Unit 6 At the Bookstore(1) 在书店 (1)

　　S = Student　　C = Clerk

　　S: Excuse me, I'm looking for your English textbooks.

　　学生：对不起，我正在找你们卖的英文教科书。

　　C: They're right over there, next to the dictionaries.

　　店员：它们就在那边，字典的旁边。

　　S: Do you have any textbooks to help improve strudents' reading skills?

　　学生：你们有任何可以帮助增强学生阅读技巧的教科书吗?

　　C: Let's see. These books here focus on grammar, and those are mainly for conversation practice... Here we are. This book has short passages for students to read and answer questions about.

　　店员：我看看。这边的书是针对文法，而那边的书主要用来练习会话…… 找到了。这本书有短篇文章供学生阅读并回答有关问题。

　　S: Great. That's just the sort of thing I'm looking for. Thanks.

　　学生：太棒了。那正是我要找的那种。谢谢。

　　智慧补给站

　　1.Excuse me, (but) S + V 对不起，……

　　例：Excuse me, could you help me with this?

　　(对不起，你可以帮我做这件事情吗?)

　　2.look for... 寻找……

　　例：He's looking for a new apartment.

　　(他正在找一间新公寓。)

　　3.textbook n. 教科书

　　4.next to... 在……的隔壁

　　例：Bob lives next to the post office.

　　(鲍伯住在邮局的隔壁。)

　　5.help () to V 帮忙/助……

　　例：A lot of people helped finish the project.

　　(有许多人帮忙完成该项目。)

　　6.improve vt. 改善，增强，使进步

　　例：He needs to improve his English before he can study abroad.

　　(他到国外念书之前必须先加强英文。)

　　7.Let's see. 我看看

　　例：A: Do you have a package for John Smith?

　　(甲：你们有给约翰·史密斯的包裹吗?)

　　B: Let's see. Yes, here it is.

　　(乙：我看看。有的，就在这儿。)

　　8.focus on... 集中(注意力)于……

　　例：That teacher focuses on conversation skills rather than reading and wring.

　　(那个老师把重点集中在会话技巧，而非读写方面。)

　　9.grammar n. 语法

　　10.sort n. 种类

　　a sort of... 一种……

　　=a kind of...

　　例：This animal looks like a snake but actually it's a sort of lizard.

　　(这种动物看起来像条蛇，但事实上它是一种蜥蜴。)