今日长难句：
The kind of shopping where you hand over notes and count out change in return now happens only in the most minor of our retail encounters, like buying a bar of chocolate or a pint of milk, from a corner shop.
现在，这种递上钞票、数零钱的购物行为只会发生在最不起眼的零售店中，比如从街角的商店里买一块巧克力或一品脱牛奶这种事情。


分析：
the kind of shopping 主语
happens 谓语
where you hand over notes and count out change in return 定语从句修饰the kind of shopping
in the most minor of our retail encounters 状语
like buying a bar of chocolate or a pint of milk, from a corner shop 同位语


核心词汇：
hand over 转交；递交；移交
note n. 笔记；注解；便笺；票据；纸币
count out 点数
change n. 零钱；变化 v. 改变
in return 作为回报；找零
minor adj. 较小的；较少的；低级的
major adj. 主要的；主修的；重要的
retail v. 零售；转述
retailer n. 零售商
encounter v. 遭遇；遇到；偶然遇到 n. 突然遇到
bar n. 棒；块；条；酒吧
pint n. 品脱


今日练习：
On top of that, the price of PVC, the plastic used to make LPs, has surged after Hurricane Ida knocked out 60% of America’s production in August, while demand has boomed from firms that use the stuff in cars, pipes and much besides.