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第 0026期  

47期 [2007年02月號]

精彩摘要


逛超市學英文

Walking Around in
Wal-Mart
美國超市這麼大!

Crazy for Coupons
食、衣、住、行,
全靠折價券!

Food Samples
吃到飽美語必殺技

Making Refunds
自助結帳?快速結帳?
通道你選!

Express lane 快速結帳有撇步


Mr. Walker: Come on; let’s just go through the Express Lane.
Mrs. Walker: But I don’t have any 1)cash. And we can’t use a 2)credit card there.
Mr. Walker: That’s ok. I have 3)plenty of cash.
Mrs. Walker: Wait, I think we have more than twelve items.
Mr. Walker: Really? I don’t think we do.
Mrs. Walker: [4)Counting] Nine…ten…eleven…Um, yes we do.
Mr. Walker: Don’t those three bottles of juice count as one item? They’re all the same thing.
Mrs. Walker: No, honey. They’re counted 5)separately.
Mr. Walker: I have an idea. Here, you take these things. And I’ll take the rest.
Mrs. Walker: And go through the Express Lane separately? That’s 6)cheating!
Mr. Walker: No, baby. It’s beating the system!



沃克先生:快點,我們去快速結帳櫃檯就好。
沃克太太:但我沒帶現金,那裡不能用信用卡耶。
沃克先生:沒問題的啦,我有很多現金。
沃克太太:等等,我想我們買的東西超過十二件了。
沃克先生:真的嗎?我認為沒有哩。
沃克太太:(數)九……十……十一……嗯,我們超過了。
沃克先生:這三瓶果汁不能算一件嗎?它們是一樣的東西啊。
沃克太太:不行啦,老公,它們得分開算。
沃克先生:我有個主意,這樣好了,你拿這些,我拿其他的。
沃克太太:然後各走各的到快速櫃檯結帳?這是作弊哩!
沃克先生:不是,寶貝,這叫上有政策,下有對策!

1) cash (n.) 現金
You must pay the taxi driver in cash.
2) credit card (n.) 信用卡
He bought a plane ticket with his credit card.
3) plenty (a.) 足夠的
We have plenty of time to get to the show.
4) count (v.) 算數,計算
Can you help me count these ribbons?
5) separately (adv.) 分開地,separate (a.) 分開的
We paid our bills separately.
6) cheat(v.) 欺騙,作弊
He won the game because he cheated.

(詳細精彩後續內容盡在最新一期EZ BASIC!)

舉一反三

plenty of 足夠的
There is plenty of pizza for everyone.
每個人都可以吃得到披薩。

more than 綽綽有餘的
We had more than enough time to see all of the museum.
我們有很多時間可以逛美術館的每個區域。

not enough 不夠的
There is not enough room to open the door.
這裡的空間小到連門都快打不開。

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