【英语趣味课堂】鱼市-The Fish Market

 Todd: OK. Daisuke!

Daisuke: Yes.

 

Todd: You work at the fish market?

 

Daisuke: Yep.

 

Todd: OK. What's the fish market like?

 

Daisuke: It's, I'm working for Tsugigi Fish Market, which is quite big and it's of course the two place, which is inside and outside. I work for outside.

 

Todd: Outside?

 

Daisuke: Yeah. Inside is for, um, for professional people, like restaurant people, chefs cause the inside to buy better fish and outside fish market is for normal people like us, like everybody can go and buy fish.

 

Todd: OK, well what do you do everyday at the fish market?

 

Daisuke: Normally¹ sell the fish. It's the main job. But I also have to carry fish, and you know, um carrying ice and put, put ice, um, yeah, and preserve fish.

 

Todd: Wow, what time do you start work?

 

Daisuke: 5:40.

 

Todd: Wow, that's pretty early.

 

Daisuke: Yeah.

 

Todd: Wow. What time do you have to get up to get to work?

 

Daisuke: About 4:30.

 

Todd: 4:30. Yeah, do you get fish for free?

 

Daisuke: No.

 

Todd:No? Well, that's too bad.

 

Daisuke: Yeah, it's no good.

 

Todd: OK. Thanks, Daisuke.

 

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fish market

 

Do you work at the fish market?

 

A 'fish market' is a place where fresh fish and seafood² are sold.  Much of the fish sold in the fish market was caught that day.  Notice the following:

 

What is the best place in the fish market to get salmon³?

I go once a week to eat ceviche at the fish market.

professional people

 

The inside fish market is for professional people.

 

In this case, 'Professional people' means people in the industry who are serious about their work, as opposed to tourists or casual⁴ shoppers.  'Professional people' can also mean people who have professional and usually higher paid jobs.  These are businessmen, bankers, stock⁵ brokers⁶, etc.  They are frequently called 'white collar workers.' Notice the following:

 

The coffee shop was filled with professional people.

Sometimes professional people look very stressed.

normal people

 

The outside fish market is for normal people like us.

 

The term 'normal people' refers to average people that don't receive special attention.  Notice the following:

 

My friends are all normal people.

Where do normal people buy their fruits and vegetables?

ice to preserve

 

We put ice to preserve the fish.

 

To 'preserve' something is keep it good or fresh.  When you put something on ice you place the food item on or under ice to keep it fresh.  Notice the following:

 

What is the best way to preserve bread?

Put the milk in the refrigerator to preserve it.

get up, get to (work)

 

What time do you get up to get to work?

 

To 'get up' in this case is to get out of bed in the morning.  'Get to work' is the same as arrive at work.  Notice the following:

 

We need to get up and leave early tomorrow.

I usually get to the office around 7:30 am.

 

 

1 normally   

adv.正常地，通常地

参考例句：

• I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
• My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。

2 seafood   

n.海产食品，海味，海鲜

参考例句：

• There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。

3 salmon   

n.鲑，大马哈鱼，橙红色的

参考例句：

• We saw a salmon jumping in the waterfall there.我们看见一条大马哈鱼在那边瀑布中跳跃。
• Do you have any fresh salmon in at the moment?现在有新鲜大马哈鱼卖吗？

4 casual   

adj.漠不关心，冷漠的；随便的，非正式的；偶然的，碰巧的

参考例句：

• He earns a living by casual labour.他靠做临时工为生。
• The guests wore casual clothes.客人们穿着便服。

5 stock   

n.存货，储备；树干；血统；股份；家畜；adj.存货的；平凡的，惯用的；股票的；畜牧的；vt.进货，采购；储存；供给；vi.出新芽；进货

参考例句：

• The shop takes stock every week on Friday mornings.这家商店每星期五早晨盘点存货。
• Experts have forecast an upturn in the stock market.专家已预测股票市场价格有上升趋势。

6 brokers   

n.（股票、外币等）经纪人( broker的名词复数 )；中间人；代理商；（订合同的）中人v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的第三人称单数 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排…

参考例句：

• The firm in question was Alsbery & Co., whiskey brokers. 那家公司叫阿尔斯伯里公司，经销威士忌。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• From time to time a telephone would ring in the brokers' offices. 那两排经纪人房间里不时响着叮令的电话。 来自子夜部分