英文原版对话1000个:1075 Retail Therapy

 　　Diego: So, Silvia, I hear you have thirty handbags and thirty-five pairs of shoes.

 

　　Silvia: Yeah, I know. Actually, it's a little bit of a sad story if I tell you why I have a lot of bags and shoes.

 

　　Diego: It's OK, we have time.

 

　　Silvia: Actually, I love to shop. I don't know what girl doesn't love to shop, and I love shopping and so basically¹ how I ended up with all these shoes is because I broke up and I was sad and it was like therapy² for me to go shopping.

 

　　Diego: So it was retail³ therapy.

 

　　Silvia: Exactly. So yeah, I just went crazy shopping. For me I don't know, I just feel good shopping, and the other thing is I like to travel a lot, and when I'm traveling then I also buy a lot of stuff⁴. Like the handbags I have, some are traditional looking bags from Vietnam or Cambodia, Thailand.

 

　　Diego: Different countries.

 

　　Silvia: And it's so cheap. That's the thing. Sometimes I go somewhere and I see everything so cheap that I go crazy shopping.

 

　　Diego: Wow! But do you really need thirty handbags?

 

　　Silvia: I'm a girl. Of course I need thirty handbags.

 

　　Diego: Do you really need thirty five pairs of shoes?

 

　　Silvia: Mmm?

 

　　Diego: No. That's quite interesting. Have you ever worn everything?

 

　　Silvia: No.

 

　　Diego: You haven't. OK.

 

　　Silvia: No, not yet. And actually last week, I went through ... I was walking and I saw this store had a sale and I went in and as an excuse, it was by birthday last week, so I thought, well, I'm far away from home, and no one gives me any gifts so maybe I should give myself some gifts and I almost used my credit⁵ parents credit card, and I thought oh, I will just call them and tell them like hey, happy birthday, but in the end, I ended up paying for the stuff.

 

　　Diego: OK, that's good, so you're a responsible shopoholic.

 

　　Silvia: I'm trying to control it. Actually, before last week, I spend a few months not buying anything, but I couldn't resist the sale.

 

　　Diego: But you do know that the sale sign is just cheap marketing⁶, right?

 

　　Silvia: No, my God, it was a really good sale.

 

　　Diego: No, I think you're just ...

 

　　Silvia: No, it was a good sale.

 

　　Diego: ... a victim of good marketing.

 

　　Silvia: Maybe but still. I'm happy with what I bought so.

 

　　Diego: OK, so as long as you're happy, that's good.

1 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

2 therapy   

n.治疗；疗法

参考例句：

• The doctor said she should be given a physical therapy.医生说她应该进行理疗。
• She will need to have the therapy repeated every few months.她将需要每隔几个月就进行一次治疗。

3 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

4 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

5 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。

6 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。