S = Shopper C = Clerk
S: Excuse me, I'm looking for your 3-liter Pepsis, the ones that are on sale this week. There don't seem to be any in the soft drink section.
购物者：对不起，我正在找三公升的百事可乐，就是本周特价的那一种。在清凉饮料区好象没有看到。
C: We may be sold out of them. Let me check the back. (The clerk goes to the storeroom, returning a few minutes later.) I'm afraid we're out of stock. Would you like a rain check?
店 员：我们可能已经卖完了。让我到后面确定一下。(店员走进储藏室，几分钟之后便回来。)恐怕我们的库存都卖完了。您须要一张凭证吗?
S: Yes, I would, thank you.
购物者：好的，我要，谢谢你。
C: Let me get the manager to sign one for you.
店 员：让我请经理帮你签这张单子。
智慧补给站：
1.look for... 寻找……
=search for...
=seek
例：The police are looking for the escaped prisoners.
(警察正在搜寻逃犯。)
2.liter n.升(又作 litre)
3.be on sale 拍卖中
be for sale 可出售的
例：Jazz CDs are on sale at the record store this month.
(本月那家唱片行的爵士乐CD正在特卖。)
That house on the corner is for sale.
(转角那间房子待售中。)
4.soft drink (不含酒精的)清凉饮料
5.be sold out of sth.卖完某物
例：I'm afraid we are sold out of this magzine.
I'm afraid we have sold out this magine.
(恐怕这本杂志我们已经卖完了。)
6.storeroom n.储藏室， 贮藏室
7.return vi.返回(原来的地方)
例：When will Judy return from Japan?
(朱蒂什么时候从日本回来?)
8.stock n.存货， 库存品
be out of stock 卖光存货
9.a rain check
雨天换票证(比赛等因雨顺延时发给观众以换取下次入场券的凭证; 此处指“货到优先供应凭证”)
10.get sb to do... 请/叫某人……
例：Do you think you can get your sister to help us?
(你认为你能叫你的妹妹帮我们忙吗?)
11.sign vt.签名
例：Rick and his wife signed their names on the contract.
(里克和他的太太在契约书上签名。)
