Unit 17 Buying things

第十七课 买东西

本课重点：进一步学习对不同物品的价格、大小、重量及材料提问和回答。

A. Texts & Notes

1. How mach does it cost?

威廉斯先生到商店去给他妻子买礼物。
Salesgirl: Good morning, sur. Can I help you?
Williams: Yes, I'm looking for a present for my wife.
Salesgirl: This handbag is very nice, sir.
Williams: Is it expensive?
Salesgirl: Oh, no, sir! It's quite cheap. It costs fifteen pounds.
Williams: Fifteen pounds! That's too expensive, I'm afraid.
Salesgirl: Look at this vase, sir.
Williams: No. that one's too big. What about the one next to it?
Salesgirl: Ah, yes, sir. This one is smaller. And it's cheaper.
Williams: How much does it cost?
Salesgirl: Eleven pounds, thirty pence.
Williams: Eleven ponuds thirty! It's too expensive and it's too heavy.
Salesgirl: What about one of these?
Williams: How much is it? How much does it cost?
Salesgirl: Eight pounds fifty. It costs eight pounds fifty.
Williams: It's too expensive.
Salesgirl: This is cheaper. It's four pounds fifty. And there are very cheap. They're four pounds.
Williams: I'll take big brown one. My wife will like that. She likes bears. I'll buy that one.

女售货员：早上好，先生。买点什么吗？
威廉斯：是的。我要给我妻子挑一件礼物。
女售货员：这只手提包很不错，先生。
威廉斯：贵吗？
女售货员：哦，不贵，先生。相当便宜。它值十五镑。
威廉斯：十五镑！恐怕太贵了吧。
女售货员：看看这个花瓶，先生。
威廉斯：不要。那个太大了。旁边那个怎么样？
女售货员：啊，对了，先生。这个小一点，也便宜些。
威廉斯：要多少钱？
女售货员：十一镑三十便士。
威廉斯：十五镑三十！太贵了，而且也太重了。
女售货员：这一个怎么样？
威廉斯：多少钱？这要多少钱？
女售货员：八镑五十。它值八镑五十。
威廉斯：这太贵了。
女售货员：这个便宜。四镑五十。这些可非常便宜了，才四镑。
威廉斯：我要那个大的，棕色的。我妻子会喜欢那个的。她喜欢熊。我买那一个。

注1. 询问商品的价格有以下几种说法：
How much does it cost?
How much is it?
How much?
回答：
It costs thirty pounds.
It's eight (pounds) fifty.
注2. 英国货币叫 sterling （英镑，英国币制过去不是十进制，非常复杂，现已改革），它的单位是 pound （镑），符号是“£”。镑下为 penny（便士），复数为 pence ，符号为 “p” ，简读[pi:]。£1 = 100 p。1 镑 40 便士写为 £1.40p 或 £1.40。读 one pound forty p 或 one forty。
注意：英重量单位也是 pound（镑），符号为 “lb”，1 lb = 0.454 kg。电视节目中有这样一段话，其中说的 pound 都是说重量的“镑”。
Woman: May I have some apples, please? Two pounds.
Stallholder: Two pounds. There are thirty pence a pound and these are forty pence.
Woman: I'll have those.
Stallholder: That's sixty pence.
Wonman: May I have four oranges, please?
Stallholder: That's about a pound …
注3. 对商品的大小、轻重、好坏、贵贱等发表意见时，可用副词 too（太……了），quite（相当……），very（很……）。如：
This dress is too small. （太小了）
This short green dress is not expensive. （不太贵）
This handbag is quite cheap. （相当便宜）
This wase is too heavy. （太重了）
That one is very light. （太轻了）
注4. 口语中常用 What about … ？来问 …… 怎么样？如：
This dress is too small. What about the red cver there? （这件衣服太小了，那边那件红的怎么样？）

