Jay: I really need to get some electronics shopping
娛樂
done. Where's the best place to go?
Catherine: There are plenty of your run of the mill electronics
stores all over Taipei, but if you want to bargain,
the best place is the Guang Hua Market.
Jay: What about clothing?
Catherine: The most important thing, of course, is eating.
Catherine: For international labels and the like, there is
They are full of stands selling all kinds of different
The East District, Taipei 101, and all the other
foods, like stinky tofu, pig's feet, dumplings and
major malls. They are all chock full of the typical
"eh ah jien", which is a fried egg with oysters.
international labels like DKNY, Louis Vuitton, and...
Jay: I don't know if I can handle pig's feet.
Jay: Those are a little too classy for my tastes.
Catherine: You have to at least give it a shot! Besides, you
Catherine: In that case, maybe you should hit up Xi Men
can also do a lot of shopping at a night market,
Ding or just a night market. The stores there are
and the best thing is that you can bargain!
more reasonably priced.
Jay: I also need to get some souvenir-type gifts, like
jade, or calligraphy.
Catherine: One good place to go is the Chinese Handicraft
Mart near the National Taiwan University Hospital
MRT Station. I'm sure they have all you need.
杰: 我得去買些電子用品。到哪里買比較好呢?
凱瑟琳: 臺北到處都有大型的電子專賣店,不過如果你想買到比較
便宜的東西,光華商場是最好的選擇。
杰: 那么衣服呢?
凱瑟琳: 如果你要找一些國際品牌的話,有東區(qū)、臺北 101 大樓,
還有一些大型的購物商場可以逛。里面有許多典型的國際
品牌,像是DKNY、LV和……
杰: 對我來說,那些牌子有點(diǎn)太高級了。
凱瑟琳: 那樣的話,你應(yīng)該到西門町去,或者夜市也可以。這些地
方的商店比較平價(jià)。
杰: 我也需要買一些具有紀(jì)念性質(zhì)的禮物,譬如玉石啦、書法
啦等等。
凱瑟琳: 捷運(yùn)臺大醫(yī)院站附近有個(gè)中國手工藝品商場,我想你可以
在那里買到你需要的東西。
1. I really need to get some electronics shopping done.
我必須買些電子用品。
The most important tclothes shopping hing, of course, is eating.
采買衣飾
They are full of stands selling all kinds of different
appliance shopping
foods, like stinky tofu, pig's feet, dumplings and
采買日常家電用品 譬如洗衣機(jī)、微波爐等之類的電器
"eh ah jien", which is a fried egg with oysters.
stereo shopping
Jay: I don't know if I can handle pig's feet.采買音響設(shè)備
underwear shopping
Catherine: You have to at least give it a shot! Besides, you
采買內(nèi)衣
can also do a lot
2. There are plenty of your run of the mill…
有很多日常……用品。
“run of the mill ”是慣用語,用來表示“一般的”、或者“日常生活
的”。
近義用語 My mom is just an ordinary high school teacher.
我媽媽只是個(gè)普通的高中老師。
Typhoons are an ordinary occurrence in Taiwan.
臺風(fēng)在臺灣是司空見慣的天氣現(xiàn)象。
相關(guān)用法 run of the mill coffee shop
市面上一般的咖啡館
run of the mill airplane food
一般的機(jī)上餐飲
I don't want to go to any run of the mill sushi
restaurant! I want to go to some place fancy.
我不想去一般的壽司店,我想要到別致一點(diǎn)的餐廳吃飯。
3. be chock full of
數(shù)量龐大、眾多
4. hit up...
到……去
這也是個(gè)慣用語,與“to go to... ”到……去意思相同;但有時(shí)也
用以表示請求他人的幫助通常是錢財(cái)方面
近義用語 I want to stop by the food court before leaving the mall.
離開購物中心前我想去買點(diǎn)東西吃。
I was hoping to go to some scenic areas.
我想要到一些風(fēng)景名勝區(qū)去。
Let's swing by Judy's house for a bit.
我們到茱蒂的家里去坐一會兒吧。
相關(guān)用法 On the way home, we need to hit up a gas station.
在回家的路上我們得去一趟加油站。
Oh no, here comes Frank. He's going to hit me up for
cash again.
喔,糟糕,法蘭克過來了!他又要向我借錢了!