31. Shopping in the Dime Store 在低價商店購物
A: Do you carry black ink?
B: The ink should be next to the paper clips and thumb tacks in the stationary section, sir.
A: I've looked, but I didn't see any black ink.
B: Then I'm afraid there's none in stock.
A: Well, I'll settle for blue-black. I'll also take a dozen airmail envelopes.
B: They come in packages of ten or twenty.
A: Give me a package of twenty, then. And where do I find shoelaces?
B: On counter three.
A: Thank you. I never can find my way around this store.
B: I know. It took me three weeks, and I work here.
Notes
Dime store 一角商店(美國出售低價小商品的百貨店)
Carry 有…出售
In stock 有貨
Settle for-be satisfied with
Take 買
Find my way around 找得到應去的地方
A：你們有黑墨水賣嗎？
B：墨水應該在文具部的回形針和圖釘旁邊，先生。
A：我看過了，但沒找到黑墨水。
B：那我想是缺貨了。
A：嗯，那要藍黑的也可以。我還要一打航空信封。
B：信封分成十只一扎或二十只一扎出售。
A：那就給我二十只一扎的。還有我去哪兒可以找到鞋帶。
B：在第三號柜臺。
A：謝謝，我在這家商店里總是搞不清商品的部位。
B：我知道。我在這兒工作，花了三個星期才熟悉。
32. Trading Stamps 用贈券換東西
A: Every time I go to the grocery, the clerk asks me if I save stamps. I always say no, but sometimes I get them anyway.
B: Oh, never turn them down. You can always find someone who'll take them. People spend hours pasting them in little books, and when a book is full, they drive miles to a redemption center where the stamps can be traded for things like pillow cases, or playing cards, or garden tools. But you have to save millions of them to get anything worth having.
Notes
Stamp 美國一些商店或超級市場送給顧客的(如郵票大小的)贈券。積到一定數(shù)量后可以換取實物禮品
Clerk 售貨員
Turn them down-refuse them
Redemption center 用贈券換取禮品的商店
Trade-exchange
A：每次我去雜貨店，店員都問我是否收集贈券，我總是說“不”，不過有的時候我還是積下些贈券。
B：啊，別丟掉它。你總會找到回收贈券的人。有些人花時間把贈券粘貼在小本子上，當一本貼滿后，開幾英里的車到回收中心去，在那兒可以用贈券交換像枕頭套、撲克牌或修整花園的工具等東西。不過你得收集相當多張才能換回一些有重要價值的東西。
33. Best Seller 暢銷書
A: What's that book you have under your arm?
B: It's the best seller everone's been talking about for the last six months.
A: How in the world did you get a copy? I've had a hold in at the public library for weeks, and I'm still waiting my turn.
B: I checked it out of the rental library. It only costs five cents a day.
A: Is it really worth paying for?
B: I can't tell yet. I haven't got beyond the first chapter.
A: If it's any good, I'll buy a copy when it comes out in the pocket edition.
Notes
Best seller 暢銷書(或物品，但常指書)
Had a hold in 預訂(借閱)
Rental library 出租書籍的圖書館
Can't tell-cannot be certain
Pocket edition 價格較低的平裝書
A：你手上挾著的那本是什么書？
B：這是最近六個月來人人都在談論的最暢銷的書。
A：你怎么會搞到的？我在公共圖書館已經(jīng)預約幾個星期了，現(xiàn)在還在等著輪到我。
B：我是在出租圖書館借到的，每天只要五分錢。
A：它真是值得花錢去租來看嗎？
B：我還吃不準。我還沒有看完第一章。
A：如果這本書還不錯，等下次出袖珍本時我就買一本。
34. Planning a Picnic 準備一次野餐
A: You know, let's do something we haven't done for a long time. I'd like to go on a picnic. Where could we go? Over to the park?
B: No. I want to drive out into the country, find a little creek someplace away from the highway, and have a real old-fashioned picnic lunch with fried chicken, and potato salad, and dill pickles, and lemonade.
A: Sounds like a good idea. Why don't we go this Sunday?
B: I can't make it. I'm busy all weekend, but next Sunday I'm free.
A: It's a date. You furnish the lunch and I'll provide the transportation.
