英语口语大赢家Topic234:畅销书 Best seller

丹尼尔和汤姆来到了畅销书区，汤姆看见了他一直企盼的《哈利.波特》，在面临被妈妈骂的情况下，他最后到底买了吗？

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Tom: Hey, Danny, look here, Harry Potter. I've been looking for it.

Daniel: You wanna get it?

Tom: I don't know if I have enough money. My mom would be angry with me if I spent all the money on it.

Daniel: Then put it back on the bookshelf. I gotta find The World Is Flat.

Tom: Maybe your dad has made a mistake. Probably it's The World Is Round, not The World Is Flat.

Daniel: Hey, that's just what I'm wondering. Even a fool knows the world is round.

Tom: Danny… I think we've found it. The World Is Flat.

Daniel: Let me see. Yes, The World Is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman. I think that's just the one dad wants.

Tom: Thomas L. Friedman? Never heard of him. He must be a nut to write a book like that.

Daniel: “Best-selling book.” “A brief history of the twenty-first century.” Oh, it's not about geography. It's about history!

Tom: Has it been made into movies? Almost every best-seller has been made into a movie.

Daniel: I don't know. Probably not. This is the first edition, which means that it is newly published.

Tom: Ha, I know why it has such incredible sales volume. I'm gonna write a book The Apple Is Cubic. Probably it will sell well, too.

Daniel: Yeah, and I will buy it for sure. Have you decided on your Harry Potter book? We are going upstairs to get the study materials.

Tom: I think I'd better buy it today.

Daniel: OK, let's do it.

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汤姆: 嗨，丹尼尔，看这儿。

丹尼尔: 你想买吗？

汤姆: 我不知道是否有足够的钱。如果我把所有的钱都花在这个上面，妈妈会生我气的。

丹尼尔: 那就把它放回到书架上吧。我要去找《世界是平的》。

汤姆: 也许你爸爸弄错了。很可能是《世界是圆的》，而不是《世界是平的》。

丹尼尔: 嗨，我也在想这个问题。傻瓜都知道世界是圆的。

汤姆: 丹尼尔，我想我们已经找到了。《世界是平的》。

丹尼尔: 让我看看。是的，《世界是平的》，作者托马斯.弗里德曼。我想这就是爸爸想要的。

汤姆: 托马斯.弗里德曼？从来没有听说过。他写这种书肯定是个疯子。

丹尼尔: “畅销书”、“21世纪简史”。哦，它不是关于地理的，是关于历史的！

汤姆: 它被拍成电影了吗？几乎每本畅销书都会被拍成电影。

丹尼尔: 我不知道，很可能还没有。这只是第一版，也就是说它是最近才出版的。

汤姆: 哈，我知道它为什么有这么好的销量了。我也要写一本书，《苹果是立方的》，也许会一样卖得很好。

丹尼尔: 嗯，我到时一定买。你决定买《哈利.波特》了吗？我们还要上楼买学习资料呢。

汤姆: 我想今天还是买了吧。

丹尼尔: 好的，那就买吧。

经典背诵 Recitation
Tom: Bookstore is a really nice place for buying books. It has Harry Potter, the book I've been looking for. But I don't have enough money. If I spent all the money in buying it, my mom will be angry with me. But, if I didn't, I'll miss the chance and maybe I'll regret for the rest of my life. The question is what I should do.

生词小结
bookshelf n. 书架

nut n. 疯子，怪人

brief adj. 简洁的

incredible adj. 难以置信的

sales volume 销量

cubic adj. 立方的

decide on 决定

注释
Thomas L. Friedman 托马斯.弗里德曼，他所撰写的《世界是平的》一书荣获《金融时报》与高盛年度最佳商业图书奖。

语素 Material
The Lord of the Rings

The Oscar winning movie The Lord of the Rings has stormed the world in 2003. The whole story is a trilogy including: “The Fellowship of the Ring”, “The Two Towers” and “The Return of the King”. It's the masterpiece of JRR Tolkin, a breathtaking journey of wonder and enchantment, hope and discovery, friendship and loyalty. It gives you the experience of the epic fantasy like never before.

《指环王》

奥斯卡奖得主《指环王》2003年风靡全球。整个故事分为三部曲，包括《护戒使者》、《双塔骑兵》和《王者归来》。《指环王》是J.R. R.托尔金的著作，描写了一条充满惊奇、魔法、希望、发行、友谊和忠诚的旅途。它给你带来前所未有的伟大幻想体验。

The World Is Flat

The World Is Flat is Thomas L. Friedman's account of the great changes taking place in our time, as lightning——swift advances in technology and communications put people all over the globe in touch as never before——creating an explosion of wealth in India and China.

《世界是平的》

托马斯.弗里德曼所著的《世界是平的》，描述了我们的时代发生的巨大变化：科技和通信的急速发展使全球的人前所未有地联系在一起，同时造成印度和中国的财富剧增。