Additional Information：
In America, supermarkets usually mail their sales papers to customers.  Also flea markets are popular, too.  Sometimes you can get a like new name-brand product there at a very low price for a couple of dollars.  One of the things that make flea markets appealing to Chinese is that most prices are open to negotiation.  It seems to be a Chinese tradition to haggle over the price of virtually anything that is bought.
在美國，超市通常把他們的產(chǎn)品促銷簡介寄給顧客。同樣地，跳蚤市場也很受歡迎。有時你可以在那里低價買到一件比較新的名牌產(chǎn)品，比如說幾美金。跳蚤市場受中國人歡迎的其中之一就是大部分價格都有可能協(xié)商。中國的傳統(tǒng)似乎是差不多任何可以購買的產(chǎn)品都可以討價還價。
【譯文】
——你為什么在看這些分類廣告？你需要買什么？
——我想找個書架，但是我不想要一個新的。
——有沒有什么好運氣？
——還沒有。這里沒有列出任何舊書架。但是星期六有幾個清倉大拍賣。我想去看看。
——你介意我和你一起去嗎？
——一點都不。這些私人買賣很好去還價。而且有時候你可以在這些舊貨中找到一些很好的東西。
——我從我媽媽那里學(xué)會了殺價。我原以為我很會討價還價，但是不久前一天在金博商場，我就有過一點麻煩。
——發(fā)生了什么事？
——我想為我女朋友買件漂亮的羊毛衫。標價是四十美金，所以一開始，我就向售貨員出價三十美金。

3.   At the Checkout Counter
In line at the checkout counter of a large, modern supermarket.
Roy:  Look at this headline10 - Elvis Baby Born on Spacecraft.  Where do these tabloids11 get such crazy stories?
Iris:  I've often wondered the same thing.  I also wonder who reads them.  Then I realize that I'm standing here reading them myself.
Roy:  It looks as though everyone in line reads them, or at least looks at the headlines.
Iris:  I think we picked the right line.  This one seems to be moving more quickly than the others.
Roy:  Maybe our checker is faster at scanning12 the food.
Iris:  I'm glad.  We have only about twenty things here, and I'm in a hurry to get home.
(The customer in front of them pays and leaves.)
Checker:  Good afternoon, ladies.  Paper or plastic?
Iris:  Paper bags, please.  You know, yours is the fastest-moving line in the store.
Checker:  Well, I'll let it go this time, but in the future, please don't use the express line with so many items.
【譯文】
——你看這個標題——埃文斯嬰兒在宇宙飛船上出生。這些小報從哪里得到這些希奇古怪的故事？
——我也經(jīng)常想知道這些。我還想知道誰看這些小報。后來我發(fā)現(xiàn)只有我自己站著在讀這些東西。
——看起來好像這排的每個人都在看，或許至少在看標題。
——我想我們選對了隊伍。這行隊好像比其他隊移動得快一點。
——也許我們隊的收銀員掃視食品快一點。
——我很高興。我們大概只有二十件商品，我還急著回家呢。（在他們前面的顧客付了錢，走了。）
——女士們，下午好。要紙袋還是塑料袋？
——請給我們紙袋。你這行隊是商店里結(jié)賬最快的。
——這次我就讓你過去，但是以后，請不要買這么多件物品走快速結(jié)賬這條線。

4.  Looking for a pair of shoes.
Rita:  Hey Joe, what are you doing in this department store? 
Joe:  Hi, Rita, I'm just looking for a pair of shoes.  I won't be here for long. 
Rita:  Why not?  When I go shoe shopping, I have so many options13 for sneakers14 that I spend awhile looking at all of the choices.
Joe:  That's my problem.  I don't have a lot of options.
Rita:  What do you mean?  This is a big store, isn't it?
Joe:  Yes, but I have unusually big feet.  That wouldn't be too much of a problem except that they're also very wide, and only a few brands sell shoes that I can fit into.
Rita:  So how do you usually go about15 buying shoes, then? 
Joe:  Well, first of all, I can only go to certain stores that can guarantee16 me a large selection.
Rita:  Well, you're in the right store.  If they don't have it, no one will.
Joe:  After that I choose something from one of the few brands that I know will fit me.  I prefer white, so I ask them to bring me a pair of white sneakers in my size.  Since I’m usually only given one or two pairs of shoes that meet my qualifications17, it makes it a very easy choice.
【譯文】
——嗨，喬，你在這家百貨公司干什么？
——嗨，瑞塔，我只是想買雙鞋。我不會在這里呆很久。
——為什么不呢？當(dāng)我去鞋店買運動鞋時，我有很多選擇余地，所以我要花很長時間看完這些鞋。
——那是我的問題。我沒有很多選擇余地。
——你什么意思？這個商店很大，不是嗎？
——是，但我的腳也特別大。本來也不會有太大問題，但是我腳又特別寬，所以只有幾個牌子有我能穿的鞋。
——那么，你通常怎么買鞋？
——唔，首先，我只能去那些能保證我有很大挑選余地的鞋店。
——那你來對了鞋店。如果他們沒有你穿的鞋，其它鞋店也不會有了。
——然后，從我知道的幾種適合我穿的牌子中挑選一種。我比較喜歡白色，因此我要售貨員按照我的尺寸拿給我一雙白色運動鞋。因為通常只會有一兩雙鞋符合我的尺寸，因此挑選起來就非常容易。

5.   Shopping around.
Janet:  So what do you think of my new dress? 
Karen:  I think it's great!  I really like the color, and it goes really well with your eyes.  I've actually been eyeing that dress at Maxine's for a while now, but I wasn't sure I could afford ninety-five dollars for a dress at the moment.
Janet:  Um, ninety-five dollars?
Karen:  Yes, that's the price they were advertising it at.  I was hoping it might go on sale soon.  Why, how much did you pay for it?
Janet:   I bought it for one hundred and forty-five dollars at Helen's Boutique18.  I didn't know I could get it cheaper somewhere else.
Karen:  Of course!  Everything at Helen's is overpriced19, and they sell things that you can find at almost every other clothing store!  Why didn't you shop around?
Janet:  I don't know, I just saw the dress and thought about how pretty it looks and how much I wanted it.  I guess I was too impulsive20.

《零距離美語會話[娛樂]Lesson2:Ilovegoingtothemall》永久閱讀地址: http://www.jiazhineng.cn/yingyu/1727/