赖世雄旅游观光英语通 第11期:逛免税商店

 　　Duty-Free Shopping

　　逛免税商店

　　Kathy and Evan kill time by shopping in the duty-free stores.

　　凯西和艾凡逛免税商店消磨时间。

　　E:Our flight doesn't leave for another hour.

　　艾凡:我们的班机还要一小时才起飞。

　　Why don't we take a look around these duty-free shops?

　　咱们何不到免税商店逛逛呢？

　　K:Sure. There's the alcohol and tobacco store.

　　凯西:好啊。那里有一家烟酒商店。

　　E:You know I don't smoke, and I don't want to lug¹ any bottles around with us.

　　艾凡:你知道我不抽烟，而且我也不想我们身边一直拖着瓶瓶罐罐的东西。

　　K:How about as gifts for our relatives in Europe?

　　凯西:那么把它们当礼物送给欧洲的亲戚怎么样？

　　E:I don't know what they like.

　　艾凡:我不知道他们喜欢什么。

　　K:Well, then let's take a look around this store.

　　凯西:那么我们在这家店里四处看看吧。

　　E:I should have guessed. Perfume and women's accessories.

　　艾凡:我应该早就猜到的。香水和女人的配件。

　　K:So? Ooh! Look! Christian² Dior scarves. Armani and Chanel perfume. Arden and Lauder cosmetics³!

　　凯西:所以呢？哦！你看！克莉丝汀·迪奥的领巾、亚曼尼和香奈儿的香水、雅顿和兰黛的化妆品！

　　E:Sounds like you died and went to heaven.

　　艾凡:听起来你快乐得好象到了天堂似的。

　　K:What's wrong with a girl feeling good?

　　凯西:女孩子觉得很好有什么不对吗？

　　E:Nothing, I guess. But I wouldn't blow all my money here. We still have nine weeks in Europe to go!

　　艾凡:我想没有。但是我不会在这里花光我所有的钱。我们在欧洲还有九个礼拜的日子要过呢！

　　单词短语精讲:

　　1.duty-free 免税的

　　例:I bought these cigarettes and scarves dutv-free at the Benlin ain},ont dutv-free sho},s.

　　(我在柏林机场的免税商店买厂免税香烟和领巾。)

　　2. take a look around+地方名词四处浏览/随便看看……(某地)

　　take a look at...看一看……

　　例:Ann:Let's take a look around this bookstore，Ben.

　　Ben:OK. Look，11nn!Take a look at this book on ancient (n-eece.

　　(安:木，日自们在这家书店四处看看吧。)

　　(木:女子。瞧，安!看一下这木有关占希腊的书。)

　　3.alcohol 洒;洒精

　　4. lug 费力携带;使劲拖曳

　　例:Let's stogy, sho},},ing. I can't lug these bags around anemone⁴!

　　(咱们不要再逛厂，我再也提不动这些袋子到处走厂!)

　　Aften Tim broke his leg skiing，we had to lug him to the can and take hin to the car and take him to the hospital

　　(提姆滑雪跌断腿后，我们费力地抬着他上车，送他到医院去。)

　　5. I should have guessed.我应该早就猜到的。

　　例:A:I failed my math test.

　　B:I should have guessed. You didn't study for it venv much，after all

　　(甲:我数学考试不及格。)

　　(乙:我早就该猜到的。毕竞，你不怎么用功。)

　　6. perfume 香水

　　7. accessory 服饰配件(常用复数)

　　8. scarf 围巾;领巾;头巾

1 lug   

n.柄，突出部，螺帽；(英）耳朵；（俚）笨蛋；vt.拖，拉，用力拖动

参考例句：

• Nobody wants to lug around huge suitcases full of clothes.谁都不想拖着个装满衣服的大箱子到处走。
• Do I have to lug those suitcases all the way to the station?难道非要我把那些手提箱一直拉到车站去吗？

2 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

3 cosmetics   

n.化妆品

参考例句：

• We sell a wide range of cosmetics at a very reasonable price. 我们以公道的价格出售各种化妆品。
• Cosmetics do not always cover up the deficiencies of nature. 化妆品未能掩饰天生的缺陷。

4 anemone   

n.海葵

参考例句：

• Do you want this anemone to sting you?你想让这个海葵刺疼你吗？
• The bodies of the hydra and sea anemone can produce buds.水螅和海葵的身体能产生芽。