2. What size is it?

一位顾客在商店里挑选帽子。
Customer: How much is this hat?
Salesman: It's fifty pounds, madam.
Customer: That's expensive. What's it made of?
Salesman: It's made of real fur. It's a very good hat. Those hats are cheaper. This one here costs twelve pounds. How is it for?
Customer: It's for my husband.
Salesman: It's probably too small for your husband. It isn't big enough. It's size 5. Now, this one is bigger.
Customer: What size is it?
Salesman: It's size 7. Is that big enough for your husband? Is that big enough?
Customer: Yes, it's big enough. It's the right size for my husband. What's it made fo?
Salesman: It's made of wool. And it costs ten pounds.
Customer: What do you think of it?
Salesman: Well, it looks very nice on you, madam. But will your husband like it.
Customer: Perhaps not. It's the right size and it's not too expensive. But my husband prefers very colours.
Salesman: The fur hat is dark, madam, and it's the right size. There. What do you think of that?
Customer: It's very nice. I'll buy it.

顾客：这顶帽子多少钱？
售货员：五十镑，夫人。
顾客：贵了。它是用什么做的？
售货员：它是真正的毛皮做的。这顶帽子很不错，那些帽子便宜些，一顶十二镑。给谁买的？
顾客：给我丈夫买的。
售货员：您丈夫戴这顶可能太小了。这顶不够大。这是5号。喏，这顶大些。
顾客：这是几号？
售货员：这是七号。这顶您丈夫戴得下吗？这顶够大吗？
顾客：可以，够大了。这个尺码对我丈夫合适。这是什么材料做的？
售货员：它是羊毛做的，价格十镑。
顾客：你看怎么样？
售货员：夫人，您戴着很合适。可是您丈夫会喜欢它吗？
顾客：也许不喜欢。尺码合适而且也不太贵。可是我丈夫喜欢很深的颜色。
售货员：这顶皮帽子是深色的，夫人。尺码也合适。喏，您觉得怎么样？
顾客：很不错。我买这顶。

注5. to be made of … ，意思是“由……材料制成的”。这是英语中的被动语态，英语中有主动和被动两种语态。
I made a hat. 我做了这顶帽子。（主动）
The hat is mades of fur. 帽子是（被人）用皮毛做的。（被动）
注6. 衣、帽、鞋、袜等尺寸号码的大小是 size：
What size is it? （这是几号的？）
It's size 8. （这是8号的。）
It's the right size for you. （这尺寸对你正合适。）
It's the wrong size, I'm afraid.（这尺寸恐怕错了。）
要大（小）一号的说：a size bigger (small).
This hat is too big, I want size smaller.
注7. 副词 enough 总是放在它所形容的诩之后，表示是否够……（大、小等）。如：
Is the dress big enough for you?
No, it's the not big enough. It's a size too small.
注8. It looks very nice on you 表示“穿在你身上”、“戴在你头上”等，look 在此为系动词，后跟形容词 nice ，为表语。
This red dress looks pretty on you. （这件红裙子你穿着好看。）
That hat looks nice on him. （那顶帽子他戴着好看。）

3. A kilo of tomatoes

在在蔬菜水果店里。
Greengrocer: There you are, Mrs Williams. A kilo of tomatoes, half a kilo of carrots, four apples and two lemons. Anything else?
Mrs Williams: Yes, please. A big cabbage, and two kilos of potatoes. Oh, and a pineapple …
Greengrocer: The pineapples are very expensive. Eighty pence for this small one.
Mrs Williams: It looks too small.
Greengrocer: Is this one big enough?
Mrs Williams: Yes, I'll buy that one.
Greengrocer: That'll be one pound twenty for the pineappls. Two pounds fifty all together.

蔬菜水果商：给你，威廉斯太太。一公斤西红柿，半公斤胡萝卜，四个苹果，两个柠檬，还要别的吗？
威廉斯太太：还要。一棵大白菜，两公斤土豆，喔，还要一个菠萝……
蔬菜水果商：菠萝很贵。这个小的要八十便士。
威廉斯太太：这个太小了。
蔬菜水果商：这一个够大吗？
威廉斯太太：行，我买这个。
蔬菜水果商：菠萝是一镑四十。总共两镑五十。

注9. kilo 是 kilogramme （公斤、千克）的简称，kilo 本是“千”的意思，用于构词，如：kilogramme，kilometer, ……
一公斤的…… a kilo of …
两公斤的…… two kilos of …
半公斤的…… half a kilo of …
注10. 多少钱一公斤这么说：
They are 20p a kilo.
It costs one pound fifty a kilo.

