英文原版对话1000个:786 Shopping

Todd: So, Shona, you talked about shopping today. You bought some food and you bought some furniture. Are you a big shopping fan?

Shona: Not really to be honest. I'm not one of those people who go shopping every weekend or every weekday, or you know, but to be honest, like if I am around shops, and I do see something that I really like, I don't have much will power, and I will buy it, which isn't great, but yeah, I have accumulated like a few, you know, things over the years, specifically clothes, which I do enjoy buying.

Todd: So you like shopping for clothes?

Shona: I like shopping for clothes but I don't really like shopping for anything else.

Todd: Now when you buy your clothes, are you saying you usually buy clothes on impulse¹. You see them and you like them?

Shona: Yeah, that's true. Yeah, I probably would say that. I'm not like staying at home and looking at catalogues, and I think, "Oh, I want a black t-shirt" and I go out and buy that. I will just be wondering about. Something will catch my eye, and I'll think it looks nice so I might end up buying it.

Todd: You know, these days, you mentioned a catalogue. These days you can buys stuff on the internet quite easily. Have you ever bought clothes over the internet?

Shona: Yes, I have actually. Yeah, I've bought a couple of items over the internet which is like lots of fun, because 'Is it going to fit?, Is it going to look nice?' You don't know, so once you get it it's like always a bit exciting, like to see how it actually looks in real life.

Todd: Did it fit?

Shona: Yeah. Yeah. Actually there we like two really, like, items that I wear quite a lot, so.

Todd: What did you buy?

Shona: I bought like a pen-striped jacket, like this little jacket thing with all these like different badge² things on it, and I also bought like, this nice like blue and red and white stripy dress, which is really nice.

Todd: Oh, cool. Now when you shop, do you always pay cash or do you pay by credit card, or?

Shona: I'm more like prefer to pay by cash because then I know how much I'm spending, like if you pay with credit card, or whatever, you don't really, you're not aware of how much money you're actually spending, so I prefer to take cash out and pay with that, so then I have more of a budget.

Todd: Wow, that's pretty good because you say you're an impulse shopper³, so I think credit cards usually people like to use them. They see something, they got to have it.

Shona: Exactly, which is probably going to lead them into a lot of debt eventually, which I would try to avoid.
 

1 impulse   

n.（一时的）冲动，冲力，脉冲，神经冲动

参考例句：

• She wrote that letter on impulse.她一时冲动写了这封信。
• I don't know how to resist my impulse.我不知道怎样抑制自己的感情冲动。

2 badge   

n.徽章，证章，标记，标识，象征

参考例句：

• Every student should carry a school badge.每个学生都应该佩带校徽。
• The olive leaf is a badge of peace.橄榄叶是和平的象征。

3 shopper   

n.购物者，顾客

参考例句：

• Hong Kong is a shopper's paradise.香港是购物者的天堂。
• She is one shopper who takes responsibility in bagging her own goods.她是一名承担责任把食品装进袋子的顾客。