Notes
Real old-fashioned-typical
Sound like 像是
A：喂，讓我們搞一點長時間沒搞過的活動。我想去野餐。我們?nèi)ツ膬?？到公園那邊？
B：不，我想開車到鄉(xiāng)下去，在離開公路的地方找一條小溪，搞一次真正的老式野餐，有炸雞、土豆色拉、泡菜和檸檬水。
A：聽起來是個好主意。我們在這個星期日去好嗎？
B：我沒法去，整個周末我都有事，但下個星期日我有空。
A：就定這天。你負責野餐的食物，我提供交通工具。
35. Getting a Tan 曬曬黑
A: What have you got there?
B: It's my sun lamp. I'm taking it down to the electric shop to be fixed. There's something wrong with the wiring, It blows fuses whenever I plug it in.
A: What in the world do you need a sun lamp for?
B: Well, I want to get a tan and I haven't time to lie in the sun, so I lie under the sun lamp every night for five minutes.
A: That's finr, as long as you don't fall asleep. An hour under one of those things and you'd be just a cinder.
Notes
Sun lamp 紫外線
Fix 修理
In the world 到底(加強語氣)
Get a tan 曬黑(通常指去野外或海灘)
Cinder-ash
A：你那是什么東西？
B：我的紫外線燈。拿它到電器店去修理。電線上有些毛病，我一插上插座就把保險絲燒斷了。
A：你要紫外線燈到底有什么用？
B：嗯，我想曬曬黑，但又沒有時間躺在陽光下，只能每天晚上在紫外線燈下躺五分鐘。
A：那不錯，只要你不睡著。在這種東西下照一個小時，你就變成灰了。
36. Intermission 劇間休息
A: You were certainly lucky to get tickets for this play. We had to have our reservations in weeks ago.
B: Tom picked them up this afternoon. Someone had just phoned in a last minute cancellation.
A: Where are you sitting?
B: Way up in the first balcony. We can see and hear fine, though. Isn't it a wonderful performance?
A: Oh, yes, the acting's good, but don't you think that the star's a little old for her part? From where we are in the orchestra, you can see every wrinkle on her face.
B: That's why I like balcony seats. You don't lose the illusion.
A: Oh, there's the buzzer. I'll see you after the show.
Notes
Phone in a cancellation 打電話取消預訂座位
Orchestra 正廳
Buzzer 預備鈴(劇場準備開演前)
A：你能弄到這場演出的票子真是幸運。我們不得不在幾星期前預訂座位。
B：今天下午湯姆弄到的票。在最后一分鐘剛好有人打電話來退票。
A：你們坐在哪兒？
B：在第一樓廳的上面一點。但我們看和聽都很清楚。這真是一場精彩的演出，對嗎？
A：哦，對，演技很好，但你不覺得演員本人比她所扮演的角色略老了些嗎？從我們所在的正廳位子上，你能看到她臉上的每根皺紋。
B：這就是為什么我喜歡樓廳的位子。你不會失去幻想。
A：啊，鈴響了。演出結(jié)束后再見。
37. Planning a Vacation 準備度假
A: I weet to the travel agency today and picked up these folders on Japan, Normandy, and Quebec.
B: For this summer? Have we saved that much money?
A: Not this summer. In two or three years, maybe. I have it almost all worded out. Here. Normandy, and then the Chateau country. Somewhere in these we'll have to work in Nice for the carnival. Then we take the Orient Express to Istanbul from there.
B: But what do we do this year?
A: Oh, I thought we'd go to one of the national parks-Yosemite, or Yellowstone, or maybe the Grand Canyon-that is, if it's all right with you.
Notes
All worked out 全部安排好了
Chateau country 法國的古城堡游覽勝地
Work in 插進(或列入)計劃
That is 假如，以…為條件
A：今天我到旅行社去取來了有關到日本、諾曼底和魁北克旅游的簡介。
B：是今年夏天去嗎？你已積蓄了足夠的錢了？
A：不是今年夏天?？赡茉龠^二年或三年。我差不多完全計劃好了。看，先是諾曼底，然后去法國的古堡地區(qū)。去那里我們還要參加尼斯的狂歡節(jié)也考慮到計劃里。然后我們從那里乘東方快車去伊斯坦布爾。
B：那么今年我們干什么呢？
A：啊，我想我們可以去一處國家公園——尤塞米提，或黃石公園，也許可去大峽谷——假如你都不反對的話。
38. What are You Doing This Summer? 今年夏天你準備干什么
A: What's you going to do this summer?
B: I thought for a while I'd go to one of the summer schools, but I've decided I'm tired of classes and books and working all the time. I'm going to relax. I'm not going to do a thing for three months.
A: Three months is a long time. When September comes you'll have got out of the habit of working. Why not just wait for two weeks and then see how you feel.
