Clerk: Can I help you, Ma'am?

Shirley: I need a phone card for this new cell phone.

Clerk: Cool phone. What kind of phone card do you want?

Shirley: It's for my daughter who is still a senior high school student.

Clerk: Then the M-Zone will be suitable.

Shirley: What's special with the service?

Clerk: You know students use texted message service. And they provide favorable service for that.

Shirley: That's nice. And I need a pre-paid phone card.

Clerk: Oh, there is a sales promotion for it now.

Shirley: Oh, good. Then what is it?

Clerk: If you buy a pre-paid phone card worth 100 yuan today, you will get 50 yuan for free.

Shirley: May I have two of them?

Clerk: Sure. As many as you want.

Shirley: Okay, then a third one for my husband too.

职员：女士，有什么能效劳吗？

雪莉：我要为这部新手机买一张手机卡。

职员：手机很靓。你想要什么样的手机卡？

雪莉：是给我的女儿的，她还是一个高中生。

职员：那么动感地带的卡会比较适合她。

雪莉：它的服务有什么特点呢？

职员：你知道学生喜欢发短信。这个卡在这方面有很好的服务。

雪莉：那不错。我还要一张充值卡。

职员：哦，正好现在有（充值卡）促销活动。

职员：哦，真好。什么样的（促销）？

职员：如果您今天买一张面值100元的充值卡，您还将免费获得50元的话费。

雪莉：我可以买两张吗？

职员：当然。要多少张都可以。

雪莉：好的，那再给我丈夫买一张好了。

Clerk: My job is to sell phone cards. More and more people start to use cell phones especially the senior high school students. And they always use text message services. So I will always recommend the “M-Zone” phone card if it's for students. Even though it's tiring, I still love my job.

phone card 手机卡

texted adj. 编写的

message n. 信息

favorable adj. 良好的

pre-paid adj. 预先支付的

sales promotion 促销

M-Zone: 动感地带，是在学生中比较流行的一种手机卡，它提供比较优惠的短信套餐。

表达数量的句型练习 Scene practice

仔细阅读下面五个场景，两人一组，使用表达数量的句型，用一用，练一练。

1．Shirley wants to know the price of the shoes, what would she say to the salesman?

2．Benjamin wants to express there are countless people in the supermarket, if you were Benjamin, how would you express it to your wife?

3. If you were Daniel, you are asked how often do you play football, what would you say?

4. Jane wants to know the number of Shirley's family member, if you were Jane, how would you ask Shirley?

5. May wants to know which book is hers, if you were May, what would you say to Daniel?