英语口语大赢家Topic233:问询 Enquiry

丹尼尔和汤姆一起去书店买书，爸爸让丹尼尔给他买《世界是平的》，丹尼尔买到了吗？中间又有什么故事发生呢？

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Daniel: Do you have any idea of what kind of materials we should buy?

Tom: Not at all. But Mrs. Li once recommended 30 Nights on Math.

Daniel: Oh, come on, more like 30 nights on nightmares. You know how I hate math.

Tom: Me too. Come upstairs. I bet we can get them on the second floor.

Daniel: My dad asked me to get a book for him, The World Is Flat.

Tom: What section is it in?

Daniel: Geography, I think.

Tom: Then let's have a look at the geography section.

Daniel: OK. Have you found it? I haven't seen it yet. I wonder when dad has become interested in geography. Weird¹.

Tom: Let's go and ask the salesclerk.

Daniel: Excuse me, do you know a book called The World Is Flat?

Salesman: The World Is Flat? Let me think. Do you know who the author is? I will look it up for you.

Daniel: No, I don't remember clearly. The guy has a very complicated name.

Salesman: Well, do you know what publisher it is?

Daniel: I don't know. But my dad said that it was world famous and millions of its copies had been sold.

Salesman: Oh, you can go to the best-seller section. Maybe you will find it there. It's right on the first floor.

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丹尼尔: 你想好买什么资料了吗？

汤姆: 没有，但是李老师曾经推荐给我们一本《数学三十夜》。

丹尼尔: 噢，行了，更像是三十夜噩梦。你知道我有多么厌恶数学。

汤姆: 我也是。上楼来吧。我打赌我们能在二层找到它们。

丹尼尔: 我爸爸让我给他买本书，《世界是平的》。

汤姆: 是关于什么的？

丹尼尔: 我觉得应该是地理方面的。

汤姆: 那我们看看地理图书区有没有。

丹尼尔: 好的。你找到了吗？我还没有看见呢。我在想爸爸什么时候对地理感兴趣了？真奇怪。

汤姆: 我们去问问售货员吧。

丹尼尔: 打扰一下，你知道有一本书叫《世界是平的》吗？

售货员: 《世界是平的》？让我想想。你知道作者是谁的吗？我帮你查查。

丹尼尔: 不，我记不太清楚了。他的名字非常复杂。

售货员: 嗯，你知道是哪个出版社出的吗？

丹尼尔: 我不知道，但是我爸爸说那本书世界闻名，已经卖了好几百万册了。

售货员: 你可以去畅销书区看看，也许你可以在那儿找到。就在一层右侧。
经典背诵 Recitation
Daniel: Bookstore is a really complicated place to buy a book. I always get confused when I'm there. Each time I try to find a book, it's a nightmare. The name of the book, the author and the publisher, so many things one needs to remember. It's terrible.

生词小结
geography n. 地理

author n. 作者

complicated adj. 复杂的

publisher n. 出版社

best-seller n. 畅销书

单词扩展 Vocabulary Builder
关于各类文学作品的词汇

基础词汇

drama 戏剧

literature 文学

novel 小说

poetry 诗歌

prose 散文

romance 浪漫小说

short story 短篇小说

提高词汇

classics 古典小说

detective story 侦探小说

encyclopedia² 百科小说

fantasy 幻想小说

mystery 神化

science fiction 科幻

thriller³ 恐怖小说

家庭总动员 Do it together
两人一组，一方随机大声读出上面词汇的英文和中文，另一方用该词汇填入下面的句子，大声朗读出来并将句子翻译成中文。

Let's have a look at ( ).

[例]家长读 novel 小说

孩子读 Let's have look at novel. 我们看看小说吧。

1 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

2 encyclopedia   

n.百科全书

参考例句：

• The encyclopedia fell to the floor with a thud.那本百科全书砰的一声掉到地上。
• Geoff is a walking encyclopedia.He knows about everything.杰夫是个活百科全书，他什么都懂。

3 thriller   

n.惊险片，恐怖片

参考例句：

• He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
• I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时，总带一本惊险小说看。