生活英语手册 029（1.日常生活－1.8购物－谈论购

　　我明天要进城。
I'm going to town tomorrow.
我们定个时间去购物吧。
Let's fix a time to go shopping.
你打算买什么？
What are you going to buy?
我的牛奶和糖快没了。
I'm running low mike and sugar.
我太太很喜欢购物。
My wife like shopping very much.
我喜欢逛商店。
I enjoy visiting shops.
我没钱，但是我喜欢逛街。
I'm broke, but I like window shopping.
我们的大部分钱用于购时装。
Most of our money goes on fashion.
我太太爱赶时髦。
My wife likes to follow the fashion.
她花钱如流水。
She spends money like water.
她从逛街中得到乐趣。
She takes pleasure in going shopping.
逛街购物是女人的天性。
It's women's nature to go shoping.
你经常买一些我们不需要的东西。
You often buy things we don't need.
那完全是浪费钱。
That's waste of money.
我们经常是入不敷出。
We can't meet both ends meet.
我用分期付款购买房子。
I bought the house by instalment.
那自行车是我赊购的。
I buy that bike on credit¹.
谣传物价要上涨，很多人卷入了抢购的风潮中。
Rumor² spread the prices would go up, many peopel stampeded into a wave of panic buying.
我经常光顾跳蚤市场。
I often visit the flea³ market.

1 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。

2 rumor   

n.谣言，谣传，传说

参考例句：

• The rumor has been traced back to a bad man.那谣言经追查是个坏人造的。
• The rumor has taken air.谣言流传开了。

3 flea   

n.跳蚤

参考例句：

• I'll put a flea in his ear if he bothers me once more.如果他再来打扰的话，我就要对他不客气了。
• Hunter has an interest in prowling around a flea market.亨特对逛跳蚤市场很感兴趣。