零距离美语会话[娱乐]Lesson2:Ilovegoingtothemall

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In America, supermarkets usually mail their sales papers to customers.  Also flea markets are popular, too.  Sometimes you can get a like new name-brand product there at a very low price for a couple of dollars.  One of the things that make flea markets appealing to Chinese is that most prices are open to negotiation.  It seems to be a Chinese tradition to haggle over the price of virtually anything that is bought.
在美国，超市通常把他们的产品促销简介寄给顾客。同样地，跳蚤市场也很受欢迎。有时你可以在那里低价买到一件比较新的名牌产品，比如说几美金。跳蚤市场受中国人欢迎的其中之一就是大部分价格都有可能协商。中国的传统似乎是差不多任何可以购买的产品都可以讨价还价。
【译文】
——你为什么在看这些分类广告？你需要买什么？
——我想找个书架，但是我不想要一个新的。
——有没有什么好运气？
——还没有。这里没有列出任何旧书架。但是星期六有几个清仓大拍卖。我想去看看。
——你介意我和你一起去吗？
——一点都不。这些私人买卖很好去还价。而且有时候你可以在这些旧货中找到一些很好的东西。
——我从我妈妈那里学会了杀价。我原以为我很会讨价还价，但是不久前一天在金博商场，我就有过一点麻烦。
——发生了什么事？
——我想为我女朋友买件漂亮的羊毛衫。标价是四十美金，所以一开始，我就向售货员出价三十美金。

3.   At the Checkout Counter
In line at the checkout counter of a large, modern supermarket.
Roy:  Look at this headline10 - Elvis Baby Born on Spacecraft.  Where do these tabloids11 get such crazy stories?
Iris:  I've often wondered the same thing.  I also wonder who reads them.  Then I realize that I'm standing here reading them myself.
Roy:  It looks as though everyone in line reads them, or at least looks at the headlines.
Iris:  I think we picked the right line.  This one seems to be moving more quickly than the others.
Roy:  Maybe our checker is faster at scanning12 the food.
Iris:  I'm glad.  We have only about twenty things here, and I'm in a hurry to get home.
(The customer in front of them pays and leaves.)
Checker:  Good afternoon, ladies.  Paper or plastic?
Iris:  Paper bags, please.  You know, yours is the fastest-moving line in the store.
Checker:  Well, I'll let it go this time, but in the future, please don't use the express line with so many items.
【译文】
——你看这个标题——埃文斯婴儿在宇宙飞船上出生。这些小报从哪里得到这些希奇古怪的故事？
——我也经常想知道这些。我还想知道谁看这些小报。后来我发现只有我自己站着在读这些东西。
——看起来好像这排的每个人都在看，或许至少在看标题。
——我想我们选对了队伍。这行队好像比其他队移动得快一点。
——也许我们队的收银员扫视食品快一点。
——我很高兴。我们大概只有二十件商品，我还急着回家呢。（在他们前面的顾客付了钱，走了。）
——女士们，下午好。要纸袋还是塑料袋？
——请给我们纸袋。你这行队是商店里结账最快的。
——这次我就让你过去，但是以后，请不要买这么多件物品走快速结账这条线。

4.  Looking for a pair of shoes.
Rita:  Hey Joe, what are you doing in this department store? 
Joe:  Hi, Rita, I'm just looking for a pair of shoes.  I won't be here for long. 
Rita:  Why not?  When I go shoe shopping, I have so many options13 for sneakers14 that I spend awhile looking at all of the choices.
Joe:  That's my problem.  I don't have a lot of options.
Rita:  What do you mean?  This is a big store, isn't it?
Joe:  Yes, but I have unusually big feet.  That wouldn't be too much of a problem except that they're also very wide, and only a few brands sell shoes that I can fit into.
Rita:  So how do you usually go about15 buying shoes, then? 
Joe:  Well, first of all, I can only go to certain stores that can guarantee16 me a large selection.
Rita:  Well, you're in the right store.  If they don't have it, no one will.
Joe:  After that I choose something from one of the few brands that I know will fit me.  I prefer white, so I ask them to bring me a pair of white sneakers in my size.  Since I’m usually only given one or two pairs of shoes that meet my qualifications17, it makes it a very easy choice.
【译文】
——嗨，乔，你在这家百货公司干什么？
——嗨，瑞塔，我只是想买双鞋。我不会在这里呆很久。
——为什么不呢？当我去鞋店买运动鞋时，我有很多选择余地，所以我要花很长时间看完这些鞋。
——那是我的问题。我没有很多选择余地。
——你什么意思？这个商店很大，不是吗？
——是，但我的脚也特别大。本来也不会有太大问题，但是我脚又特别宽，所以只有几个牌子有我能穿的鞋。
——那么，你通常怎么买鞋？
——唔，首先，我只能去那些能保证我有很大挑选余地的鞋店。
——那你来对了鞋店。如果他们没有你穿的鞋，其它鞋店也不会有了。
——然后，从我知道的几种适合我穿的牌子中挑选一种。我比较喜欢白色，因此我要售货员按照我的尺寸拿给我一双白色运动鞋。因为通常只会有一两双鞋符合我的尺寸，因此挑选起来就非常容易。

5.   Shopping around.
Janet:  So what do you think of my new dress? 
Karen:  I think it's great!  I really like the color, and it goes really well with your eyes.  I've actually been eyeing that dress at Maxine's for a while now, but I wasn't sure I could afford ninety-five dollars for a dress at the moment.
Janet:  Um, ninety-five dollars?
Karen:  Yes, that's the price they were advertising it at.  I was hoping it might go on sale soon.  Why, how much did you pay for it?
Janet:   I bought it for one hundred and forty-five dollars at Helen's Boutique18.  I didn't know I could get it cheaper somewhere else.
Karen:  Of course!  Everything at Helen's is overpriced19, and they sell things that you can find at almost every other clothing store!  Why didn't you shop around?
Janet:  I don't know, I just saw the dress and thought about how pretty it looks and how much I wanted it.  I guess I was too impulsive20.

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