B: I might, but I don't think I'll ever change my mind.
A: Do you carry black ink?
B: The ink should be next to the paper clips and thumb tacks in the stationary section, sir.
A: I've looked, but I didn't see any black ink.
B: Then I'm afraid there's none in stock.
A: Well, I'll settle for blue-black. I'll also take a dozen airmail envelopes.
B: They come in packages of ten or twenty.
A: Give me a package of twenty, then. And where do I find shoelaces?
B: On counter three.
A: Thank you. I never can find my way around this store.
B: I know. It took me three weeks, and I work here.
Notes
Dime store 一角商店(美國出售低價小商品的百貨店)
Carry 有…出售
In stock 有貨
Settle for-be satisfied with
Take 買
Find my way around 找得到應去的地方
A：你們有黑墨水賣嗎？
B：墨水應該在文具部的回形針和圖釘旁邊，先生。
A：我看過了，但沒找到黑墨水。
B：那我想是缺貨了。
A：嗯，那要藍黑的也可以。我還要一打航空信封。
B：信封分成十只一扎或二十只一扎出售。
A：那就給我二十只一扎的。還有我去哪兒可以找到鞋帶。
B：在第三號柜臺。
A：謝謝，我在這家商店里總是搞不清商品的部位。
B：我知道。我在這兒工作，花了三個星期才熟悉。
32. Trading Stamps 用贈券換東西
A: Every time I go to the grocery, the clerk asks me if I save stamps. I always say no, but sometimes I get them anyway.
B: Oh, never turn them down. You can always find someone who'll take them. People spend hours pasting them in little books, and when a book is full, they drive miles to a redemption center where the stamps can be traded for things like pillow cases, or playing cards, or garden tools. But you have to save millions of them to get anything worth having.
Notes
Stamp 美國一些商店或超級市場送給顧客的(如郵票大小的)贈券。積到一定數(shù)量后可以換取實物禮品
Clerk 售貨員
Turn them down-refuse them
Redemption center 用贈券換取禮品的商店
Trade-exchange
A：每次我去雜貨店，店員都問我是否收集贈券，我總是說“不”，不過有的時候我還是積下些贈券。
B：啊，別丟掉它。你總會找到回收贈券的人。有些人花時間把贈券粘貼在小本子上，當一本貼滿后，開幾英里的車到回收中心去，在那兒可以用贈券交換像枕頭套、撲克牌或修整花園的工具等東西。不過你得收集相當多張才能換回一些有重要價值的東西。
33. Best Seller 暢銷書
A: What's that book you have under your arm?
B: It's the best seller everone's been talking about for the last six months.
A: How in the world did you get a copy? I've had a hold in at the public library for weeks, and I'm still waiting my turn.
B: I checked it out of the rental library. It only costs five cents a day.
A: Is it really worth paying for?
B: I can't tell yet. I haven't got beyond the first chapter.
A: If it's any good, I'll buy a copy when it comes out in the pocket edition.
Notes
Best seller 暢銷書(或物品，但常指書)
Had a hold in 預訂(借閱)
Rental library 出租書籍的圖書館
Can't tell-cannot be certain
Pocket edition 價格較低的平裝書
A：你手上挾著的那本是什么書？
B：這是最近六個月來人人都在談論的最暢銷的書。
A：你怎么會搞到的？我在公共圖書館已經(jīng)預約幾個星期了，現(xiàn)在還在等著輪到我。
B：我是在出租圖書館借到的，每天只要五分錢。
A：它真是值得花錢去租來看嗎？
B：我還吃不準。我還沒有看完第一章。
A：如果這本書還不錯，等下次出袖珍本時我就買一本。
34. Planning a Picnic 準備一次野餐
A: You know, let's do something we haven't done for a long time. I'd like to go on a picnic. Where could we go? Over to the park?
B: No. I want to drive out into the country, find a little creek someplace away from the highway, and have a real old-fashioned picnic lunch with fried chicken, and potato salad, and dill pickles, and lemonade.
A: Sounds like a good idea. Why don't we go this Sunday?
B: I can't make it. I'm busy all weekend, but next Sunday I'm free.
A: It's a date. You furnish the lunch and I'll provide the transportation.
Notes
Real old-fashioned-typical
Sound like 像是
A：喂，讓我們搞一點長時間沒搞過的活動。我想去野餐。我們?nèi)ツ膬?？到公園那邊？
B：不，我想開車到鄉(xiāng)下去，在離開公路的地方找一條小溪，搞一次真正的老式野餐，有炸雞、土豆色拉、泡菜和檸檬水。
A：聽起來是個好主意。我們在這個星期日去好嗎？
B：我沒法去，整個周末我都有事，但下個星期日我有空。
A：就定這天。你負責野餐的食物，我提供交通工具。
35. Getting a Tan 曬曬黑
A: What have you got there?
