Conversation A: In the Downtown Area
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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(jié)構(gòu)與 like 一樣,后接名詞形式或不定式結(jié)構(gòu),即“want+名詞或 want+to+原形動(dòng)詞”。?
Examples:
I want a dress.?
I want to play tennis.?
會(huì)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 丁:你想買條上班衣裙。?
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?,我不喜歡。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(shí)候吧。?
馬 ?。何蚁胭I件襯衫。?
艾 琳:你想買件上班穿的襯衫嗎??
馬 ?。翰?,我想買件網(wǎng)球衫。?
艾 琳:你想買件白襯衫嗎??
馬 ?。何也恢?。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(lán)色或綠色,你喜歡綠襯衫嗎??
馬 ?。翰?,我不喜歡。我喜歡藍(lán)色。?
艾 琳:那就找藍(lán)色的。?
艾 琳:噢,看!看那條黃褲子。?
馬 丁:在櫥窗中的嗎?是的,我看到了。?
艾 琳:你喜歡嗎??
馬 丁:是的,我喜歡。你想要那條褲子嗎??
艾 琳:我不知道。?
馬 ?。耗阆胍习啻﹩??
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 ?。何蚁矚g綠色。?
艾 琳:你剛才還不喜歡那件綠衣裙。?
馬 ?。翰诲e(cuò),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 丁:還可以。?
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(qǐng)稍等一下,我去給你拿來。?
艾 琳:馬丁,你真的喜歡嗎??
馬 丁:是的,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
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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.?
Practice 2:用 want 談?wù)撓胍臇|西。?
Examples:
MARTIN: I want to buy a shirt. What do you want to buy??
EILEEN: I want to buy a new dress. Do you want a casual shirt?
MARTIN: Yes, I want a tennis shirt.
MARTIN: Do you want a dress for the office??
會(huì)話B?
馬 ?。鹤屛覀兊竭@條街看看,你看到那家商店了嗎?我去年在那買過一些衣服。
艾 琳:噢,我喜歡那些襯衫,讓我們進(jìn)去吧。?
店 員:你們要買些什么??
馬 ?。何乙I件襯衫。?
店 員:你想要禮服襯衫還是便裝襯衫。?
馬 ?。何蚁胍W(wǎng)球衫。?
店 員:便裝襯衫在這邊,請(qǐng)跟我來。?
馬 ?。何蚁胍{(lán)襯衫。?
店 員:藍(lán)襯衫在這里,你喜歡這些嗎??
馬 ?。何也恢?。艾琳,你喜歡這些嗎??
艾 琳:不太喜歡。?
店 員:我有些非常好的藍(lán)色和白色襯衫。你喜歡這些嗎??
馬 ?。菏堑?,我喜歡。我非常喜歡這些襯衫。?
艾 琳:它們很好,看這件,你喜歡嗎??
馬 丁:它白色太多了,我想要件藍(lán)色多些的。?
艾 琳:這件?你喜歡嗎??
店 員:我喜歡,這件非常好。?
馬 ?。菏堑?,我喜歡。我想買這件襯衫。?
店 員:好的,跟我來。?
馬 ?。耗阆胭I條衣裙還是褲子??
艾 琳:我想買條衣裙,讓我們上樓看看。?
馬 ?。耗阆胱屛液湍阋黄鹑??
艾 琳:當(dāng)然,我也讓你看看,我要你幫忙。?
馬 ?。何覀?nèi)ツ膬??
艾 琳:去那邊,看那些衣裙,跟我來。?
馬 丁:這么多衣裙!?
店 員:你好。?
艾 琳:你好。?
店 員:您要買些什么??
艾 琳:我想看衣裙,我想買條辦公室穿的衣裙。?
店 員:這些衣裙很漂亮。?
艾 琳:這是我的尺碼。?
店 員:你想要什么顏色的??
艾 琳:我不知道,任何顏色,我丈夫不喜歡綠色。?
馬 ?。何蚁矚g綠色。?
艾 琳:你剛才還不喜歡那條綠衣裙。?
馬 ?。何也恢?,我剛才是不喜歡在櫥窗中的那條綠衣裙。?
店 員:你不想要綠色,你喜歡黃色嗎??
艾 琳:是的,我喜歡黃色。?
店 員:你丈夫喜歡黃色嗎??
艾 琳:馬丁??
馬 丁:是的,我喜歡黃色。?
店 員:這是條很好的黑白衣裙。?
馬 丁:我非常喜歡。?
艾 琳:我要試試。?
馬 ?。汉?。?
艾 琳:我也想買條褲子。?
店 員:您想要什么顏色??
艾 琳:褐色或者黑色。?
馬 ?。耗阆胭I兩條褲子嗎??
店 員:你想要一條褐色褲子和一條黑色褲子嗎??
艾 琳:不,我只買一條,我想看看這些。?
馬 丁:我想喝點(diǎn)咖啡。?
艾 琳:我也想喝點(diǎn)咖啡。?
馬 丁:我想找家咖啡店,你看到哪兒有嗎??
艾 琳:在第十街上有一家咖啡店。?
馬 ?。旱谑衷谀膬??
艾 琳:一直往前走。?
馬 ?。耗阆肴ツ菃??
艾 琳:當(dāng)然,他們那兒的蛋糕也很好,我想吃點(diǎn)蛋糕。你喜歡你的新襯衫嗎?
馬 丁:是的,我喜歡。我想下周穿上它,我星期四晚上去打網(wǎng)球,那時(shí)我就穿上它。?
New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語
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downtown adj. 在商業(yè)區(qū)的;在市中心的?
downtown area 商業(yè)區(qū)?
dress adj. 禮服的?
dress shirt 禮服襯衫;女式衣裙?
dress for work 上班衣裙?
dress for the office 辦公室衣裙?
pants n. 褲子?
clerk n. 售貨員;店員?
casual adj. 隨便的;非正式的?
upstairs adv. 向樓上?
Language Points 語言要點(diǎn)?
在商店,店員最常用的話語就是 May I help you? 還可以說:?
Can I help you? 我能幫你忙嗎??
What can I do for you? 我能幫你什么嗎??
Can I show you something? 需要什么可以拿給你看嗎??
Cultural Notes 文化注釋
美國(guó)各地都有大大小小的購(gòu)物商店,規(guī)模較大的有百貨公司(department store)、購(gòu)物中心(shopping mall),小型的有一角廉價(jià)店(dime store)、萬有商店(general store)等。的百貨公司是梅西(Macy's)。?
在美國(guó)買東西,必須知道在大多數(shù)情況下,價(jià)格標(biāo)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(biāo)簽價(jià)格的5%至10%。
在買服裝和鞋子時(shí),要注意美國(guó)的尺寸和我國(guó)的尺寸標(biāo)法不一樣,你可以請(qǐng)店員幫忙。