賴世雄觀光英語通84:購物需要錢
Shopping Needs Money
購物需要錢
Kathy and Evan are shopping when Kathy runs out of cash.
凱西和艾凡購物時，凱西花光了錢。
K:Let's go in this store. Look at those beautiful sweaters!
凱西：咱們進去這家店吧。看看那些漂亮的毛衣!
E:Well, OK, but don't you think you've shopped till you dropped already?
艾凡：嗯，好吧，但是你不認(rèn)為你已經(jīng)逛街購物逛到要累倒了嗎?
K:No, not at all. You know what we women say, don't you, Evan?
凱西：不，沒這回事。艾凡，你知道我們女人怎么說，不是嗎?
E:No, what's that?
艾凡：不知道，你們怎么說?
K:Charge! Now, let's go in and look around.
(They look around for half an hour. Kathy chooses two sweaters.)
凱西：刷卡血拼!
(他們四處看了有半小時之久。凱西挑選了兩件毛衣。)
K:One's for me, and the other's for my best friend, Judith.
凱西：一件給我自己，另一件則給我最好的朋友茱蒂絲。
E:That's thoughtful of you. Take them to the counter.
艾凡：你真體貼。拿了衣服到柜臺去吧。
K:I'd like these two, please.
凱西：麻煩一下，我買這兩件毛衣。
Clerk (C): Will that be cash or charge?
店員：付現(xiàn)還是刷卡?
K:Charge, please. (She hands the clerk a credit card. After a minute...)
凱西：刷卡，麻煩你了。(她遞給店員一張信用卡。不久后……)
C:I'm sorry, miss, but your card wasn't accepted. Do you have another card?
店員：小姐，我很抱歉，刷卡機不接受你的信用卡。你有另一張卡嗎?
K:Yes, here.
凱西：有，在這兒。
C:I'm sorry, but there's a problem with this one, too.
店員：對不起，這張卡也有問題。
K:Oh, no! I've overcharged both my cards!
凱西：哦，糟了!我的兩張卡都刷爆了!
單詞短語精講：
1. shop 購物
shop till sb. drops逛街買東西直到累倒為止
shop for…購物買……
例:The Hong kong government has a slogan which encourages people to go shopping there:Shop till you drop!
(香港政府有一句鼓勵人們?nèi)ツ抢镔徫锏目谔?逛到累垮。)
Carla went shopping for clothes on sales at the department store.
(卡拉在那家白貨公司購買打折的衣服。)
2. run out of…用光·…
例:We’ re noinn to nun out of sunar soon，so please pick some up on your way from work tonight.
(我們的糖快用完廠，所以今天晚上你下班回家途中買些回來。)
3. charge 賒賬(本文指刷信用卡)&vt索價，要價
charge sb. for sth.因某事向某人索價
4.overcharge 價過高;(木文指)刷爆信用卡
例:The taxi driven ovenehm reel me X50.
(那位出租車司機多收廠我50美兀。)
