人人说英语高级21

 　　Shopping
Fake¹ Money
Jimmy went into a shop, took a toy tank, gave theshopkeeper fake money and started to leave.
So, the shopkeeper told him, “Excuse me, little boy,this isn’t real money.” Little Jimmy didn’t reply,continuing walking out of the shop. The shopkeeperrepeated himself, and Jimmy kept walking.
The third time the shopkeeper called him, “I’m sorry,young man, but this is not real money.”
Jimmy looked at the tank in his hands, looked at theshopkeeper and finally said, “And this isn’t a real tank, either.”　　假钱
吉米进了一家商店，拿了一个玩具坦克，给了店主假钱就走了。于是店主告诉他：“对不起，小孩，这不是真钱。”
小吉米没有回答，继续往外走。店主重复自己的话，但吉米继续走。
第三次店主叫住他：“对不起，年轻人，这不是真钱。”
吉米看着手里的坦克，又看着店主最后说：“可这也不是真坦克呀。”　　

          Bye-bye, Grandpa
A young woman was walking through a supermarket topick up a few things when she noticed an old man followingher around. Thinking nothing of it, she ignored him andcontinued shopping. After she got what she wanted,she went to the checkout² line, but the old man got in front of her.
“Pardon, me,” he said, “I’m sorry if my staring at you hasmade you feel uncomfortable. It’s just that you look justlike my granddaughter, who just died recently.
And I miss her very much.”　　“I’m very sorry,” replied the young woman.
“Is there anything I can do for you?”
“Yes,” the old man said. “As I’m leaving, can
you say ‘Bye-bye, grandpa’ to me? It would make me feel so much better.”
“Sure,” answered the young woman.
As the old man was leaving, she called out,
“Bye-bye, grandpa!”
When she stepped up to the checkout counter³,she saw that her total was ＄178.50.
“How can that be?” she asked. “I only bought a few things!”
“Your grandpa said you would pay for him,” said the clerk.
爷爷，再见
一位年轻妇女走过一家超市买一点东西，她注意到有一个老人跟着她，她心想这没什么，就没理会，继续买东西。拿好东西以后，她来排队结帐，那老人站在他前面。“请原谅我，”他说
“如果我盯着看你使你不舒服了，我很抱歉。这只是因为你长得像我的孙女，她最近刚去世，我非常想念她。”
“我很遗憾，”年轻妇女说：“我能为您做什么吗？”
“是的，”老人说：“等我离开的时候，你能对我说‘爷爷，再见’吗？这样会使我感觉好得多。”
“当然。”年轻妇女回答。
当老人离开时，她高声叫道：“爷爷，再见！”
当她走到结账台时，看到一共是178.50美元。
“怎么可能呢？”她问“我只买了一点东西！”
“你爷爷说你会给他付账的。”售货员说。
Washing a rabbit
A young boy, about seven years old, was at the corner "Mom & Pop" grocery⁵ picking out a pretty good size box of laundry⁶ detergent⁷.
The grocer⁴ walked over, and, trying to be friendly, asked the boy if he had a lot of laundry to do.
"Oh, no laundry," the boy said, "I'm going to wash my rabbit."
"But you shouldn't use this to wash your rabbit. It's very powerful⁸ and if you wash your dog in this, he'll get sick. In fact, it might even kill him."
But the boy was not to be stopped and carried the detergent to the counter and paid for it, even as the grocer still tried to talk him out of washing his rabbit.
About a week later the boy was back in the store to buy some candy. The grocer asked the boy how his rabbit was doing.
"Oh, he died," the boy said.
The grocer, trying not to be an I-told-you-so, said he was sorry the dog died but added⁹, "I tried to tell you not to use that detergent on your rabbit."
"Well," the boy replied, "I don't think it was the detergent that killed him."
"Oh? What was it then?"
"I think it was the Washing with him!"

1 fake   

vt.伪造，造假，假装；n.假货，赝品

参考例句：

• He can tell a fake from the original.他能分辨出赝品和真品。
• You can easily fake up an excuse to avoid going out with him.你可以很容易地编造一个借口而不与他一同外出。

2 checkout   

n.（超市等）收银台，付款处

参考例句：

• Could you pay at the checkout.你能在结帐处付款吗。
• A man was wheeling his shopping trolley to the checkout.一个男人正推着购物车向付款台走去。

3 counter   

n.柜台；计数器；adj.相反的；adv.与…相反地；vt.反对，反击；vi.反对，反击

参考例句：

• This counter is closed now.这个柜台现在已停止营业。
• Set the counter to zero and you'll know where the recording starts.把计数器拨到零，你就会知道录音从哪儿开始。

4 grocer   

n.食品商；杂货商

参考例句：

• Go down to the grocer's and get some sugar.去杂货店给我买点糖来。
• That grocer always overcharges.那个杂货商总是要高价。

5 grocery   

n.食品，杂货；食品杂货店

参考例句：

• There used to be a grocery store on the corner.以前在这个街角有家杂货店。
• Her mother began operation of a small grocery.她母亲开始经营一家小杂货店。

6 laundry   

n.洗衣店，洗衣房；已洗好的衣物，待洗衣物

参考例句：

• Please send clothes to the laundry.请把这些衣物送往洗衣店。
• There's a lot of laundry in the basket.筐子里有许多要洗的衣物。

7 detergent   

n.洗涤剂；adj.有洗净力的

参考例句：

• He recommended a new detergent to me.他向我推荐一种新的洗涤剂。
• This detergent can remove stubborn stains.这种去污剂能去除难洗的污渍。

8 powerful   

adj.有力的，有权力的，强大的

参考例句：

• The UN began to get more and more powerful.联合国开始变得越来越强大了。
• Such are the most powerful voices of our times!这些就是我们时代的最有力的声音！

9 added   

adj.更多的，附加的，额外的

参考例句：

• They have added a new scene at the beginning.在开头他们又增加了一场戏。
• The pop music added to our enjoyment of the film.片中的流行音乐使我们对这部电影更加喜爱。