生活英语情景口语:如何说服男友陪你去逛街

A: it’s such a nice day outside. Let’s take a walk into town and do some window-shopping.
C: you know I hate shopping more than anything else in this world.
A: I know. But we could get some exercise in, and we could get some errands¹ run, too. Window-shopping won’t cost you anything.
C: what kind of errands do we need to run?
A: well, we could go to the newsagent’s to pick up the Sunday paper, go to the butcher’s to pick up a chicken for a roast² dinner, and to the chemist’s to pick up your prescription³ from the doctor.
C: I’ll only go if we can stop at the office-license to pick up something to drink for tonight.
A: fine, we’ll do that on the way home, so we don’t have to carry it the whole time.
C: sounds good. You have to promise not go into any of the stores in the mall though. I know how you like to try things on in the fitting⁴ rooms, especially if the stores have special offers.
A: I promise. We’re only going for a walk to get some exercise and to get some things done that we haven’t had time for.
C: ok, let’s go then!
A: do you have any money?
C: for what?
A: for our errands, and maybe a little extra⁵ for something from a vendor⁶ on the street.
C: you said you were only going to window shop!
A: I agreed to not go into the mall, but I can still look at things in the market!
C: I should have known…

今天外面天气不错。咱们走到镇上去逛逛街吧？
你知道的，我最讨厌逛街了。
我知道。可是我们还能锻炼身体呢，而且还有点任务。逛逛街又不会花费你什么。
咱们有什么事情要办？
嗯，咱们得去报摊买一份周日的报纸，去肉铺买点晚餐烧烤用的鸡肉，还得去药房取医生给你开的处方。
如果能去酒店买几瓶今晚喝的东西，我才会去。
好吧，咱们回来的路上去买，这样我们就不用一路上都提着它们了。
听起来不错。但是你得答应我不进购物中心的任何一间店。我可知道你有多喜欢到试衣间试衣服，特别是商店有打折的时候。
我答应你。我们就是出门走走当锻炼身体，然后再把那几间平常没时间办的事情办好。
好吧，现在出发。
你身上有钱吗？
干什么用的？
办那几件事用啊。而且还可能额外需要一点儿在街上自动售货机买东西用。
你说过你只逛不买的！
我答应不进购物中心，可是我还要去市场逛逛。
我早该想到的…
Bakery  面包店
Phaemacy  药店
Off-licence  卖酒执照
Branch  分店
Checkout  收银台
Get a refund  退货
Fitting room  试衣间
Special offer  特惠
Greengrocer’s  蔬菜水果店

I’m just browsing⁷, thanks.
我只是随便看看，谢谢。

Show me this one, please.
请拿这个给我看看。

Oh, that suits you very well.
哇，很合适你。

Ok, I’ll take it.
好的，我要了。

It was on special offer.
这个在特惠期。

Have you got it in medium?
这件有中号吗？

What make is it?
什么牌子的？

Shop till you drop!
逛死为止!

 

1 errands   

n.errand的复数；差使( errand的名词复数 )；差事

参考例句：

• He often runs errands for his grandmother. 他经常给他的祖母跑腿儿。
• I have a few errands to do in the town. 我在城里有些差事要办。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 roast   

v.烤，炙，烘；n.烤肉；adj.烤(烘)过的

参考例句：

• There's a piece of roast beef.这儿有一块烤牛肉.
• Put the meat into the oven to roast.把肉放到炉子里去烤。

3 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

4 fitting   

n.[pl.]设备，家具，配件，试穿；adj.适合的

参考例句：

• I'm going to a fitting tomorrow.明天我要去试穿新衣。
• The President's address was a fitting end to a bitter campaign.总统的讲话为一场激烈的竞选运动适时画上了句号。

5 extra   

adj.额外的，外加的；特大的

参考例句：

• We do not ask for extra pay.我们不要求额外报酬。
• You have to pay extra for breakfast.早餐你要另外付费。

6 vendor   

n.卖主；小贩

参考例句：

• She looked at the vendor who cheated her the other day with distaste.她厌恶地望着那个前几天曾经欺骗过她的小贩。
• He must inform the vendor immediately.他必须立即通知卖方。

7 browsing   

v.吃草( browse的现在分词 )；随意翻阅；（在商店里）随便看看；（在计算机上）浏览信息

参考例句：

• He sits browsing over[through] a book. 他坐着翻阅书籍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Cattle is browsing in the field. 牛正在田里吃草。 来自《简明英汉词典》