听一分钟英文：Shopping-购物

Shopping must be one of the world’s most popular¹ hobbies. I hate² it. There’s nothing more boring³ than wandering⁴ around shopping malls⁵. What a waste⁷ of time. I know a lot of people who like window shopping – just walking around shops without wanting to buy anything. Crazy⁹! My plan¹⁰ for shopping is ‘quickly in, quickly out’. If I have to go shopping, I go in the morning on a weekday¹¹. This is when the stores¹³ are empty and you can get what you want quickly, without thousands of other shoppers getting in your way. The worst¹⁴ time to go shopping is on a Saturday afternoon during¹⁵ sale¹⁶ season. It seems¹⁷ as⁸ though¹⁸ all of the world’s bargain¹⁹ hunters²⁰ are in the same store¹² as you. I was⁶ happy when online²¹ shopping came²² along²³. This is very relaxing²⁴.

1 popular   

adj.受欢迎的；流行的；通俗的

参考例句：

• " Mary " is a very popular name for a girl.“ 玛丽 ”是个很常见的女孩名字。
• He likes to play football and to sing popular songs.他喜欢踢足球和唱流行歌曲。

2 hate   

n.憎恨，厌恶，厌恶的人或事；vt.憎恨，不愿；vi.表示憎恨

参考例句：

• We hate our enemy.我们憎恨敌人。
• Snakes are my special hate.蛇是我最憎恶的东西。

3 boring   

adj.无聊的；令人生厌的

参考例句：

• It is a boring film.这是一部枯燥乏味的电影。
• This story is kind of boring.这个故事有点无聊。

4 wandering   

adj.漫游的；闲逛的；（精神）恍惚的；错乱的n.流浪；神志恍惚；精神错乱v.漫游( wander的现在分词 )；走神；神志恍惚；（思想）开小差

参考例句：

• I felt my attention wandering during the lecture. 我感到听讲座时老走神。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They perceived a stranger wandering in the garden. 他们看到一个陌生人在花园里闲逛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 malls   

n.购物中心（mall的复数形式）

参考例句：

• American shopping malls and supermarkets are palaces of consumerism. 美国的商场是消费主义的地盘。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The SEC-MALLS experiments revealed that the fish gelatin, as expected, contained components with different molecular weights. SEC-MALLS实验显示，这些鱼胶如预期的那样，含有不同分子量的组分。 来自互联网

6 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

7 waste   

v.浪费；滥用

参考例句：

• Ah!This is a waste of time!啊，真是浪费时间！
• If you give her money,she'll only waste it.如果你把这笔钱给她，她只会把它浪费掉。

8 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

9 crazy   

adj.发疯的，荒唐的，古怪的；(about)狂热爱好的

参考例句：

• It is a crazy idea.那是一个疯狂的想法。
• He is crazy about that girl.他迷上了那位女孩。

10 plan   

n.计划，策略，方法；v.计划，设计，意欲

参考例句：

• What do you plan to do during the holidays?你打算在假期里做什么？
• I talked with him about our plan,and he wanted in.我同他谈了我们的计划，他想参加。

11 weekday   

n.工作日；平日(星期日、星期六除外)

参考例句：

• Don't you go to the office on weekday?难道你工作日不上班吗？
• It was a weekday.这是一个工作日。

12 store   

n.商店，贮藏，仓库；v.储存，贮藏，供给

参考例句：

• The shoe store is across from the bank.鞋店在银行对面。
• Some food won't store.有些食物不能贮存。

13 stores   

n.商店( store的名词复数 )；贮存；大量；零售商店

参考例句：

• The bargain prices are expected to entice customers away from other stores. 低廉的价格意在把顾客从其他商店吸引过来。
• The stores were overrun with rats and mice. 仓库里到处都是大大小小的老鼠。

14 worst   

adj.（bad的最高级）最坏的，最恶劣的，最不利的；n.最坏，最坏的时候；adv.最坏，最糟

参考例句：

• She is the worst singer I know.她是我所知道的最糟糕的歌手。
• The storm is at its worst.正是暴风雨最猛烈的时候。

15 during   

prep.在…期间，在…时候

参考例句：

• What did you do with yourself during the summer holidays?暑假你是怎样度过的？
• London is full of visitors during May and June.五六月间伦敦挤满了游客。

16 sale   

n.出售；卖出；廉售；贱卖

参考例句：

• The book will be on sale next month.这本书将于下个月上市。
• I got this hat on sale;it was very cheap.我在大减价时买到这顶帽子，价格很便宜。

17 seems   

v.好像，仿佛( seem的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job. 她似乎对新工作忧喜参半。
• Her return to the team now seems a certainty. 她的归队现在似乎已成定局。

18 though   

conj.虽然，尽管；即使；可是，不过，然而；adv.可是，不过，然而

参考例句：

• It's quite pleasant today,though the wind is rather cool.尽管风有点凉，今天天气还是很不错的。
• I will have a try even though I should fail.哪怕失败，我也要试一下。

19 bargain   

n.买卖合同，成交条件，交易；廉价货，便宜货；vi.议价，成交

参考例句：

• In some shops you have to bargain.在一些商店中买东西要讲价。
• These shoes are a bargain.Smith is closing them out.这些鞋子系廉价商品，史密斯正在削价出售。

20 hunters   

n.猎人( hunter的名词复数 )；猎犬；猎狐马；搜集某种东西的人

参考例句：

• prehistoric hunters and gatherers 史前的狩猎者和采集者
• The male hunters brought back the food for their womenfolk to cook. 男猎手们带回食物让他们的女人烹调。

21 online   

adj./adv.在线；上网

参考例句：

• I read the paper online every morning.我每天早上在网上看报纸。
• The computer might not support online working.计算机不能承载联机工作。

22 came   

v.动词come的过去式

参考例句：

• I was surprised why he came here so early.他为什么那么早到这里，我很惊奇。
• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。

23 along   

adv.一道，一起；prep.沿着，顺着

参考例句：

• Would you like to come along?你想一起去吗？
• They walked slowly along the road.他们沿着公路慢慢走。

24 relaxing   

adj.放松的，轻松的

参考例句：

• My vacation was very relaxing.我的假期过得很放松。
• Travelling by train is more relaxing than driving.乘火车旅行比开汽车轻松得多。