英语口语大赢家Topic98:购物Shopping

妈妈、阿美和丹尼尔在超市里逛，四个人各有所好。阿美想到音像区去看看，丹尼尔想到体育用品专区，妈妈想在服装区里逛，看来只好分头行动了。

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Mom: Stay with me, kids. Don’t get lost.

Daniel: I am not Dad. I never get lost in the supermarket.

May: I am not a kid anymore, Mom.

Mom: Anyway, stay with me. I want to check out some daily necessities.

May: No, Mom. I want to go to the video products section. The new album of Westlife just comes out.

Daniel: I want to buy some sports supplies.

Mom: OK, kids. You can go. We’ll meet by lunch time.

May: How about Dad? He is outside with our stuff.

Daniel: We can call him then.

Mom: All right, kids. Remember, 12 o’clock, at the 2nd cash counter.

(Mom’s phone rings, and she answers the phone)

May: Who is that?

Mom: It’s Dad. He got a free deposit box.

May: Finally, he is released.

Mom: He called to tell us that he was in the book section.

听看学
妈妈：跟着我，孩子们。别丢了。

丹尼尔：我才不是老爸呢。我在超 市里从来不走丢。

阿美：我不是小孩子啦，妈妈。

妈妈：不管怎么说，跟着我。我想 去买点日用品。

阿美：不，妈妈，我要去音像区看 看。西城男孩刚刚出了本新专辑。

丹尼尔：我想去买点体育用品。

妈妈：好吧，那你们去吧。我们大 约在午饭时间见。

阿美：那爸爸呢？他在外面看东西 呢。

丹尼尔：我们到时候可以给他打电 话。

妈妈：好吧，孩子们。记着，12点， 在第二个收银台。

（妈妈的电话响了，她接起了电话）

阿美：是谁？

妈妈：是爸爸。他找到一个空的存 包柜。

阿美：他终于解放了。

妈妈：他打电话说他在书籍区。

经典背诵 Recitation
Shirley: I go to the supermarket everyday. And my chidren love going with me. But sometimes they are also trouble, because they always want to go to different sections. Shopping separately is the only way to solve the problem but I don’t think it’s safe. Even my husband gets lost in there.

生词小结
daily adj. 每天的

necessity n. 必需品

video n. 音像

deposit box 存放物

cash counter n. 收银台

section n. 部门

注释
Westlife 西城男孩。英国演唱组合。

单词扩展 Vocabulary Builder
商品类别的词汇

基础词汇

fruit 水果

vegetable 蔬菜

sports goods 体育用品

sugar 糖

condiment¹ 调味品

flour 面粉

snacks 零食

cereal 谷物

提高词汇

pet food 宠物食物

poultry² 家禽类

household supply 家用电器

cosmetics³ 化妆品

stationery⁴ 文具

confectionery 糖果糕点

pickles⁵ 腌菜

家庭总动员 Do it together
两人一组，一方随机大声读出上面词汇的英文和中文，另一方用该词汇填入下面的句子，大声朗读并表演出来，并用中文给出一个理由。

1 condiment   

n.调味品

参考例句：

• It has long been a precious condiment.它一直都是一种珍贵的调味料。
• Fish sauce is a traditional fermented condiment in coastal areas.鱼露是沿海地区的传统发酵调味品。

2 poultry   

n.家禽，禽肉

参考例句：

• There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
• What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?

3 cosmetics   

n.化妆品

参考例句：

• We sell a wide range of cosmetics at a very reasonable price. 我们以公道的价格出售各种化妆品。
• Cosmetics do not always cover up the deficiencies of nature. 化妆品未能掩饰天生的缺陷。

4 stationery   

n.文具；(配套的)信笺信封

参考例句：

• She works in the stationery department of a big store.她在一家大商店的文具部工作。
• There was something very comfortable in having plenty of stationery.文具一多，心里自会觉得踏实。

5 pickles   

n.腌菜( pickle的名词复数 )；处于困境；遇到麻烦；菜酱

参考例句：

• Most people eat pickles at breakfast. 大多数人早餐吃腌菜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I want their pickles and wines, and that.' 我要他们的泡菜、美酒和所有其他东西。” 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