超市购物之实例双语解析

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超市购物之实例双语解析: Shopping in a supermarket
Part 1 Selecting Items 挑挑选选

　　Customer: Good morning, I saw your ad in the paper. I want to see about a new camera.

　　Saleswoman: Fine. Look at this one. It’s a great camera. It just came from Japan.

　　Customer: Oh, yes it’s really nice. May I take a picture? I'd like to see how it works.

　　Saleswoman: Sure. Just watch out for the flash. You are looking right into it.

　　Customer: Yes I guess I don’t know much about camera. I am going to look to you for advice.

　　Saleswoman: Fine. I’ll be glad to help.

　　1 顾客说他想看看那款新式相机。I want to see about the new camera. 如果是随便看看，只看不买，那么可以说I am just looking around.

　　2 营业员为顾客介绍说，这是一款刚从日本进的货。顾客想试拍，于是问：“may I take a picture? I’d like to see how it works.” 我想照张相，了解了解它的性能。营业员说当然没问题，只要当心闪光灯Just watch out for the flash. 因为顾客的眼睛正对着闪光灯呢 you are looking right into it. Right into sth 正对着。小的时候过马路爸爸妈妈常常牵着我们的手，说：过马路当心车！Watch out for the vehicles when crossing street. Watch out for sth 也就是当心, 留神。

　　3 顾客说I guess I don’t know much about camera. 我看我对相机了解还不够，回头还得请教你I am going to look to you for advice. I guess I 不是说我猜测，我猜想，guess 在这里就是think, believe的意思。I guess I’ve caught a cold. 我感冒了。Look to you for help, come to you for help，都是向你请教，向你寻求帮助的意思。


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　 Part 1 Selecting Items 挑挑选选

　 Part 2 Buying Pork 买猪肉

　 Part 3 I Want to Buy Some Ingredients 我想买些配料

Part 2 Buying Pork 买猪肉

　　Assistant: Can I help you, Sir?

　　Andy: How much is that pork a pound?

　　Assistant: 95 pence.

　　Pat: The price is reasonable.

　　Andy: Give me two kilos, please.

　　Pat: Are you sure that’s enough for all of us?

　　Andy: Oh, I suppose not. Make those 4 kilos, please.

　　Assistant: That comes to 3.8 pound, sir.

　　Andy: Here is 4 pound.

　　Assistant: Thank you. Your change.

　　1 这是一段发生在猪肉铺的对话。询问了价钱之后，Pat觉得价钱还行，这个“还行”他用的是reasonable. 价钱还比较合理。 The price is reasonable. 价钱还行。

　　2 Pat 担心只买两公斤猪肉不够这么多人吃，问Andy你觉得怎么样呢？Andy 说是哦，那是不够。I suppose not 也就是I suppose that’s not enough for all of us. 最后买了四公斤，营业员结算是3.8英镑，that comes to 3.8 pound.

　　3 这段对话没什么难的，涉及的也都是买卖交易的简单用语。开头can I help you 也就是您要买点什么？顾客买了东西，要对他说谢谢，这都是基本的营业礼貌用语。


Part 3 I want to buy the ingredients

　　我要买些配料

　　Anna: I’ll cook for my husband tonight.

　　Pat: Really, do you know how to cook?

　　Anna: No, but I want to cook Chinese food for him. Have you ever tasted Chinese food?

　　Pat: Yes, really delicious!

　　Anna: Can you tell me where I can buy the ingredients to make Chinese food?

　　Pat: There’s a supermarket in Kensington High Street. They have just about everything there. I’ll come and give you a hand.

　　Anna: That’s very nice of you, Pat.

　　(At the supermarket)

　　Pat: Here, take one of these trolleys. What do you want exactly?

　　Anna: I am after things to stuff for dumplings and spring rolls with, like, er…Chinese cabbage, bean sprouts, and bamboo shoots----that sort of thing. I also need some soya sauce and vinegar. Oh, and some lychees or honeydew melon to finish.

　　Pat: The vegetables are over there.

　　Anna: Capsicums, eggplants…they do have everything! Look at the price of these bean sprouts----65 pence a pound. Now, that is expensive.

　　Pat: You’d probably get them cheaper in vegetable market. But that’s a long way to go just to buy vegetables.

　　Anna: Where do I pay?

　　Pat: Just put what you want in the trolley. We pay at the checkout. What else do you need?

　　Anna: Where’s the fruit counter?

　　Pat: Over there.

　　Anna: Oh there are so many kinds of fruits; I can buy what I want to buy.

　　Pat: Incredible! Peach, banana, strawberry, pineapple…there is so many.

　　Anna: My husband likes strawberry very much. Besides, banana is also his favorites. Look! What a huge watermelon!

　　Pat: My! It may weigh about 15 kg fabulous!

　　Anna: Um. It’s 50 pence one kilo, sounds nice, we can afford that. Come on.

1 Anna为老公准备晚餐，打算做中国菜。说起中国菜Pat 也很兴奋，说 “really delicious!”，赞美食物可口，通常说the food taste nice, taste good就可以了delicious 是很高的赞扬了，说食物“垂涎欲滴”“欲罢不能”就用delicious。

　　2 Anna 问到哪里可以买到准备中国菜的配料，Pat建议肯辛顿商业大街有一个超市不错，并主动提出要陪Anna 一起，给她搭把手，帮帮忙。I’ll come and give you a hand. 再例如，最近活儿多，我们人手不够We’ve been busy and lack of hands lately. 对于Pat主动提出帮忙，Anna说Pat，你真好That’s very nice of you Pat.

　　3 来到了超市，先要拿个手推车，trolley，Pat问Anna具体要买些什么What do you want exactly? Exactly是一个很常用的词汇，确切的，正好的，都可以用它来表达,有时候它一个词就成一句话。例如---So she wants to sell the house and move to London?---Exactly. ---你的意思是她要把房子卖了搬到伦敦去?---对！

　　4 Anna 说I am after things….我追随这些…说的是我要买的东西有…stuff for dumplings and spring rolls, Chinese cabbage, bean sprouts, bamboo shoots…她要买些东西做饺子和春卷，比如，要买些卷心菜，豆芽，还有竹笋。另外的一些配料还包括：酱油，醋，荔枝和密瓜soya sauce and vinegar and some lychees or honeydew melon。

　　5 还是说到要买的菜，Anna很兴奋地发现超市里应有尽有They do have everything! 这里提到两种蔬菜的名字capsicums 辣椒，and eggplants茄子。遗憾的是竹笋的价格超乎了她的想象，Anna觉得一磅65便士实在太贵了。Pat 说要是去菜市场买可能便宜点，但是就为买点蔬菜又太远了。You’d probably get them cheaper in vegetable market but that’s a long way to go.

　　Probably 表示的可能性程度很高。---Will you be coming? ---Probably. ---你能来吗？----很可能来。A long way to go 也有我们很熟悉的任重道远的意思。---Don’t be above yourself, you still have a long way to go. 不要得意忘形，你还有很长的路要走（仍需努力）。

　　6 到了卖水果的地方，Anna又开心了，好多水果啊，这下我要买个够。她说Oh there are so many kinds of fruits; I can buy what I want to buy. Pat 也很开心，说incredible！真是难以置信有这么多的品种。Incredible , unbelievable，amazing都可以表达惊喜，赞叹的感觉。

　　7 Anna说一公斤50便士的价钱sounds nice，we can afford that. 觉得价钱还比较合理，钱也够，就买吧！Come on!