Unit 6 At the Bookstore(1) 在書店 (1)
S = Student C = Clerk
S: Excuse me, I'm looking for your English textbooks.
學(xué)生:對(duì)不起,我正在找你們賣的英文教科書。
C: They're right over there, next to the dictionaries.
店員:它們就在那邊,字典的旁邊。
S: Do you have any textbooks to help improve strudents' reading skills?
學(xué)生:你們有任何可以幫助增強(qiáng)學(xué)生閱讀技巧的教科書嗎?
C: Let's see. These books here focus on grammar, and those are mainly for conversation practice... Here we are. This book has short passages for students to read and answer questions about.
店員:我看看。這邊的書是針對(duì)文法,而那邊的書主要用來練習(xí)會(huì)話…… 找到了。這本書有短篇文章供學(xué)生閱讀并回答有關(guān)問題。
S: Great. That's just the sort of thing I'm looking for. Thanks.
學(xué)生:太棒了。那正是我要找的那種。謝謝。
智慧補(bǔ)給站
1.Excuse me, (but) S + V 對(duì)不起,……
例:Excuse me, could you help me with this?
(對(duì)不起,你可以幫我做這件事情嗎?)
2.look for... 尋找……
例:He's looking for a new apartment.
(他正在找一間新公寓。)
3.textbook n. 教科書
4.next to... 在……的隔壁
例:Bob lives next to the post office.
(鮑伯住在郵局的隔壁。)
5.help () to V 幫忙/助……
例:A lot of people helped finish the project.
(有許多人幫忙完成該項(xiàng)目。)
6.improve vt. 改善,增強(qiáng),使進(jìn)步
例:He needs to improve his English before he can study abroad.
(他到國外念書之前必須先加強(qiáng)英文。)
7.Let's see. 我看看
例:A: Do you have a package for John Smith?
(甲:你們有給約翰·史密斯的包裹嗎?)
B: Let's see. Yes, here it is.
(乙:我看看。有的,就在這兒。)
8.focus on... 集中(注意力)于……
例:That teacher focuses on conversation skills rather than reading and wring.
(那個(gè)老師把重點(diǎn)集中在會(huì)話技巧,而非讀寫方面。)
9.grammar n. 語法
10.sort n. 種類
a sort of... 一種……
=a kind of...
例:This animal looks like a snake but actually it's a sort of lizard.
(這種動(dòng)物看起來像條蛇,但事實(shí)上它是一種蜥蜴。)