B: It's my sun lamp. I'm taking it down to the electric shop to be fixed. There's something wrong with the wiring, It blows fuses whenever I plug it in.
A: What in the world do you need a sun lamp for?
B: Well, I want to get a tan and I haven't time to lie in the sun, so I lie under the sun lamp every night for five minutes.
A: That's finr, as long as you don't fall asleep. An hour under one of those things and you'd be just a cinder.
Notes
Sun lamp 紫外線
Fix 修理
In the world 到底(加強語氣)
Get a tan 曬黑(通常指去野外或海灘)
Cinder-ash
A：你那是什么東西？
B：我的紫外線燈。拿它到電器店去修理。電線上有些毛病，我一插上插座就把保險絲燒斷了。
A：你要紫外線燈到底有什么用？
B：嗯，我想曬曬黑，但又沒有時間躺在陽光下，只能每天晚上在紫外線燈下躺五分鐘。
A：那不錯，只要你不睡著。在這種東西下照一個小時，你就變成灰了。
36. Intermission 劇間休息
A: You were certainly lucky to get tickets for this play. We had to have our reservations in weeks ago.
B: Tom picked them up this afternoon. Someone had just phoned in a last minute cancellation.
A: Where are you sitting?
B: Way up in the first balcony. We can see and hear fine, though. Isn't it a wonderful performance?
A: Oh, yes, the acting's good, but don't you think that the star's a little old for her part? From where we are in the orchestra, you can see every wrinkle on her face.
B: That's why I like balcony seats. You don't lose the illusion.
A: Oh, there's the buzzer. I'll see you after the show.
Notes
Phone in a cancellation 打電話取消預訂座位
Orchestra 正廳
Buzzer 預備鈴(劇場準備開演前)
A：你能弄到這場演出的票子真是幸運。我們不得不在幾星期前預訂座位。
B：今天下午湯姆弄到的票。在最后一分鐘剛好有人打電話來退票。
A：你們坐在哪兒？
B：在第一樓廳的上面一點。但我們看和聽都很清楚。這真是一場精彩的演出，對嗎？
A：哦，對，演技很好，但你不覺得演員本人比她所扮演的角色略老了些嗎？從我們所在的正廳位子上，你能看到她臉上的每根皺紋。
B：這就是為什么我喜歡樓廳的位子。你不會失去幻想。
A：啊，鈴響了。演出結(jié)束后再見。
37. Planning a Vacation 準備度假
A: I weet to the travel agency today and picked up these folders on Japan, Normandy, and Quebec.
B: For this summer? Have we saved that much money?
A: Not this summer. In two or three years, maybe. I have it almost all worded out. Here. Normandy, and then the Chateau country. Somewhere in these we'll have to work in Nice for the carnival. Then we take the Orient Express to Istanbul from there.
B: But what do we do this year?
A: Oh, I thought we'd go to one of the national parks-Yosemite, or Yellowstone, or maybe the Grand Canyon-that is, if it's all right with you.
Notes
All worked out 全部安排好了
Chateau country 法國的古城堡游覽勝地
Work in 插進(或列入)計劃
That is 假如，以…為條件
A：今天我到旅行社去取來了有關到日本、諾曼底和魁北克旅游的簡介。
B：是今年夏天去嗎？你已積蓄了足夠的錢了？
A：不是今年夏天?？赡茉龠^二年或三年。我差不多完全計劃好了。看，先是諾曼底，然后去法國的古堡地區(qū)。去那里我們還要參加尼斯的狂歡節(jié)也考慮到計劃里。然后我們從那里乘東方快車去伊斯坦布爾。
B：那么今年我們干什么呢？
A：啊，我想我們可以去一處國家公園——尤塞米提，或黃石公園，也許可去大峽谷——假如你都不反對的話。
38. What are You Doing This Summer? 今年夏天你準備干什么
A: What's you going to do this summer?
B: I thought for a while I'd go to one of the summer schools, but I've decided I'm tired of classes and books and working all the time. I'm going to relax. I'm not going to do a thing for three months.
A: Three months is a long time. When September comes you'll have got out of the habit of working. Why not just wait for two weeks and then see how you feel.
B: I might, but I don't think I'll ever change my mind.