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Before Leaving Home
Carter：Susan, good evening. Why are you so dressed up
Susan：I am on my way out to a New Year’s banquet. How do I look? Is my make-up OK?
Carter：You look great. Your make-up is perfect.
Susan：Do you think I should wear a different dress?
Carter：No, the one you have on looks fabulous, especially with your hair like that.
Susan：Thanks for saying. Do you have any ideas which necklace I should wear?
Carter：With that dress I’d say your white diamond necklace would look perfect.
Susan：Thanks for helping out. Now that I’m ready, what are you doing tonight?
Carter：Not much, just a house party with some friends.
Susan：Sounds fun. Anyone I know?
Carter：Yeah, most of the people are from our office.
Susan：Sounds Like I'm missing out on a good time. Oh, well, there is always next year.
Carter：I’m sure you’ll have fun no matter where you go. Remember to take your bag.

离家前
卡特：苏珊，晚上好。你怎么打扮成这样？
苏珊：我要去参加一个新年宴会。我看上去怎么样？我的妆可以吗？
卡特：你看上漂亮极了。你的妆也是无可挑剔的。
苏珊：你觉得我要换件礼服吗？
卡特：不用，你穿这件衣服非常漂亮，尤其是配着你的发型。
苏珊：谢谢你这么说。你觉得我应该戴哪条项链呢？
卡特：配这件衣服，你的白色钻石项链非常合适。
苏珊：谢谢你的帮忙。我已经准备好了，你今天晚上干什么？
卡特：没什么。只是在家里和朋友们聚一聚。
苏珊：听起来很有趣。有我认识的人吗？
卡特：有，大多数人是我的同事。
苏珊：听起来我要错过一段开心的时刻了。算了，还有明年呢。
卡特：我保证无论你去哪里都会玩得很开心的。记得带上你的包。

banquet    [5bANkwit]    n. 宴会
wear    [wZE]    v. 穿，戴
fabulous    [5fAbjulEs]    a. 惊人的，难以置信的
necklace    [5neklis]    n. 项链
diamond    [5daiEmEnd]    n. 钻石



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最初由第58楼 的 浮躁生活 发表: 明天下午就开始拉。有人一起去吗？　　短信息我啊！

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详细解说
“dress up”是不及物动词短语，意思是“着盛装，打扮好”。例如：It's a small informal party—you don't have to dress up.（这是一次非正式的小型聚会，你不用盛装出席。）

“help（sb.） out”意思是“帮助（某人）摆脱困境”。

“house party”指的是留客人在家过夜的小派对。

“miss out on sth.”意为“错过机会享受…”。例如：Prepare food in advance to ensure you don't miss out on the fun.（把吃的东西提前准备好，以确保你不会错过和大家一起开心的机会。）

FUN 轻松：贴士
背诵第1大理由： 背诵将永恒地提高你的考试能力
背诵培养你的无敌英语直觉能力，英语考试只是你学习英语过程中顺便要做的事情，你从此再也不需要为英语考试而烦恼了。特别是完形填空、选择题阅读理解和作文这些考试中的难点，个个都会在你背诵英语的过程中轻松攻克掉！



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出门之前的常用表达
据说，如果打算外出的话，男人在5分钟内就能做好准备，而若女人尚未准备好且让男人等待10分钟的话，那么男人就一定要做好等待30分钟的心理准备。下面就是一些出门之前常常会用到的英语表达。
« Are you ready? 准备好了吗?
« No, not yet. 还没呢。
« Ready yet? 还没好吗？
« Are you all set? 好了吗?
« Ready. / I’m ready. / I’m all set. 准备好了。
« I’m not ready. 还没准备好呢。
« I’ll be ready in five minutes. 我5分钟后就好。
« What time shall we leave? 我们什么时候出发?
« In about ten minutes. 大约10分钟后。
« What time do you want to leave? 你想几点走?
« What time do we leave? 几点出门?
« What time are we taking off? 我们几点走?
« What time do we arrive? / When do we get there? 我们几点到?
« Shall we go? 我们可以走了吗?
« Okay, let’s go. 好了，咱们走吧。
« Let’s get going. / Let’s go. / Let’s take off. 咱们走吧。
« Let’s hit the road! 咱们走吧！
« I’m leaving. 我走啦。
« I can’t wait any longer. 我不能再等了。
« Hurry up! 快一点！

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Lesson 6
How It Feels When Parents Divorce
When my parents were married, I hardly ever saw my Dad because he was always busy working. Now that they're divorced, I've gotten to know him more because I'm with him every weekend. And I really look forward to the weekends because it's kind of like a break - it's like going to Disneyland because there's no set schedule, no "Be home by five-thirty" kind of stuff. It's open. it's free. And my father is always buying me presents.
My Mom got remarried and divorced again, so I've gone through two divorces so far. And my father's also gotten remarried - to someone I don't get along with all that well. It's all made me feel that people shouldn't get married - they should just live together and make their own agreement. Then, if things get bad, they don't have to get divorced and hire lawyers and sue each other. And, even more important, they don't have to end up hating each other.
I'd say that the worst part of the divorce is the money problem. It's been hard on my Mom because lots of times she can't pay her bills, and it makes her angry when I stay with my father and he buys me things. She gets mad and says things like "If he can buy you things like this, then he should be able to pay me." And I feel caught in the middle for two reasons : first, I can't really enjoy whatever my Dad does get for me, and second, I don't know who to believe. My Dad's saying, "I don't really owe her any money," and my Mom's saying he does. Sometimes I fight for my Mom and sometimes I fight for  my Dad, but I wish they'd leave me out of it completely.
In a lot of ways I wish my Mom would get remarried, because then she wouldn't have to worry so much about finances. But I'm sorry that my Dad got remarried, because I feel left out a lot of times. And one thing I really worry about is that I think they want to have a baby, and I know that if they do, it will be just like a replacement for me. That's because I only see my Dad on weekends, and since he would see the baby more than he'd see me, he'd probably grow to like it more than he likes me.  It would be a lot like what happened with my dog Spunkur. I've had him for about six years and I've always said I'll never love any dog as much as I love him. Well, a year ago I picked up a little black Labrador puppy from the pound, and now I find I'm not as friendly with Spunkur as I used to be. And I think Spunkur feels jealous, Just like I would if my Dad and my stepmother had a baby. My Dad said it wouldn't be that way, that we'd be a whole family and I'd have a little brother or sister, which would be a lot of fun, but I told him, "Look, by the time the kid is old enough to talk, I'll be out of college. I'm not going to have anything to do with a baby. You know that it's just a replacement for me!"
If I lived full-time with my Dad, it would probably be easier for me to accept a baby because we'd be on an equal footing, but I'd rather stay with my Mom, where life is normal - where we live like most people live, with breakfast as breakfast time and dinner at dinner time. I do my homework, play with my friends - it's all the way life should be. If I lived with my Dad, it might be more fun at times, but I would go crazy. I wouldn't want to be brought up that way.

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Text B
I guess the main reason I was mad at Daddy was because it all made my mother so unhappy, and I ended up feeling sorry for both of them - my mother because she was struggling to make ends meet, and my Dad because he couldn't really do much about it.
Even though my parents separated more than three years ago, it's still very vivid in my mind and I doubt if I'll ever forget the way I felt at the time. Yet, as awful as it was, I never hoped they'd get back together. And now I think I'd die if they did, because it would be so awkward for me. I think they're both much happier now, and it's obvious to me that they both lead totally different lives. Since the breakup I've been able to see my parents' true color, especially my mother's. I've seen a side of her that I never saw before. When she was married, she and Daddy were the perfect couple, always quiet, talking about dignified things, and they would never laugh or anything. Nowadays my mother is always happy and gay. Another way she's changed is that she always used to hide her problems form me but now she's more apt to discuss things. i think she's more relaxed - and so's my Dad.
Both of my parents started dating other people right away, and I think they';; both get remarried eventually, which is fine with me. They don't discuss their love lives with me all that much, but of course I'm not blind. For example, one night I had a sleep-over at a friend's house and the next morning I came home earlier than I'd planned to. Well, I just stormed into my mother's bedroom, and there was this guy in her bed - she was somewhere else, in another room. I started crying and everything, and my mother tried to convince me she had slept on the couch. Now that I look back, it was pretty hila****s, and of course I don't care - I mean, I understand about those kind of arrangements. In the beginning, when my father had a girlfriend sleep over, he didn't know how to tell me - he just sort of said, "Oh, you're sleeping on the couch tonight," because at that point I didn't have  my own room at his house and shared the bedroom, It's still hard for my Dad to level with me about this part of his life, but he's getting better. Anyhow, neither of them should worry about my getting upset, because I'm old enough to understand that grown-ups are allowed to have private lives, which includes other people. But if someone's going to spend the night, I think it's better and less awkward if I know about it beforehand, so I'm not taken by surprise.

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I still want to get married and have kids, but I have a lot of friends who don't want to. I was discussing marriage with on boy I know, and he said, "I'm never ever getting married." He took his parents' divorce really badly because his mother and father weren't friends afterwards - they were enemies, screaming on the phone to each other. I'm glad my parents are good friends, having lunch together and stuff. I think it's so much easier for the child if the  parents are friendly. If they aren't, it's really difficult because there's always a right side and a wrong side and the kids are just caught in the middle.
I think I've grown up a litter faster because of my parents' divorce. It's made  me realize more about the problem of life and helped me to understand my parents - and appreciate them as individuals. It's just too bad they couldn't have been as happy and productive as a couple as they've been since they've been on their own. And I also wish that the next time my mother has tickets for a Rolling Stones concert, she takes me instead of her boyfriend, which is what she did the last time!

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Phrases
be busy doing
end up doing
leave sb. out of sth.
have sth. to do with
be on equal footing
hide sth. from sb.
be apt to do
level with

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Related Words and Expressions
Single-parent family
be separated
live in separation
be divorced
be a divorcee
cohabitation
be in custody of sb.
give sb. the custody of a child
rebuild one's life after divorce
remarry
divorce rate
no-fault divorce / adversary divorce
children involved in a marital disruption
a marriage falls off (breaks)
impact on children
romance is lost in the daily routines
wives have become economically dependent upon their husbands
pursue a career instead of taking care of the household chores

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Additional Information
Heather, age eleven
So we have to switch back and forth, doing it on a weekly basis seems to work the best. I'll try to make one room my real room and have the other one like camping out. I can't buy two of everything, so I might as well have one good room that's really mine.
Anther aspect of joint custody that's difficult is that my parents have very different rules and philosophies about life. For example, my Dad's attitude is that he lets us learn by our mistakes, and my mother does exactly the opposite - she tells us how to act before we make the mistake. And my Dad says we can watch TV for a while after school, and my Mom says we can't - that we have to select our programs very carefully. At my Dad's house Matthew has to do his homework right away, but he gets to stay up until nine and watch The A Team because that's his favorite show. Mom doesn't want him to when we're at her house but she feels she has to give in because Matthew says, "Well, Daddy lets me do that at his house. " He's learning to play them against each other at a very early age. I don't do that, but I have to admit there are times when I secretly wish I was at whichever house I'm not at.
It would be nice if there could be a special house for divorced families. It would be like two houses, side by side, with a place in the middle where the kids could live. Then when parents had arguments they could each go to their own place and get away from each other and think things out by themselves. That way, they could realize how dumb they were behaving and get back together again. I know it's too late for that kind of arrangement with my parents - and as I look back I see that they're both happier being apart. My father's become a different person, you know, and it's unbelievable. I like the person he is now because he doesn't get angry as fast as he used to. And my mother's much happier because she doesn't have to worry about getting Daddy mad. Another good thing that's happened is that my father's turned into a terrific cook, and it makes me feel proud to be one of the only people in my class whose father cooks and does things like taking me to hockey practice and to sewing. And it's great to see how my Mom doesn't have to rely on Daddy to pay the bills and throw out the garbage .She's working now and that's helped her feel important. Neither of them has to rely on the other one in dumb ways, the way they used to, and I think they're both much better off as a result. I know that neither of them will ever be able to forget all the anger, but I think that as time goes on they'll sort of come to their senses and be pretty good friends. That's what I hope for more than anything in the world!

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05 回家后
开门！Open the door!
○ Open it! It’s me. 开门！是我。

我找不到钥匙了。I can’t find the key.
○ I lost the key. 我把钥匙弄丢了。

亲爱的，我回来了。Honey, I’m home.
= Honey, I’m back.

今天怎么样？How did it go today?
= How was your day?
○ Did you have a good time today?      今天过得愉快吗?

累死了！I’m exhausted!
○ A little bit tired.    有点儿累。
○ Too tired. 太累了。
★ exhausted [i^5zC:stid] a. 疲惫不堪的，精疲力竭的

倒霉透了。It’s just not my day.
  = I had a bad hair day.
● not one’s day“不顺利，不如意，倒霉”
● bad hair day “不如意的一天，不愉快的一天”

和平常一样。Just as usual.
○ Nothing to mention. 没什么值得一提的。
★mention [5menFEn] v. 提起，提及
● as usual“照常”

我现在情绪很低落。I’m feeling down.
= I’m feeling blue.
○ I’m a little down in the mouth.    我有些沮丧。
○ I’m in the doldrums.      我现在无精打采。
★ doldrums [5dCldrEmz] n. 忧郁

我饿死了，咱们出去吃吧。I’m starving, so let’s dine out.
○ Let’s eat out.    咱们出去吃吧。
★ starving [stB:viN] a. 饿得要死的
● dine out = eat out“去饭馆吃饭”

我太累，不想做饭了。I’m too tired, so I don’t want to cook.
○Is dinner ready?    晚饭做好了吗？

跟家人见面的感觉真好。I feel so good to see my family.
○ It’s good to be at home.      还是在家好啊。
○ There’s no place like home.    哪儿也没有自己家好。
○ Home at last.    终于到家了。

我想先冲个澡。I want to take a shower first.

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After Getting Home
Jane：Home at last. Tonight we have a lot of homework though.
Tom：Are you saying we don’t have time to watch our favorite show tonight? Jane, you know I really don’t like our teacher all that much. He gives far too much homework. He criticizes me in front ofŒ everyone all the time.
Jane：To tell the truth, I don’t really like him either. He’s kind of boring and not very active. He always looks unhappy too.
Tom：Yes, and he also…
Jane：Do you think we should be talking about him like this behind his back?
Tom：Probably not. After all he is our teacher. We should try to find something nice to say. If you can’t say something nice you shouldn’t say anything at all.
Jane：I absolutely agree. It’s getting dark. We should finish our homework now.
Tom： All right. I want to take a shower first, I’m exhausted.

回家后
简：终于到家了。不过今晚我们有一大堆作业要做。
汤姆：你是说我们没时间看最喜欢的电视节目了吗？简，你知道我真的不那么喜欢我们老师。他布置的作业太多了。而且总是在大家面前批评我。
简：说实话，我也不是很喜欢他。他有点儿乏味而且一点儿也不活跃，看起来总是一副不开心的样子。
汤姆：对啊，而且他还…
简：你觉得我们应该在背后这样说他吗？
汤姆：不应该，毕竟他是我们的老师。我们应该找点好的说。如果你不能说点好的，那就别说了。
简：我完全赞成。天要黑了，我们还是先把功课做完吧。
汤姆：好吧。我想先冲个澡。累死了！

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though  [TEu]    ad. 可是，    不过
criticize  [5kritisaiz]    v. 批评，责备
either  [5aiTE,5i:TE]    ad. 也（不）
active  [5Aktiv]    a. 活跃的，  积极的

FUN 轻松：贴士
offer one's seat to an elderly person
miss one's bus stop by mistake
take（get on） the
wrong bus

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起居室（drawing room）一词的来源
通常，我们回家后，就会毫无顾忌地在起居室（drawing room）的沙发上躺下来，因为在外面劳累了一天，回到家里终于可以放松放松（relax）了。
看到这里，大家不禁要问，“起居室”不是写成“living room”或“sitting room”吗？为什么还能写成“drawing room”呢？
我们知道draw有“绘画”的意思，但是“drawing room”（起居室）却与艺术一点也不相干。“drawing room”是指“接待客人的房间”，也就是“客厅”或“起居室”，其英文解释是“a room, especially a large room in a large house, where people sit and relax, or entertain guests”，它是一种比较正式的说法。
关于“drawing room”的来源，其背后有个小故事。“drawing room”这个词源自于“withdrawing room”。在英国过去有个习惯，为了让女士们不受男士“吞云吐雾”的吸烟之害，就要求她们在用餐后待在饭厅旁的另一个房间。也就是要求女士们从饭厅中“退出来”（withdraw），然后男士们就可以尽情地抽烟喝酒、高谈阔论，而不受干扰了。
至于女士们所停留的那个房间，本来叫做“withdrawing room”，后来就约定俗成地写成“drawing room”了。

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06 做饭
你需要多少肉？How much meat do you need?
○ How many potatoes do you want? 你想要几个土豆？

够新鲜吗？Are they fresh enough?
■ 注意“enough”在修饰形容词或者是副词时，要放在它们的后面。

把鱼内脏掏洗干净。Dress the fish.
★ dress [dres] v. 清洗干净，去内脏

你在做什么饭？What are you cooking?
★ cook [kuk] v. 做饭  n. 厨师

肉要烧焦了。The meat will scorch.
★scorch [skC:tF] v. 烧焦

把茄子切成丁儿。Dice the eggplant.
○ Slice the eggplant. 把茄子切成片儿。
○ Peel the eggplant. 把茄子皮削掉。
★ eggplant [5e^plB:nt] n. 茄子
■ “dice”“slice”“peel”分别意为“切成丁儿”“切成片儿”和“去皮”。

煤气灶坏了。The gas cooker doesn’t work.
■ 句中“cooker”的意思是“炊具”，不是“厨师”的意思。

在橱柜里。It’s in the cabinet.
★ cabinet [5kAbinit] n. 橱柜

递给我一个盘子。Hand me a plate.
○ Give me two bowls. 给我两个碗。

这里为什么这么多蟑螂啊？Why are there so many cockroaches in here?
★ cockroach [5kCkrEutF] n. 蟑螂

我想把炖肉煨5分钟。I want to leave the stew to simmer for 5 minutes.
★ stew [stju:] n. 炖肉
★ simmer [5simE] v. 煨，炖

烧点水吧。Boil some water.
○ The water is boiling. 水开了。
○ The water is too hot. 水太热了。
★ boil [bCil] v. 煮沸，沸腾

我闻到煤气味了。把煤气关了。I smell gas. Switch it off.
= I smell gas. Turn it off.
● switch off = turn off“关掉”

还没有搅拌好。It’s still not mixed well enough.
★ mix [miks] v. 使混和，混淆

打两个鸡蛋。Whisk two eggs.
★ whisk [wisk] v. 搅拌，打蛋

你能在每个杯子里放些冰吗？Could you put some ice in each glass, please?
○ Add some soy sauce. 加点酱油。
○ Pour some vinegar. 倒点醋。
★ vinegar [5vini^E] n. 醋

这把刀太钝了。This knife is too dull.
★dull [dQl] a. 钝的，不锋利的

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Cooking
Adam：I’d like to help pitch in with dinner.
Sophie：Really? You’re joking.
Adam：No. I’d like to do something special for you on your birthday.
Sophie：I’d like that. Alright, put on this apron first.
Adam：OK…Now how can I help, hon? 
Sophie：Hmm, let me see… Boil some water and then whisk two eggs.
Adam：Easy. I could do that with my eyes closed.（after a while）Done.     
Sophie：Not bad. Okay, now take some meat and potatoes from the fridge.
Adam：How many potatoes do you need?
Sophie：Three. And bring four bell peppers.
Adam：Gotcha… OK. Here they are.
Sophie：Now wash them, then dice the potatoes and bell peppers. Then slice the meat.
Adam：Where’s the peeler?
Sophie：It’s in the cabinet… Adam, the gas cooker doesn’t work.
Adam：What? Oh, shit! I cut my finger.
Sophie：Let me take a look at that… I can’t stop the bleeding. We need to go to the hospital.
Adam：I guess cooking is not as easy as I thought.

做　饭
亚当：我想帮忙一起做饭。
苏菲：真的吗？你在开玩笑吧。
亚当：没开玩笑。我想在你的生日为你做点儿特别的事情。
苏菲：很好。好吧，先把这个围裙系上。
亚当：好的…现在，我怎么帮忙，亲爱的？
苏菲：嗯，让我看看…烧点水，然后再打两个鸡蛋。
亚当：这容易。我闭着眼睛都能干。（过了一会儿）做好了。
苏菲：还不错嘛。好，现在从冰箱里拿点儿肉和土豆来。
亚当：你需要几个土豆？
苏菲：三个。再拿四个青椒。
亚当：明白…好了，拿来了。
苏菲：现在把它们洗一下，然后把土豆和青椒切成丁儿，然后再把肉切成片。
亚当：削皮刀在哪儿？
苏菲：在橱柜里…亚当，煤气灶坏了。
亚当：什么？哦，该死！我切到手指了。
苏菲：让我看看…我没法给你止血。我们得去医院。
亚当：我想做饭并不像我想的那么简单。

注册日期: 2004-07-23
来自: 广东广州
工分: 474

joke    [dVEuk]    v. & n.（开） 玩笑
apron    [5eiprEn]    n. 围裙
fridge    [fridV]    n. 冰箱
potato    [pE5teitEu]    n. 土豆
peeler    [5pi:lE]    n. 削皮刀
bleeding    [5bli:diN]    n. 流血

详细解说
“pitch in（with sth.）”在这里表示“加入进来帮忙（做某事）”。例如：If we all pitch in, we’ll have it finished in no time.（如果我们大家都加入进来帮忙做，我们马上就能完成了。）
“hon”是“honey”的简写形式，意为“亲爱的”，为称呼语。
“bell pepper”指“青椒”（颜色可以是红、黄、绿）。
“gotcha”的发音为[5^CtFE]，在这里表示“明白了”，相当于“I understand.”。

注册日期: 2004-07-23
来自: 广东广州
工分: 475

FUN 轻松：贴士
[ i ] 的发音类似于“衣”与“也”之间的音。这个音发出来的声音特别像部队里喊数时喊“1，2，3，4”中“1”的音。

厨房英文
range hood  抽油烟机
bottle opener  瓶起子
measuring jug  量杯
corkscrew  开瓶器
can opener  罐头起子
microwave oven  微波炉
rice cooker  电饭锅
frying pan  煎锅
pot  蒸锅
measuring spoon  量勺
chopping board  砧板
wok  炒锅

FUN 轻松：笑话
Amazing Windshield Wiper 神奇的雨刷
The windshield wiper blade on the driver's side quit while driving in a blinding storm. I pulled over and tried to figure out a quick fix. I found a yellow cotton work glove lying on the floor. I wedged it under the wiper arm. It did a great job keeping my windshield clear. Not only that—you'd be surprised at how many people waved back.

在一场倾盆大雨中我开着车，突然驾驶座这一侧的雨刷胶皮坏了。我把车停到一边，看看能不能想个办法快点把它修好。这时我看到地上有一个黄色的棉纱工作手套。于是就把它塞到雨刷杆的下面。它还挺好用，不但把挡风玻璃刷干净了，而且还出乎意料地使许多人向我招手。

注册日期: 2004-07-23
来自: 广东广州
工分: 478

Lesson 7
Going Shopping
Text A
Gretel and Mrs Clark went shopping in the centre of London yesterday.
"I'd like to know which store you like best in London, