纯正地道美语 第237期(外教讲解):预定期刊
日期:2011-07-25 15:51

(单词翻译:单击)

地道美语
A: Good afternoon, Ma’am, My name is Mike and I am selling subscriptions to all sorts of periodicals.

B: No, thank you, I am not interested.

A: Please ma’am , if you could spare five minutes of your time, I am sure we could find something that interests you!

B: I wish I could, but I have to walk the dog and finish cooking so if you would excuse me.

A: We have a great variety of magazines all about cooking! This one for example, is a bi monthly publication with recipes from all over the world!

B: Wow, that would be kind of useful, do you have any other cooking magazines?

A: Sure do! This one is a quarterly publication, but each issue has over 200 color pages of recipes and also many home decorating ideas!

B: Wow, this is nice! Ok, sign me up for both publications.

A: You mentioned you have a dog, most pet owners sign up for this weekly newsletter that has information on dog care, pet shops and even pet sitters!

B: That is exactly what I needed! What else do you have?

A: Well, I also have...
词汇注释

subscription n. 预订

If you could spare 如果你能留出

quarterly n. 季刊

issue n.期刊

pet sitter 照顾宠物的人
参考译文

A: 女士,下午好,我叫Mike,我提供各种期刊的预定。

B: 对不起,谢谢。我不感兴趣。

A: 女士,如果你能给我5分钟,我敢保证能找到你感兴趣的东西。

B: 我也希望能,但是我得遛狗还得做饭,如果我们交谈,那会影响我。

A: 我们有很多种有关烹饪的杂志,比如这本,它是双月刊,里面有全世界各地的烹饪法。

B: 那很有用,你有其他的烹饪杂志吗?

A: 当然有!这是本季刊,但是每期都有200张彩页介绍各种烹饪法和家居装饰的点子。

B: 太好了,2种我都要。

A: 你提到你养狗,许多宠物主人都买这份每周通讯,那上面有宠物狗护理,宠物商店和宠物护理者的相关信息。

B: 那正是我需要的。你还有什么杂志?

A: 我还有……

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重点单词
  • varietyn. 多样,种类,杂耍
  • spareadj. 多余的,闲置的,备用的,简陋的 v. 抽出,饶
  • issuen. 发行物,期刊号,争论点 vi. & vt 发行,流
  • minutesn. 会议记录,(复数)分钟