第八堂

购物

01 购物准备

罗列清单

dialogue

helen is of today and she intends to go shopping with her mother.

海伦今天休假，她打算和妈妈一起去购物。

mom: honey, shall we go shopping this afternoon?

妈妈：宝贝，我们下午去购物好吗？

helen: that's great. mom, look at my shoes. they're worn out. i need a new pair.

海伦：太棒了。妈妈，看我的鞋，它们都穿破了。我需要一双新的。

mom: ok, what else?

妈妈：好的，还要别的吗？

helen: we don't have any milk now. i think we should buy some milk.

海伦：我们没牛奶了。我想应该再买点牛奶。

mom: i know that. it's in the shopping list.

妈妈：我知道，已经写在购物清单里了。

helen: would you get some of that new cereal advertised on tv?

海伦：买一些电视广告上的那种新麦片吧？

mom: which one?

妈妈：哪一种？

helen: you know…the one with the funny vitamin baby on the bag.

海伦：嗯……就是包装上带有可爱的维生素宝宝的那种。

mom: oh, you mean “kikies”?

妈妈：哦，你说的是kikies？

helen: yeah. that's the one.

海伦：对，就是那种。

mom: well, i got it. let's go to the supermarket.

妈妈：好，我记下了。那我们去超市吧。

notes

1. cereal [?si?ri?l] n. 麦片粥；谷类植物，谷物

2. advertise [??dv?taiz] v. 广告，宣传，（给……）做广告宣传

3. silly [?sili] adj. 搞笑的，逗乐的；糊涂的

4. vitamin [?vit?min] n. 维生素

小贴士

1. we need to buy some vitamin b.

我们需要买一些维生素b。

vitamin 维生素，又名维他命，是维持人体生命活动必须的一类有机物质，也是保持人体健康的重要活性物质，在人体生长、代谢、发育过程中发挥着重要的作用。维生素在体内的含量很少，但不可或缺。如果长期缺乏某种维生素，就会引起生理机能障碍而发生某种疾病。一般由食物中摄取，所以避免缺乏维生素的最好方法就是要饮食均衡。

2. my skirt is too old for me. please buy me a new one.

我的裙子太旧了，请再给我买件新的。

3. the food is not enough in our refrigerator. it's time to go shopping now.

冰箱里的食物不多了，该去购物了。

4. we need to buy two dozens of eggs this time for cooking the cakes.

我们需要买两打鸡蛋来做蛋糕。