新概念英语1课文原文:Lesson 75 Uncomfortable shoes 不舒适的鞋子
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新概念英语1课文原文:Lesson 75 Uncomfortable shoes 不舒适的鞋子
LADY:Do you have any shoes like these?
SHOP ASSISTANT:What size?
LADY:Size five.
SHOP ASSISTANT:What colour?
LADY:Black.
SHOP ASSISTANT:I'm sorry.
We don't have any.
LADY:But my sister bought this pair last month.
SHOP ASSISTANT:Did she buy them here?
LADY:No, she bought them in the U.S.
SHOP ASSISTANT:We had some shoes like those a month ago,
but we don't have any now.
LADY: Can you get a pair for me, please?
SHOP ASSISTANT: I'm afraid that I can't.
They were in fashion last year and the year before last.
But they're not in fashion this year.
SHOP ASSISTANT:These shoes are in fashion now.
LADY:They look very uncomfortable.
SHOP ASSISTANT:They are very uncomfortable.
But women always wear uncomfortable shoes!
New words and expressions 生词和短语
ago /ɔ'gəu/ adv. 以前
buy / bai/ (bought /bɔ:t/) v. 买
pair /peə/ n. 双,对
fashion /'fæʃən/ n. (服装的)流行式样
uncomfortable /ʌn'kʌmfətbəl/ adj.不舒服的
wear /weə/ (wore/wɔ:/) v.穿着
Notes on the text 课文注释
1 like these 是介词短语作定语,修饰 shoes。意思是“像这样的鞋子”。
2 We don't have any.
any 后面省略了black shoes。
3 ago放在表示时间长度的短语的后面,常与表示一般过去时的动词连用。如 a month ago(一个月之前)。
4 in fashion, 流行的,时髦的。
5 I'm afraid…我恐怕……。
参考译文
女 士:像这样的鞋子你们有吗?
售货员:什么尺码的?
女 士:5号的。
售货员:什么颜色?
女 士:黑的。
售货员:对不起,我们没有。
女 士:但是,我姐姐上个月买到了这样的一双。
售货员:她是在这儿买的吗?
女 士:不。她是在美国买的。
售货员:一个月前我们有这样的鞋,但是现在没有了。
女 士:您能为我找一双吗?
售货员:恐怕不行。这鞋在去年和前年时兴,而今年已不流行了。
售货员:现在流行的是这种鞋子。
女 士:这种鞋子看上去很不舒适。
售货员:的确很不舒适。可是女人们总是穿不舒适的鞋子!