十天美国口语突破教程（6）
2009-04-06 英语口语 来源：互联网 作者： ℃
eaker cannot recall the names of things s/he wants to refer to, and when s/he wishes to avoid having to mention what may appear to be an endless list.
8 Stores are known to carry items. In other words, they have the items they "carry." However, stores could be "out" of certain items (when their supplies have been exhausted).
9 Convenience stores, as the name suggests, are stores that carry basic necessities such as bread, milk, eggs, soft drinks, tooth paste, newspapers, magazines, and so on. They are usually conveniently located (in small towns, suburbs, and big cities) which also accounts for the name.
10 In bulk is a shopping-related idiom that is used to refer to items purchased in large quantities. Such supplies are cheaper and last longer. Generally, families shop in bulk for items such as sugar, rice, candy, canned products, etc. However, perishable products (such as vegetables) are rarely purchased in bulk. Instead, they are usually purchased on a daily or weekly basis. Specialized stores are stores that sell particular things. In other words, they specialize in the sale of particular products (e.g., grocery stores sell groceries, hardware stores sell hardware products such as nuts and bolts, paint, nails, hammers, etc.)
11 Specials refer to discount deals/prices. In Conversation A, they refer to discount video rental rates.
12 A buck each refers to a dollar per item in question (video tapes in Conversation A)
13 A shopping list is a handy list of items a shopper intends to buy. Most Americans draw up shopping lists before they go shopping. Such a list makes shopping easier, as the shopper consults it while shopping, and that way, does not forget to buy what s/he needs.
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Exercises
Exercise A: Practicing Useful Shopping-Related Expressions
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Instructions: Carefully read the following mini-conversations and, for each, construct a sentence that restates the speaker''s words, using any of the shopping-related words or expressions used in Conversation A and defined above. Suggested answers are provided at the end of this lesson. However, you are advised not to consult them until you have attempted the exercise.
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1. Tom: If I had shopped around first before I bought my VCR, perhaps I wouldn''t have been cheated.
2. Nancy: Jewel''s got a buy-one-get-one-free sale on Florida oranges and cantaloupes. Isn''t that great? We need to stock up.
3. Greg: Don''t you think the prices at Saks Fifth Avenue are somewhat unreasonable? Imagine buying an ordinary T-shirt for 50 bucks! I''d prefer to keep it at a museum.
4. Anna: I always buy my cheese at Strawberry fields. You can find any kind of cheese there. Yup. You name it and it''s there.
5. Kim: I''ll go in and ask them whether they have milk in the store.
6. Shiho: It''s time to go shopping, Dan. Don''t forget the list on which you wrote what you''d like to buy.
Exercise B: What Kind of Store?
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Instructions: Read each mini-dialog and specify where it is taking place. In other words, is it in a department store, a bookstore, a supermarket or grocery store, an appliance store, a shoe store, a drive-in fast food restaurant, or a movie theater box office?
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1. Sean: Two for A Walk in the Clouds, please.
Agent: Eleven dollars. Okay. Here are your tickets, and here''s your change.
Sean: Thank you.
2.Cashier: Can I take your order?
John: Yes, please. Could I have a cheese burger, a small order of fries, and a large Diet Pepsi.
Cashier: Will that be all, Sir?
John: Actually, make that a large order of fries.
Cashier: Okay, coming right up. Anything else?
John: No. Thanks.
Cashier: Ketchup?
John: Yes, please.
Cashier: That will be $ 5:30. Your order will be ready at the next window.
John: Thanks.
3. Anna: Excuse me, please. I''d like to know whether a book that I''d ordered has come in.
Agent: One moment please. Let me move over to a computer. What''s your last name?
Anna: Brown.
Agent: Okay. Yes, it''s in. It arrived this morning, and it should be on the shelf, under Psychology. That''s in aisle 10 downstairs.
Anna: Thanks.
Agent: You''re welcome. All books with red dots on them are on sale today.
Anna: Great! Perhaps I''ll buy some.
