荧屏情景

第20周 在超市

荧屏情景：

星期五 结账 片段选自《超市夜未眠》 Cash Back 13:24--14:20

Cashier: Two pounds 75, please.
收银员：两英镑75便士，谢谢。
Ben: Ah, how much is it without these two?
本：啊，不要这两袋多少钱？
Cashier: One pound 70.
收银员：一英镑70便士。
Ben: It was getting obvious that I needed to trade some of my time.
本：看来我需要利用这些时间做些事。
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重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. trade
这里用作“交换”的意思；
eg. Kids used to trade baseball cards.
以前孩子们常常互相交换棒球卡片。
eg. They traded land for goods and money.
他们用土地换取了货物与金钱。
eg. They suspected that Neville had traded secret information with Mr Foster.
他们怀疑内维尔和福斯特先生交换了秘密情报。
2. look for
找；寻；
eg. I had gone to Maine looking for a place to work.
我去了缅因州找工作。
eg. He began to look for another position immediately.
他马上开始寻找另一个职位。
eg. The searchers fanned out to look for the missing man.
搜寻人员四下散开寻找失踪者。