賴世雄購物英語口語大全（6）在書店 (1)
Unit 6 At the Bookstore(1) 在書店 (1)
S = Student C = Clerk
S: Excuse me, I'm looking for your English textbooks.
學(xué)生：對(duì)不起，我正在找你們賣的英文教科書。
C: They're right over there, next to the dictionaries.
店員：它們就在那邊，字典的旁邊。
S: Do you have any textbooks to help improve strudents' reading skills?
學(xué)生：你們有任何可以幫助增強(qiáng)學(xué)生閱讀技巧的教科書嗎?
C: Let's see. These books here focus on grammar, and those are mainly for conversation practice... Here we are. This book has short passages for students to read and answer questions about.
店員：我看看。這邊的書是針對(duì)文法，而那邊的書主要用來練習(xí)會(huì)話…… 找到了。這本書有短篇文章供學(xué)生閱讀并回答有關(guān)問題。
S: Great. That's just the sort of thing I'm looking for. Thanks.
學(xué)生：太棒了。那正是我要找的那種。謝謝。
智慧補(bǔ)給站
1.Excuse me, (but) S + V 對(duì)不起，……
例：Excuse me, could you help me with this?
(對(duì)不起，你可以幫我做這件事情嗎?)
2.look for... 尋找……
例：He's looking for a new apartment.
(他正在找一間新公寓。)
3.textbook n. 教科書
4.next to... 在……的隔壁
例：Bob lives next to the post office.
(鮑伯住在郵局的隔壁。)
5.help () to V 幫忙/助……
例：A lot of people helped finish the project.
(有許多人幫忙完成該項(xiàng)目。)
6.improve vt. 改善，增強(qiáng)，使進(jìn)步
例：He needs to improve his English before he can study abroad.
(他到國(guó)外念書之前必須先加強(qiáng)英文。)
7.Let's see. 我看看
例：A: Do you have a package for John Smith?
(甲：你們有給約翰·史密斯的包裹嗎?)
B: Let's see. Yes, here it is.
(乙：我看看。有的，就在這兒。)
8.focus on... 集中(注意力)于……
例：That teacher focuses on conversation skills rather than reading and wring.
(那個(gè)老師把重點(diǎn)集中在會(huì)話技巧，而非讀寫方面。)
9.grammar n. 語法
10.sort n. 種類
a sort of... 一種……
=a kind of...
例：This animal looks like a snake but actually it's a sort of lizard.
(這種動(dòng)物看起來像條蛇，但事實(shí)上它是一種蜥蜴。)
