大卖场 Shopping At An Outle

     ELIZA: This place is great. I'm surprised they have so much.

    JANE: Yes, but it takes a while to find things.

    It's not organized as carefully as a regular store.

    ELIZA: I never shopped in an outlet¹ before. We don't have any in my hometown.

    Why do they call it an outlet?

    JANE: Sometimes a clothes company makes too many of one item².

    They can't sell it all in their regular stores. So they send the overstock to an outlet.

    That's why they call it an outlet.

    It's a store that let's out products the company can't sell in regular stores.

    ELIZA: And they have faulty³ products here too.

    JANE: Yes. A faulty product may be a shirt that has some problem.

    Or a pair of pants that is ripped⁴ a little.

    Sometimes the fault is very small. So it's a good deal to buy it.

    Sometimes, if you have a needle and thread, you can fix it yourself.

    ELIZA: I like to sew, so that's easy for me.

    I think it's a really good deal. Some of these shirts have only one tiny mistake on them.

    JANE: I know.

    So it's a good idea to shop in an outlet sometimes. You can save a lot of money.

    ELIZA: That's great for me.

    Now that Steve and I have the baby, we want to save as much as we can.

    CASHIER: Cash or credit⁵, Ma'am?

    ELIZA: Credit.

    JANE: Wow! How many of those sweatshirts are you buying?

    ELIZA: I have six here.

    JANE: Six? Why do you need so many?

    ELIZA: They're such a good deal.

    I'm buying one for Steve, one for his brother Rick,one for my dad, two for my sisters, and one for me.

    JANE: You really know how to use an outlet store!

    ELIZA: I ought to make the most of it while I'm here, don't you think?

    JANE: Sure. You're smart.

    伊莉莎：这地方好棒哦！我很惊讶这里有这么多的东西。

    珍：是啊，但找东西需要一点时间就是了。

    这里不像一般的店那样井然有序。

    伊莉莎：我从来没有逛过出清大卖场。我们家乡没有这样的大卖场。

    为什么叫做大卖场呢？

    珍：有时候成衣公司生产过量。

    不能在各店销完，只好把存货送到大卖场来。

    所以叫做出清。

    就是商家把各店没卖出去的货清出去。

    伊莉莎：这里也有瑕?品。

    珍：是的，瑕疵品可能是一件有缺陷的衬衫。

    或是一条有破洞的裤子。

    有时候瑕?很小，所以很值得买的。

    如果你有针线，可以买回家再做修补。

    伊莉莎：我喜欢缝衣服，这难不倒我。

    我觉得是蛮值得的，这里的一些衬衫只是有一点小瑕?。

    珍：我知道。

    有时候在大卖场购物是一个好主意，你可以省很多钱。

    伊莉莎：对我来说，实在是太棒了。

    现在史提夫和我有小孩，我们要尽量省钱。

    收银员：太太，付现金或刷卡？

    伊莉莎：刷卡。

    珍：哇，你买多少件汗衫呢？

    伊莉莎：六件。

    珍：六件？为什么你需要这么多呢？

    伊莉莎：它们很便宜。

    一件给史提夫，一件给他的弟弟瑞克。

    一件给我爸爸，两件给我妹妹，还有一件是我的。

    珍：你真的很会逛大卖场！

    伊莉莎：我当然要好好把握机会，不是吗？

    珍：当然，你真聪明。

1 outlet   

n.出口/路；销路；批发商店；通风口；发泄

参考例句：

• The outlet of a water pipe was blocked.水管的出水口堵住了。
• Running is a good outlet for his energy.跑步是他发泄过剩精力的好方法。

2 item   

n.项目；条款；（消息，情报等的）一条

参考例句：

• We should go on to the next item for time is short.时间不多了，我们应该谈下一项内容。
• Put this item on our daily work schedule.把这项工作提到议事日程上来。

3 faulty   

adj.有缺点的；有错误的；不完善的

参考例句：

• This faulty connection is the source of the engine trouble.这种错误的连接法是引擎出毛病的原因。
• The plan is faulty in every respect.无论从哪个方面来看这项计划都不完善。

4 ripped   

adj. <美俚>喝醉的，受毒品麻醉的 动词rip的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He had ripped up the carpet, leaving only the bare boards. 他用力扯去了地毯，只剩下裸露的地板。
• I ripped my jeans on the fence. 我的牛仔裤在栅栏上划破了。

5 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。