【大家说英语】 第411期:谈论书店(2)

 　　Susie, do you know Basement¹ Books? 苏西，你知道地下室书店吗？

　　It's on Hope Street. It's just a few blocks from here. 那家书店在希望大街。离这里就几个街区。

　　Is it a good shop? 那家店还不错吧？

　　Yes. It's better than most other bookstores. 是的。比大多数其他书店都要好。

　　Good. I plan to go there at lunch. 好的。我打算午饭时间去那里。

　　Can I join you? I want a new novel. 我能跟你一起去吗？我想买一本新的小说。

　　Of course. 当然。

　　Great! I might even buy you a book, too. 太好了！我说不定还会给你买一本。

　　What kind of novels do you like, Susie? 苏西，你喜欢哪种类型的小说？

　　I love reading fantasy² books. 我喜欢读奇幻小说。

　　Oh, that's interesting. Who is your favorite fantasy author? 哦，那种很有意思。你最喜欢的奇幻小说作者是谁？

　　I like C.S. Lewis. He imagines talking animals, and he creates really different worlds. 我喜欢C.S.刘易斯。他想象出了会说话的动物，另外他还创造出了很不同的世界。

　　That sounds fun. 听起来很有趣。

　　Yeah. I enjoy reading his books. 是啊。我喜欢读他的书。

　　Maybe we'll find some of his novels at Basement Books. 也许我们可以在地下室书店找到他的一些书。

　　Hey, Rob³. Did you have fun at Basement Books? 嗨，罗布。你在地下室书店逛得开心吗？

　　Yes. It was great. I went there with Susie at lunch. 是的。太棒了。我和苏西午饭时间去的那里。

　　Did you buy any books? 你有买什么书吗？

　　Susie did. She bought one for herself and one for me. 苏西买了。她给自己买了一本，然后给我买了一本。

　　That's nice. 那挺好。

　　Yeah. Susie is very generous⁴. 是啊。苏西非常大方。

　　Maybe next time I'll go to the bookstore with Susie. Maybe she'll buy me a book! 也许下次我会和苏西一起去书店。也许她会给我买一本书！

1 basement   

n.地下室，地窖；建筑物的基部

参考例句：

• It is rather damp in the basement.地下室很潮湿。
• They live in a basement flat in North London.他们住在伦敦北部的一所地下公寓里。

2 fantasy   

n.幻想，白日梦

参考例句：

• Your husband is living in a world of fantasy.你丈夫正生活在一个虚幻世界。
• The whole story is a fantasy.整个故事只是一个虚构。

3 rob   

v.抢劫；vi.抢劫，盗窃；vt.非法剥夺，使丧失，抢劫

参考例句：

• Two men formed a plot to rob the bank.两人制定了抢劫那家银行的秘密计划。
• They were scheming to rob the bank.他们在密谋抢劫银行。

4 generous   

adj.慷慨的，大方的，慷慨给予的

参考例句：

• She was kind and generous.她心地善良，宽容大量。
• She was generous with her money.她很乐于仗义疏财。