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。)