B. Exercise

1. 电视片断中一位女顾客去商店买衣服，第一件衣服多少钱？第二件绿衣服多少钱？那件衣服多大？她需要穿多大？
   30 pounds (thirty pounds)；15.50 (fifteen pounds fifty)；size 38；fifteen pounds fifty；size 42
2. 按电视片断或录音带，将下面对话填齐：
   Salesgirl: Can I help you, madam?
   Customer: I like this dress. ？
   Salesgirl: .
   Customer: Oh, this's too , is that dress over there? The short green one?
   Salesgirl: .
   Customer: Ah, that's not too expensive. And it's very nice.
   Salesgirl: But I think it's for you,madam. It's .
   Customer: Yes, this is too small. Have you something like this, but bigger? I'm .
   Salesgirl: Just a moment, please, madam.
3. 根据以下情景，朗读并练习以下对话：
   Salesgirl: Can I help you, sir?
   Customer: Yes, I'm looking for a suitcase for my daughter.
   Salesgirl: This is a nice suitcase.
   Customer: No, It's too big. I'm afraid.
   Salesgirl: What about this one?
   Customer: Oh, yes, this one's smaller. How much is it, please?
   Salesgirl: Five pounds.
   Customer: Five pounds? Good, I'll take it, please.
4. 用 too , not … enough 或形容词比较级（ smallerm，bigger）填空：
   (1) This hat isn't the right size. I'm afraid. It's big .
   (2) This suitcase is too heavy, I'm looking for something .
   (3) £100? That's expensive. I want something for about £50.
   (4) This dress is short. I want somethinh a little .
   (5) This radio is small , I'm looking for something .
   (6) This bag is good , I'm looking for something made fo leather.

5. 假设你出去旅行，给家人买了一些礼物，请按照图示，说明这些礼物是为谁买的，多少钱？多大？什么材料做成的。

   (1) The dress is for my fother. It costs seventeen pounds ninety-nine pence. It's size twelve, It's made of silk.
   (2) The hat is for my farher, It costs ten fifty. It's size 57. It's made of cotton.
   (3) The shirt is for my daughter. It costs twelve pounds. It's size fourteen. It's made of nilon.
   (4) The suitcase is for my son. It costs twenty-five pounds. It's size 60. It's made of real leather.

6. 假如你到商店为父亲买一件生日礼物，你拿不定主意买什么，和售货员讨论。最后买了一件羊毛衫。
   Salesman: Goog morning, sir. Aan I help you?
   Man: Yes, please. I'm looking for a present for my father. Thit is a nice sweater. How much does it cost?
   Salesman: It costs twenty yuan.
   Man: That's not too expensive. Wkat's it made of?
   Salesman: It's made of wool. Is it big enough for your father?
   Man: What size is it?
   Salesman: It's size 40.
   Man: That's the right size and I think he will like the colour. I'll take it.

C. Summary

1. 说法与用法

(1) 询问并回答价格：
How much does it cost?
How much is it?
It costs fifteen pencs.
It is five pounds twenty (pencs).
The cabbages cost 30p a kilo.
The cabbages are 30p a kilo.
(2) 说明人什么不合适：
That's too expensive, I'm afraid.
That's not big enough, I'm afraid.
(3) 询问并回答是什么材料做的：
What's it made of?
It's made of leather.
(4) 询问并回答尺寸、大小：
What size is the hat.
It's size 7.

2. 语法

(1) 形容词的比较级：
smaller / bibber / lighter / cheaper / heavier
(2) too 和 not … enough:
It's too big.
It's not big enough.
(3) 特殊问句：
How much are the tomatoes.
What size is it?
What's it made of?
What's it for?

How much does it cost?
It costs eight pounds fifty pence.
It's too expensive.
It's size seven.
Is that big enough.

D. Words & Expressions

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