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Mom: Excuse me, how much is the spin age?
Vendor: 3 Yuan per kilogram.
Mom: That's too expensive. What about the carrots?
Vendor: The same.
Mom: How about 2.5 yuan a kilogram? I come here all the time.
Vendor: Come on. I'm out on a limb here. How much do you want?
Mom: Two kilograms of carrots and one kilogram of spin age.
Vendor: All right, all right. Sold. Goes for 7.5 Yuan.
(Mother gives 10 Yuan to the vendor.)
Vendor: Here is your change.
Mom: Daniel, would you like some beef for supper?
Daniel: Cool! I like beef. And I try to be stronger than Popeye.
Mom: Sure, honey. But you are going to buy it by yourself.
Daniel: Excuse me. How much is the beef?
Vender: Sorry kid, it's pork. We sold out all the beef.
Daniel: That's a shame, thanks anyway.
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Top媽媽:請(qǐng)問(wèn),菠菜怎么賣(mài)?
小販:每公斤三塊錢(qián)。
媽媽:太貴了。胡蘿卜怎么賣(mài)?
小販:一樣的價(jià)錢(qián)。
媽媽:兩塊五一斤怎么樣啊?我總是來(lái)你這里買(mǎi)菜呢。
小販:別呀!您總不能讓我虧本吧。您想買(mǎi)多少呢?
媽媽:兩公斤的胡蘿卜和一公斤菠菜。
小販:好吧,賣(mài)您了。一共七塊五。
(媽媽拿出十元錢(qián)給售貨員。)
小販:找您零錢(qián)。
媽媽:丹尼爾,你晚飯想吃牛肉嗎?
丹尼爾:太好了。我喜歡牛肉。我要變得比大力水手更強(qiáng)壯。
媽媽:當(dāng)然可以了,孩子。但是你要自己去買(mǎi)牛肉。
丹尼爾:請(qǐng)問(wèn),這個(gè)牛肉怎么賣(mài)?
小販:小朋友,這是豬肉。牛肉已經(jīng)全部賣(mài)完了。
丹尼爾:太可惜了,但還是謝謝您。
經(jīng)典背誦 Recitation
Vendor: Hi, I am a vendor. Welcome to the Food Market. Many people come to my stand for the food. I always give them my best price. All the vegetables are twenty percent off after 5:00 p.m. Although the job keeps me busy all the time, I find it quite fun.
生詞小結(jié)
expensive adj. 貴的
percent n. 百分之……
be twenty percent of 打八折
be next to nothing 極便宜,幾乎免費(fèi)
kilogram n. 千克,公斤
limb n. 樹(shù)枝,肢
beef n. 牛肉
pork n. 豬肉
sell out 賣(mài)完
shame n. 遺憾的事
注釋
any way 不管怎樣
Come on. 這是比較隨意的口頭禪,就像在說(shuō):來(lái)吧,讓我們做什么事情,或者不做什么之類(lèi),也可以表達(dá)“加油”的意思。
I'm out on a limb here. 這句話多用來(lái)形容自己已經(jīng)到了無(wú)可退讓的地步。
Here is your change. 找您零錢(qián)。
That's a shame. 這是美式英語(yǔ)中表達(dá)遺憾的一種說(shuō)法。在英式英語(yǔ)中,一般用It's a pity.
單詞擴(kuò)展 Vocabulary Builder
表示蔬果和肉類(lèi)的單詞
基礎(chǔ)詞匯
meat 肉
beef 牛肉
fish 魚(yú)
tomato 西紅柿
potato 土豆
onion 洋蔥
apple 蘋(píng)果
pear 梨
orange 橘子
banana 香蕉
提高詞匯
mutton 羊肉
pork 豬肉
chicken 雞肉
sausage 香腸
cucumber 黃瓜
leek 韭蔥
watermelon 西瓜
mushroom 蘑菇
peach 桃子
家庭總動(dòng)員 Do it together
兩人一組,一方隨機(jī)大聲讀出上面詞匯的英文和中文,另一方將該詞匯填入下面的句子,大聲朗讀并表演出來(lái)。
How much is the ( )?
[例] 家長(zhǎng)讀beef 牛肉
孩子讀 How much is the beef?