英语导读1000句[16]:Supermarkets

Section 16
Supermarkets

1 What happens in a supermarket?
2 Well, first, you will pick up a basket or a trolley¹.
3 What’s the difference between a basket and a trolley?
4 A basket is used for just a little shopping.
5 A trolley has wheels and is used when we have a lot to buy.
6 Then when we have chosen which we want, we go shopping.
7 Modern supermarkets have food from all around the world.
8 The food is arranged in sections containing similar foods and supplies.
9 You walk up and down the sections choosing what you want.
10 In big supermarkets, the choice can be very large.
11 You can buy clothes and household items in some supermarkets.
12 When you have finished, you go to the checkout².
13 Here you take all your shopping out of the basket or trolley.
14 The checkout person will then put the items across a machine.
15 The machine tells you how much to pay.

1 trolley   

n.手推车，台车；无轨电车；有轨电车

参考例句：

• The waiter had brought the sweet trolley.侍者已经推来了甜食推车。
• In a library,books are moved on a trolley.在图书馆，书籍是放在台车上搬动的。

2 checkout   

n.（超市等）收银台，付款处

参考例句：

• Could you pay at the checkout.你能在结帐处付款吗。
• A man was wheeling his shopping trolley to the checkout.一个男人正推着购物车向付款台走去。