可可轻松一刻 第65期:Too polite太有礼貌
日期:2013-09-18 15:08

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Too Polite
太有礼貌

A woman who frequented a small antique shop rarely purchase anything,
一名妇女经常光顾一家小古董店,但几乎从不买什么东西,

but always found fault with the merchandise and prices.
却总是对商品和价格吹毛求疵。

The manager and her salesclerk took the woman's grumpy complaints in stride,
对于那妇女的粗暴抱怨,经理和她的销售员总是应付了事,

but one day she went too far.
但是有一天她做得太过分了。

"Why is it I never manage to get what I ask for in your shop?" demanded the woman.
“为什么你们店里总是不能得到我想要的东西?”那名妇女指责说。

A smile on her face, the clerk calmly replied, "Perhaps it's because we're too polite."
职员脸上带着微笑,沉着地回答道:“也许是因为我们太有礼貌了。”

Notes:
1.frequent
adj. 频繁的,时常发生的,常见的;(脉搏等)急促的,快的
vt. 常到,光顾,常与…交往;常去,时常出入于
eg.
A woman who frequented a small shop.
一名妇女经常光顾一家小店。

2.merchandise
n. 商品;货物=commodity=goods
vt. 买卖;销售
vi. 经商
eg.
There's no use in manufacturing an item unless you can merchandise it.
除非能够销售得出,否则生产产品就没有价值。

3.in stride轻易,随意
eg.
The manager and her salesclerk took the woman's grumpy complaints in stride.
对于那妇女的粗暴抱怨,经理和她的销售员总是应付了事.

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重点单词
  • faultn. 缺点,过失,故障,毛病,过错,[地]断层 vt.
  • antiqueadj. 古代的 n. 古物,古董
  • salesclerkn. 售货员
  • merchandisen. 商品,货物 v. 经营,推销,销售,经商
  • commodityn. 商品,日用品
  • striden. 步伐,一大步,大步走,进步 vt. 跨骑,跨 vi
  • purchasevt. 买,购买 n. 购买,购买的物品 n. 支