Conversation B
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MARTIN: Let's look on this street. Do you see that store? I bought some clothes there last year.
EILEEN: Oh, I like those shirts. Let's go inside.
CLERK: May I help you?
MARTIN: I want to buy a shirt.
CLERK: Do you want a dress shirt or a casual shirt?
MARTIN: I want a tennis shirt.
CLERK: Casual shirts are over there. Come with me, please.
MARTIN: I want a blue shirt.
CLERK: The blue shirts are here. Do you like these?
MARTIN: I don't know. Do you like these, Eileen?
EILEEN: Not very much.
CLERK: I have some very nice blue and white shirts. Do you like these?
MARTIN: Yes, I do. I like these very much.
EILEEN: They're very nice. Look at this one. Do you like it?
MARTIN: It has too much white. I want a shirt with more blue.
EILEEN: This one? Do you like it?
CLERK: I likt it. It's very nice.
MARTIN: Yes, I like it. I want to buy this shirt.
CLERK: OK. Come with me.
MARTIN: Do you want to buy a dress or pants?
EILEEN: I want to buy a dress. Let's look upstairs.
MARLIN: Do you want me to come with you?
EILEEN: Of course. I want you to look, too. I want you to help.
MARTIN: Where are we going?
EILEEN: Over there. See those dresses. Come with me.
MARTIN: There are too many dresses!
CLERK: Hello.
EILEEN: Hello.
CLERK: May I help you?
EILEEN: I want to look at dresses. I want to buy a dress for the office.
CLERK: These dresses are very beautiful.
EILEEN: This is my size.
CLERK: What color do you want?
EILEEN: I don't know. Any color. My husband doesn't like green.
MARTIN: I like green.
EILEEN: You didn't like that green dress.
MARTIN: I know. I didn't like that green dress in the window.
CLERK: You don't want green. Do you like yellow?
EILEEN: Yes, I like yellow.
CLERK: Does your husband like yellow?
EILEEN: Martin?
MARTIN: Yes, I like yellow.
CLERK: This is a very nice black and white dress.
MARTIN: I like that very much.
EILEEN: I'm going to try it.
MARTN: Good.
EILEEN: I want a pair of pants, too.
CLERK: What color do you want?
EILEEN: Brown or black.
MARTIN: Do you want two pairs of pants?
CLERK: Do you want one brown pair and one black pair?
EILEEN: No, I want only one pair. I want to look at these.
MARTIN: I want some coffee.
EILEEN: I want some coffee, too.
MARTIN: I want to find a coffee shop. Do you see one?
EILEEN: There is a coffee shop on Tenth Street.
MARTIN: Where is Tenth Street?
EILEEN: Straight ahead.
MARTIN: Do you want to go there?
EILEEN: Of course. They have very good cake, too. I want some cake. Do you like your new shirt?
MARTIN: Yes, I like it. I want to wear it next week. I’m going to play tennis on Thursday evening. I’m going to wear it then.

Practice 2：用 want 談?wù)撓胍臇|西。
Examples:
  MARTIN: I want to buy a shirt. What do you want to buy?
EILEEN: I want to buy a new dress. Do you want a casual shirt?
MARTIN: Yes, I want a tennis shirt.
MARTIN: Do you want a dress for the office?

