美语情景对话 第720期:Dislikes Shopping 不喜欢购物
Todd: OK, Shona, let's talk about shopping. What are things you don't like to go shopping for?
托德：夏娜，我们来谈谈购物吧。你在购物时不喜欢买什么？Shona: The two things I don't like shopping for are food and shoes. And food because I just find it incredibly boring and I just like to get in and out of the supermarket as quickly as possible and just get what I need because I find it really like scary and weird to like how there are just so many items, like, that I don't have a clue what they are and they're all like there on the shelf. They're so many of the same thing. I just find it really weird. And the lighting in supermarkets. It is just too bright for me, and I just — everyone's walking around like zombies with their trolleys and I just find it very weird.
夏娜：有两样东西是我在购物时不喜欢买的，一个是食物，另一个是鞋。我觉得买食物很无聊，我一般进超市以后迅速买完我需要的东西然后就出去，因为超市里卖的东西太多，我觉得那又可怕又奇怪，我都不知道货架上的是什么。而且有太多同样的东西。 我觉得这很奇怪。还有超市里的灯，对我来说那个灯太亮了，我感觉推着车在超市里走的人都像僵尸一样，我觉得这很怪异。Todd: Actually, it's funny you say that because I love shopping for food. In America, I love shopping for food because I can read the labels. In Japan, where we live now, it's not so fun because I can't read and it really drives me nuts, when I can't...
托德：你这么说感觉很有趣，因为我喜欢购买食物。在美国的时候我很喜欢去买食物，因为我可以看懂食品标签。可是现在我们在日本生活，现在对我来说买食物就不那么有趣了，因为我看不懂标签，这都快把我逼疯了……
Shona: Exactly. Exactly.
夏娜：没错，没错。Todd: OK.
托德：对。Shona: Shoes.
夏娜：鞋。Todd: Shoes.
托德：鞋。Shona: Shoes I cannot shop for because I have like quite big feet. I've got like a size eight, which is like a forty. I think it is a forty-one. I think it's quite big for a girl, and I always see like really pretty shoes I really want, but they just don't fit my big feet, so it's like a big disappointment.
夏娜：我不喜欢买鞋的原因是，我的脚非常大。我穿8号鞋，这边的鞋号是40。我想可能是41。我觉得对女孩来说，我的脚太大了，我经常看到漂亮的鞋子可是我穿不了，这真的让我非常失望。Todd: Actually, you know it's funny you mentioned about the shoe size because, you know, if the United Nations does anything, they should make a universal shoe size.
托德：其实，你提到鞋号这很有趣，因为如果联合国要UKeng.com/tags-1419-0.html" target="_blank" >做些事的话，那他们就应该统一鞋码。Shona: Yeah, and like dress sizes as well. It's like really confusing.
夏娜：对，还有衣服尺码。这真的让人很困惑。Todd: Like, everytime you buy shoes, it will say, " UK 12, USA 10, International 6" or whatever and it's always really confusing.
托德：每次买鞋的时候都要说，英国12码，美国10码，国际鞋码是6号之类的，这真的让人很混乱。Shona: I know exactly.
夏娜：我完全清楚这种感觉。Todd: OK, so you don't like food. You don't like shoes. Anything else you don't like to shop for?
托德：好，你不喜欢买食物。你不喜欢买鞋。你还有不喜欢买的东西吗？Shona: I don't like to shop for technical things.
夏娜：我不喜欢买技术类产品。Todd: Oh, that's the best.
托德：哦，那些产品很好。Shona: No. It's good for like some people.
夏娜：不，可能有些人喜欢。Todd: Oh, I love that.
托德：哦，我很喜欢。Shona: Especially male. I'm not being like sexist, but for me shopping for technical stuff is just so boring and it confuses me on end.
夏娜：一般男性都会喜欢。我并不是性别歧视，不过对我来说，买技术类产品非常无聊，而且最后我会很混乱。Todd: Actually, that's probably what I like to shop for the most. I think it's fun.
托德：这可能是我最喜欢买的东西。我觉得有很多乐趣。Shona: I can tell, actually. No, I just, I hardly ever need to get anything that's like too technical. If I do, like, I'll just ask someone else's advice because I just don't have a clue.
夏娜：我能看出来。我几乎不需要太先进的产品。如果我需要，我会询问别人的意见，因为我完全不懂。Todd: Right, but you have a computer right?
托德：好，你有电脑，对吧？Shona: I have one, yeah. I have a laptop.
夏娜：我有。我有台笔记本电脑。Todd: And you have an MP3 player?
托德：你有MP3吗？Shona: Yeah, but these things have both been bought for me. I didn't buy them myself.
夏娜：有，不过这些东西都是别人给我买的。不是我自己买的。Todd: Ah.
托德：啊。Shona: Yeah, so that's why. A hair dryer, like I don't mind buying something like that but anything technical and it's just I'm not going to enjoy shopping for it.
夏娜：所以这就是原因。我可以买像吹风机这样的东西，但是我不喜欢买任何技术类产品。
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重点讲解：
1. drive sb. nuts 把某人逼疯；
例句：Lady, people like you used todrive me nuts.
女士，我以前遇到你这种人很抓狂。
2. as well 也；还；
例句：I write my own songs and I play the guitaras well.
我唱自己谱曲的歌，也弹吉他。
3. mind doing sth. 介意；
例句：Would youmindturning the clock back?
请把钟拨慢好吗?
4. enjoy doing sth. 享受；喜爱；
例句：Childrenenjoydrinking juice through a straw.
孩子喜欢用吸管喝果汁。
