初級美語 Lesson 29:Shopping 購 物

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。句型結構與 like 一樣，後接名詞形式或不定式結構，即“want+名詞或 want+to+原形動詞”。?
Examples:
I want a dress.?
I want to play tennis.?

會話A： 在商業區?
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 丁：不，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 丁：你喜歡綠色嗎??
艾 琳：綠衣裙嗎?我不知道，有時候吧。?
馬 丁：我想買件襯衫。?
艾 琳：你想買件上班穿的襯衫嗎??
馬 丁：不，我想買件網球衫。?
艾 琳：你想買件白襯衫嗎??
馬 丁：我不知道。不，我不喜歡白襯衫。?
艾 琳：你想要什麼顏色??
馬 丁：我不知道，你不喜歡什麼??
艾 琳：我不喜歡紅網球衫，我喜歡藍色或綠色，你喜歡綠襯衫嗎??
馬 丁：不，我不喜歡。我喜歡藍色。?
艾 琳：那就找藍色的。?
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 丁：你想要上班穿嗎??
艾 琳：你真的喜歡嗎??
馬 丁：還可以。?
艾 琳：還可以?你不喜歡。?
馬 丁：不，我喜歡，我真的喜歡，讓我們到裏邊去看看。?
店 員：你們要買些什麼??
艾 琳：我想買條黃褲子。?
店 員：這裏，看看這些怎麼樣。?
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 丁：我喜歡綠色。?
艾 琳：你剛纔還不喜歡那件綠衣裙。?
馬 丁：不錯，我剛纔不喜歡那件綠衣裙，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 談論想要的東西。?
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??

會話B?
馬 丁：讓我們到這條街看看，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，讓我們進去吧。?
店 員：你們要買些什麼??
馬 丁：我要買件襯衫。?
店 員：你想要禮服襯衫還是便裝襯衫。?
馬 丁：我想要件網球衫。?
店 員：便裝襯衫在這邊，請跟我來。?
馬 丁：我想要件藍襯衫。?
店 員：藍襯衫在這裏，你喜歡這些嗎??
馬 丁：我不知道。艾琳，你喜歡這些嗎??
艾 琳：不太喜歡。?
店 員：我有些非常好的藍色和白色襯衫。你喜歡這些嗎??
馬 丁：是的，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，我想要件藍色多些的。?
艾 琳：這件?你喜歡嗎??
店 員：我喜歡，這件非常好。?
馬 丁：是的，我喜歡。我想買這件襯衫。?
店 員：好的，跟我來。?
馬 丁：你想買條衣裙還是褲子??
艾 琳：我想買條衣裙，讓我們上樓看看。?
馬 丁：你想讓我和你一起去嗎??
艾 琳：當然，我也讓你看看，我要你幫忙。?
馬 丁：我們去哪兒??
艾 琳：去那邊，看那些衣裙，跟我來。?
馬 丁：這麼多衣裙!?
店 員：你好。?
艾 琳：你好。?
店 員：您要買些什麼??
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：你想要什麼顏色的??
艾 琳：我不知道，任何顏色，我丈夫不喜歡綠色。?
馬 丁：我喜歡綠色。?
艾 琳：你剛纔還不喜歡那條綠衣裙。?
馬 丁：我不知道，我剛纔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 丁：好。?
艾 琳：我也想買條褲子。?
店 員：您想要什麼顏色??
艾 琳：褐色或者黑色。?
馬 丁：你想買兩條褲子嗎??
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：我想喝點咖啡。?
艾 琳：我也想喝點咖啡。?
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 丁：第十街在哪兒??
艾 琳：一直往前走。?
馬 丁：你想去那嗎??
艾 琳：當然，他們那兒的蛋糕也很好，我想吃點蛋糕。你喜歡你的新襯衫嗎?
馬 丁：是的，我喜歡。我想下週穿上它，我星期四晚上去打網球，那時我就穿上它。?

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語
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downtown adj. 在商業區的；在市中心的?
downtown area 商業區?
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?

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? 我能幫你什麼嗎??
Can I show you something? 需要什麼可以拿給你看嗎??

Cultural Notes 文化註釋

美國各地都有大大小小的購物商店，規模較大的有百貨公司(department store)、購物中心(shopping mall)，小型的有一角廉價店(dime store)、萬有商店(general store)等。最大的百貨公司是梅西(Macy's)。?
在美國買東西，必須知道在大多數情況下，價格標籤上的錢數並不是你的付款數，你還得加付款稅。稅額一般是標籤價格的5%至10%。
在買服裝和鞋子時，要注意美國的尺寸和我國的尺寸標法不一樣，你可以請店員幫忙。