S = Shopper C = Clerk
S: Excuse me, I'm looking for your 3-liter Pepsis, the ones that are on sale this week. There don't seem to be any in the soft drink section.
購物者:對(duì)不起,我正在找三公升的百事可樂,就是本周特價(jià)的那一種。在清涼飲料區(qū)好象沒有看到。
C: We may be sold out of them. Let me check the back. (The clerk goes to the storeroom, returning a few minutes later.) I'm afraid we're out of stock. Would you like a rain check?
店 員:我們可能已經(jīng)賣完了。讓我到后面確定一下。(店員走進(jìn)儲(chǔ)藏室,幾分鐘之后便回來。)恐怕我們的庫存都賣完了。您須要一張憑證嗎?
S: Yes, I would, thank you.
購物者:好的,我要,謝謝你。
C: Let me get the manager to sign one for you.
店 員:讓我請(qǐng)經(jīng)理幫你簽這張單子。
智慧補(bǔ)給站:
1.look for... 尋找……
=search for...
=seek
例:The police are looking for the escaped prisoners.
(警察正在搜尋逃犯。)
2.liter n.升(又作 litre)
3.be on sale 拍賣中
be for sale 可出售的
例:Jazz CDs are on sale at the record store this month.
(本月那家唱片行的爵士樂CD正在特賣。)
That house on the corner is for sale.
(轉(zhuǎn)角那間房子待售中。)
4.soft drink (不含酒精的)清涼飲料
5.be sold out of sth.賣完某物
例:I'm afraid we are sold out of this magzine.
I'm afraid we have sold out this magine.
(恐怕這本雜志我們已經(jīng)賣完了。)
6.storeroom n.儲(chǔ)藏室, 貯藏室
7.return vi.返回(原來的地方)
例:When will Judy return from Japan?
(朱蒂什么時(shí)候從日本回來?)
8.stock n.存貨, 庫存品
be out of stock 賣光存貨
9.a rain check
雨天換票證(比賽等因雨順延時(shí)發(fā)給觀眾以換取下次入場(chǎng)券的憑證; 此處指“貨到優(yōu)先供應(yīng)憑證”)
10.get sb to do... 請(qǐng)/叫某人……
例:Do you think you can get your sister to help us?
(你認(rèn)為你能叫你的妹妹幫我們忙嗎?)
11.sign vt.簽名
例:Rick and his wife signed their names on the contract.
(里克和他的太太在契約書上簽名。)