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一些购物的英语基本表达用语
问顾客对某种商品有何看法时,常用:
What do you think of...? / How do you like...? / What about...? / How about...? 您认为……怎么样?
顾客询问价格时,常用:
How much is it? / How much does it cost? / How much shall I pay for it? 要多少钱?
注意:How much 后的be 动词用is还是用are,由句子的主语(单 / 复数)来决定。
有时也可用What代替How much。如:
What does it come to? 一共多少钱?
或者你还可以和他们“讨价还价”。如:
Can you come down a little? 你能降点价吗?
Can it / they be cheaper? 它/它们能再便宜点吗?
It’s too dear / expensive!太贵了!
顾客决定买货时,常用:That’s fine. I’ll take it.很好,我买下了。
/ It fits me quite well. I think I’ll take it.这个非常适合我,我就买下了。但很少用buy这个单词。
顾客对某种商品不满意时,常用:
That’s not what I want. (That’s not what I’m looking for.)这不是我想要的东西。
/ I like the colour, but the price is too high(it is too expensive / dear). 我喜欢这颜色,但价格太高了。
要付钱了,我们可以说: Here’s the money. (给你钱。)
【相关链接】
1、 在购物的场合,to take 意思是“买下”;try... on 意思是“试穿”。
2、 在英语中表示“多大的号码”,应当说 size + 数字,而不应当按照汉语式思维方式说成:数字+ size。如:一件38号的衬衫,可以说“a size 38 shirt”。
3、 在西方国家购物,人们不喜欢讨价还价,认为这是很丢面子的事情。
中国人在买了东西之后,常喜欢谈论其价格,且品头论足一番。而在英、美等国家,How much is it? / That’s too expensive(cheap) . 等用语通常只用在商店购物时买卖双方使用。若别人买了物品之后,你想说上几句,一般只说 “How nice(beautiful) it is!” 等表示赞美的话。
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An Exact Number
A tourist was visiting New Mexico and was amazed at the dinosaur bones lying about.
"How old are these bones?" the tourist asked an elderly Native American, who served as a guide.
"Exactly one hundred million and three years old.
"How can you be so sure?" inquired the tourist.
"Well," replied the guide, " a geologist came by here and told me these bones were one hundred million years old, and that was exactly three years ago.
Notes:
(1) New Mexico 新墨西哥(美国州名)
(2) be amazed at 对…感到惊诧
(3) dinosaur n.恐龙(已绝迹的巨大爬行动物)
Exercises
根据短文判断下列句子正(T)、(F):
① The tourist was frightened by the dinosaur bones lying about.
② The elderly native American served as a guide.
③ The guide knew exactly how old the bones were.
④ The guide told the tourist the histor