Agent: do so. We don''t have such sales that often.
4. Salesper
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8 Stores are known to carry items. In other words, they have the items they "carry." However, stores could be "out" of certain items (when their supplies have been exhausted).
9 Convenience stores, as the name suggests, are stores that carry basic necessities such as bread, milk, eggs, soft drinks, tooth paste, newspapers, magazines, and so on. They are usually conveniently located (in small towns, suburbs, and big cities) which also accounts for the name.
10 In bulk is a shopping-related idiom that is used to refer to items purchased in large quantities. Such supplies are cheaper and last longer. Generally, families shop in bulk for items such as sugar, rice, candy, canned products, etc. However, perishable products (such as vegetables) are rarely purchased in bulk. Instead, they are usually purchased on a daily or weekly basis. Specialized stores are stores that sell particular things. In other words, they specialize in the sale of particular products (e.g., grocery stores sell groceries, hardware stores sell hardware products such as nuts and bolts, paint, nails, hammers, etc.)
11 Specials refer to discount deals/prices. In Conversation A, they refer to discount video rental rates.
12 A buck each refers to a dollar per item in question (video tapes in Conversation A)
13 A shopping list is a handy list of items a shopper intends to buy. Most Americans draw up shopping lists before they go shopping. Such a list makes shopping easier, as the shopper consults it while shopping, and that way, does not forget to buy what s/he needs.
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Exercises
Exercise A: Practicing Useful Shopping-Related Expressions
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Instructions: Carefully read the following mini-conversations and, for each, construct a sentence that restates the speaker''s words, using any of the shopping-related words or expressions used in Conversation A and defined above. Suggested answers are provided at the end of this lesson. However, you are advised not to consult them until you have attempted the exercise.
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1. Tom: If I had shopped around first before I bought my VCR, perhaps I wouldn''t have been cheated.
2. Nancy: Jewel''s got a buy-one-get-one-free sale on Florida oranges and cantaloupes. Isn''t that great? We need to stock up.
3. Greg: Don''t you think the prices at Saks Fifth Avenue are somewhat unreasonable? Imagine buying an ordinary T-shirt for 50 bucks! I''d prefer to keep it at a museum.
4. Anna: I always buy my cheese at Strawberry fields. You can find any kind of cheese there. Yup. You name it and it''s there.
5. Kim: I''ll go in and ask them whether they have milk in the store.
6. Shiho: It''s time to go shopping, Dan. Don''t forget the list on which you wrote what you''d like to buy.
Exercise B: What Kind of Store?
---------------------------------------------------------
Instructions: Read each mini-dialog and specify where it is taking place. In other words, is it in a department store, a bookstore, a supermarket or grocery store, an appliance store, a shoe store, a drive-in fast food restaurant, or a movie theater box office?
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1. Sean: Two for A Walk in the Clouds, please.
Agent: Eleven dollars. Okay. Here are your tickets, and here''s your change.
Sean: Thank you.
2.Cashier: Can I take your order?
John: Yes, please. Could I have a cheese burger, a small order of fries, and a large Diet Pepsi.
Cashier: Will that be all, Sir?
John: Actually, make that a large order of fries.
Cashier: Okay, coming right up. Anything else?
John: No. Thanks.
Cashier: Ketchup?
John: Yes, please.
Cashier: That will be $ 5:30. Your order will be ready at the next window.
John: Thanks.
3. Anna: Excuse me, please. I''d like to know whether a book that I''d ordered has come in.
Agent: One moment please. Let me move over to a computer. What''s your last name?
Anna: Brown.
Agent: Okay. Yes, it''s in. It arrived this morning, and it should be on the shelf, under Psychology. That''s in aisle 10 downstairs.
Anna: Thanks.
Agent: You''re welcome. All books with red dots on them are on sale today.
Anna: Great! Perhaps I''ll buy some.
Agent: do so. We don''t have such sales that often.
4. Salesper
son: How are you today, Ma''am?
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