF: _______________________________.

 

會話A： 在商業(yè)區(qū)

艾  琳：讓我們到這條街上走走，我想買條新衣裙。

馬  ?。耗阆胭I條上班衣裙。

艾  琳：是的，我想買條辦公室衣裙。停下，看櫥窗中的那條衣裙。你喜歡那條衣裙嗎?

馬  ?。翰唬也幌矚g。它太綠了，我不喜歡綠衣裙。

艾  琳：好吧，讓我們到那邊看看。

馬  ?。耗阆矚g綠色嗎?

艾  琳：綠衣裙嗎?我不知道，有時候吧。

馬  ?。何蚁胭I件襯衫。

艾  琳：你想買件上班穿的襯衫嗎?

馬  丁：不，我想買件網(wǎng)球衫。

艾  琳：你想買件白襯衫嗎?

馬  丁：我不知道。不，我不喜歡白襯衫。

艾  琳：你想要什么顏色?

馬  ?。何也恢?，你不喜歡什么?

艾  琳：我不喜歡紅網(wǎng)球衫，我喜歡藍色或綠色，你喜歡綠襯衫嗎?

馬  ?。翰?，我不喜歡。我喜歡藍色。

艾  琳：那就找藍色的。

艾  琳：噢，看!看那條黃褲子。

馬  ?。涸跈淮爸械膯?/span>?是的，我看到了。

艾  琳：你喜歡嗎?

馬  ?。菏堑?，我喜歡。你想要那條褲子嗎?

艾  琳：我不知道。

馬  丁：你想要上班穿嗎?

艾  琳：你真的喜歡嗎?

馬  ?。哼€可以。

艾  琳：還可以?你不喜歡。

馬  ?。翰?，我喜歡，我真的喜歡，讓我們到里邊去看看。

店  員：你們要買些什么?

艾  琳：我想買條黃褲子。

店  員：這里，看看這些怎么樣。

艾  琳：不，我不喜歡那些。

店  員：你想要其它顏色的嗎?這條綠褲子很漂亮。

艾  琳：不，謝謝你。我丈夫不喜歡綠色。

馬  丁：我喜歡綠色。

艾  琳：你剛才還不喜歡那件綠衣裙。

馬  ?。翰诲e，我剛才不喜歡那件綠衣裙，但我喜歡綠色。

店  員：你喜歡這條綠褲子嗎?

馬  ?。哼€可以。

艾  琳：他不喜歡。

馬  丁：你喜歡嗎?

艾  琳：不，我不喜歡。我不喜歡上班穿。

店  員：你想要另一種顏色嗎?

艾  琳：我喜歡櫥窗中的那條黃褲子。

店  員：噢，是的，很漂亮。請稍等一下，我去給你拿來。

艾  琳：馬丁，你真的喜歡嗎?

馬  ?。菏堑?，我喜歡。

艾  琳：你喜歡上班穿嗎?

馬  丁：我不知道。

艾  琳：我不喜歡上班穿。非常感謝你，我再看一看。

店  員：不必客氣。

 

Conversation B

MARTIN: Let's look on this street. Do you see that store? I bought some clothes there last year.

EILEEN: Oh, I like those shirts. Let's go inside.

CLERK: May I help you?

MARTIN: I want to buy a shirt.

CLERK: Do you want a dress shirt or a casual shirt?

MARTIN: I want a tennis shirt.

CLERK: Casual shirts are over there. Come with me, please.

MARTIN: I want a blue shirt.

CLERK: The blue shirts are here. Do you like these?

MARTIN: I don't know. Do you like these, Eileen?

EILEEN: Not very much.

CLERK: I have some very nice blue and white shirts. Do you like these?

MARTIN: Yes, I do. I like these very much.

EILEEN: They're very nice. Look at this one. Do you like it?

MARTIN: It has too much white. I want a shirt with more blue.

EILEEN: This one? Do you like it?

CLERK: I likt it. It's very nice.

MARTIN: Yes, I like it. I want to buy this shirt.

CLERK: OK. Come with me.

MARTIN: Do you want to buy a dress or pants?

EILEEN: I want to buy a dress. Let's look upstairs.

MARLIN: Do you want me to come with you?

EILEEN: Of course. I want you to look, too. I want you to help.

MARTIN: Where are we going?

EILEEN: Over there. See those dresses. Come with me.

MARTIN: There are too many dresses!

CLERK: Hello.

EILEEN: Hello.

CLERK: May I help you?

EILEEN: I want to look at dresses. I want to buy a dress for the office.

CLERK: These dresses are very beautiful.

EILEEN: This is my size.

CLERK: What color do you want?

EILEEN: I don't know. Any color. My husband doesn't like green.

MARTIN: I like green.

EILEEN: You didn't like that green dress.

MARTIN: I know. I didn't like that green dress in the window.

CLERK: You don't want green. Do you like yellow?

EILEEN: Yes, I like yellow.

CLERK: Does your husband like yellow?

EILEEN: Martin?

MARTIN: Yes, I like yellow.

CLERK: This is a very nice black and white dress.

MARTIN: I like that very much.

EILEEN: I'm going to try it.

MARTN: Good.

EILEEN: I want a pair of pants, too.

CLERK: What color do you want?

EILEEN: Brown or black.

MARTIN: Do you want two pairs of pants?

CLERK: Do you want one brown pair and one black pair?

EILEEN: No, I want only one pair. I want to look at these.

MARTIN: I want some coffee.

EILEEN: I want some coffee, too.

MARTIN: I want to find a coffee shop. Do you see one?

EILEEN: There is a coffee shop on Tenth Street.

MARTIN: Where is Tenth Street?

EILEEN: Straight ahead.

MARTIN: Do you want to go there?

EILEEN: Of course. They have very good cake, too. I want some cake. Do you like your new shirt?

MARTIN: Yes, I like it. I want to wear it next week. I’m going to play tennis on Thursday evening. I’m going to wear it then.

 

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