會話B
馬  丁：讓我們到這條街看看，你看到那家商店了嗎?我去年在那買過一些衣服。
艾  琳：噢，我喜歡那些襯衫，讓我們進(jìn)去吧。
店  員：你們要買些什么?
馬  丁：我要買件襯衫。
店  員：你想要禮服襯衫還是便裝襯衫。
馬  丁：我想要件網(wǎng)球衫。
店  員：便裝襯衫在這邊，請跟我來。
馬  丁：我想要件藍(lán)襯衫。
店  員：藍(lán)襯衫在這里，你喜歡這些嗎?
馬  丁：我不知道。艾琳，你喜歡這些嗎?
艾  琳：不太喜歡。
店  員：我有些非常好的藍(lán)色和白色襯衫。你喜歡這些嗎?
馬  丁：是的，我喜歡。我非常喜歡這些襯衫。
艾  琳：它們很好，看這件，你喜歡嗎?
馬  丁：它白色太多了，我想要件藍(lán)色多些的。
艾  琳：這件?你喜歡嗎?
店  員：我喜歡，這件非常好。
馬  丁：是的，我喜歡。我想買這件襯衫。
店  員：好的，跟我來。
馬  丁：你想買條衣裙還是褲子?
艾  琳：我想買條衣裙，讓我們上樓看看。
馬  丁：你想讓我和你一起去嗎?
艾  琳：當(dāng)然，我也讓你看看，我要你幫忙。
馬  丁：我們?nèi)ツ膬?
艾  琳：去那邊，看那些衣裙，跟我來。
馬  丁：這么多衣裙!
店  員：你好。
艾  琳：你好。
店  員：您要買些什么?
艾  琳：我想看衣裙，我想買條辦公室穿的衣裙。
店  員：這些衣裙很漂亮。
艾  琳：這是我的尺碼。
店  員：你想要什么顏色的?
艾  琳：我不知道，任何顏色，我丈夫不喜歡綠色。
馬  丁：我喜歡綠色。
艾  琳：你剛才還不喜歡那條綠衣裙。
馬  丁：我不知道，我剛才是不喜歡在櫥窗中的那條綠衣裙。
店  員：你不想要綠色，你喜歡黃色嗎?
艾  琳：是的，我喜歡黃色。
店  員：你丈夫喜歡黃色嗎?
艾  琳：馬丁?
馬  丁：是的，我喜歡黃色。
店  員：這是條很好的黑白衣裙。
馬  丁：我非常喜歡。
艾  琳：我要試試。
馬  丁：好。
艾  琳：我也想買條褲子。
店  員：您想要什么顏色?
艾  琳：褐色或者黑色。
馬  丁：你想買兩條褲子嗎?
店  員：你想要一條褐色褲子和一條黑色褲子嗎?
艾  琳：不，我只買一條，我想看看這些。
馬  丁：我想喝點(diǎn)咖啡。
艾  琳：我也想喝點(diǎn)咖啡。
馬  丁：我想找家咖啡店，你看到哪兒有嗎?
艾  琳：在第十街上有一家咖啡店。
馬  丁：第十街在哪兒?
艾  琳：一直往前走。
馬  丁：你想去那嗎?
艾  琳：當(dāng)然，他們那兒的蛋糕也很好，我想吃點(diǎn)蛋糕。你喜歡你的新襯衫嗎?
馬  丁：是的，我喜歡。我想下周穿上它，我星期四晚上去打網(wǎng)球，那時(shí)我就穿上它。
 

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語
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downtown   adj. 在商業(yè)區(qū)的；在市中心的
downtown area 商業(yè)區(qū)
dress    adj. 禮服的
dress shirt  禮服襯衫；女式衣裙
dress for work  上班衣裙
dress for the office  辦公室衣裙
pants   n. 褲子
clerk   n. 售貨員；店員
casual   adj. 隨便的；非正式的
upstairs   adv. 向樓上
 

Language Points 語言要點(diǎn)

在商店，店員最常用的話語就是 May I help you? 還可以說：
Can I help you? 我能幫你忙嗎?
What can I do for you? 我能幫你什么嗎?
Can I show you something? 需要什么可以拿給你看嗎?
 

Cultural Notes  文化注釋

美國各地都有大大小小的購物商店，規(guī)模較大的有百貨公司(department store)、購物中心(shopping mall)，小型的有一角廉價(jià)店(dime store)、萬有商店(general store)等。最大的百貨公司是梅西(Macy's)。
在美國買東西，必須知道在大多數(shù)情況下，價(jià)格標(biāo)簽上的錢數(shù)并不是你的付款數(shù)，你還得加付款稅。稅額一般是標(biāo)簽價(jià)格的5%至10%。
在買服裝和鞋子時(shí)，要注意美國的尺寸和我國的尺寸標(biāo)法不一樣，你可以請店員幫忙。

《初級美語Lesson29:Shopping購物》永久閱讀地址: http://www.jiazhineng.cn/yingyu/2095/