Shopping Needs Money

　　购物需要钱

　　Kathy and Evan are shopping when Kathy runs out of cash.

　　凯西和艾凡购物时，凯西花光了钱。

　　K:Let's go in this store. Look at those beautiful sweaters!

　　凯西：咱们进去这家店吧。看看那些漂亮的毛衣!

　　E:Well, OK, but don't you think you've shopped till you dropped already?

　　艾凡：嗯，好吧，但是你不认为你已经逛街购物逛到要累倒了吗?

　　K:No, not at all. You know what we women say, don't you, Evan?

　　凯西：不，没这回事。艾凡，你知道我们女人怎么说，不是吗?

　　E:No, what's that?

　　艾凡：不知道，你们怎么说?

　　K:Charge! Now, let's go in and look around.

　　(They look around for half an hour. Kathy chooses two sweaters.)

　　凯西：刷卡血拼!

　　(他们四处看了有半小时之久。凯西挑选了两件毛衣。)

　　K:One's for me, and the other's for my best friend, Judith.

　　凯西：一件给我自己，另一件则给我最好的朋友茱蒂丝。

　　E:That's thoughtful of you. Take them to the counter.

　　艾凡：你真体贴。拿了衣服到柜台去吧。

　　K:I'd like these two, please.

　　凯西：麻烦一下，我买这两件毛衣。

　　Clerk (C): Will that be cash or charge?

　　店员：付现还是刷卡?

　　K:Charge, please. (She hands the clerk a credit card. After a minute...)

　　凯西：刷卡，麻烦你了。(她递给店员一张信用卡。不久后……)

　　C:I'm sorry, miss, but your card wasn't accepted. Do you have another card?

　　店员：小姐，我很抱歉，刷卡机不接受你的信用卡。你有另一张卡吗?

　　K:Yes, here.

　　凯西：有，在这儿。

　　C:I'm sorry, but there's a problem with this one, too.

　　店员：对不起，这张卡也有问题。

　　K:Oh, no! I've overcharged both my cards!

　　凯西：哦，糟了!我的两张卡都刷爆了!

　　单词短语精讲：

　　1. shop 购物

　　shop till sb. drops逛街买东西直到累倒为止

　　shop for…购物买……

　　例:The Hong kong government has a slogan which encourages people to go shopping there:Shop till you drop!

　　(香港政府有一句鼓励人们去那里购物的口号:逛到累垮。)

　　Carla went shopping for clothes on sales at the department store.

　　(卡拉在那家白货公司购买打折的衣服。)

　　2. run out of…用光·…

　　例:We’ re noinn to nun out of sunar soon，so please pick some up on your way from work tonight.

　　(我们的糖快用完厂，所以今天晚上你下班回家途中买些回来。)

　　3. charge 赊账(本文指刷信用卡)&vt索价，要价

　　charge sb. for sth.因某事向某人索价

　　4.overcharge 价过高;(木文指)刷爆信用卡

　　例:The taxi driven ovenehm reel me X50.

　　(那位出租车司机多收厂我50美兀。)