購物英語口語掌中寶 Unit46: 買小說

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買小說

S= Salesperson C= Customer

The customer wants to buy a good novel and the clerk is recommending some.

顧客想買一本好的小說，而店員正在向他介紹一些書。

S: There are a number of science fiction and fantasy novels I can recommend.

店員：這里有一些科幻小說和虛擬小說我可以介紹一下。

C: I love science fiction and fantasy, but I've been reading a lot of both lately, so I'd prefer to get something else.

顧客：我愛看科幻和虛擬小說，但最近我已經(jīng)看了很多本這兩類的書，所以我想找其他種類的。

S: How about a good historical novel? This one set in medie,val France is excellent. The story is exciting and the characterization is very well done.

店員：一本好的歷史小說怎么樣?這本以中古世紀法國為背景的故事很棒喔，這個故事很刺激而且人物刻畫非常生動。

C: That sounds interesting. Okay, I'll get this one Thanks for all your help.

顧客：聽起來很有趣。好吧，我要買一本。謝謝你的幫忙。

S: Don't mention it.

店員：不客氣。

單詞學(xué)習筆記

1.science n.科學(xué)

2.fiction n.小說類(不可數(shù))

science fiction 科幻小說

比較：

novel n.小說(可數(shù))

a fiction(×) 一本小說

a novel(√)

3. fantasy n.幻想

例：Going to live on a small tropical island is one of his fantasies.

(到熱帶小島居住是他的幻想之一。)

4.lately adv. 最近(與現(xiàn)在完成式并用)

例：Mary hasn't been feeling well lately.

(瑪麗最近心情不太好。)

5.historical a.歷史的

6.medieval a.中世紀的

7.excellent a. 卓越的;優(yōu)秀的

例：This is an excellent CD. You should get a copy.

(這張CD很棒，你得買一張。)

8. This one set in medieval France is excellent.

= This historical novel which is set in medieval France is excellent.

這本以中世紀法國為背景的小說很棒。

be set in+ 地方 以某地為背景/場景

9.characterization n.人物刻畫，性格描繪

例：That author writes interesting plots, but he's not quite good at characterization.

(該作家所寫的故事情節(jié)很有趣，但他在刻畫人物方面就不怎么擅長。)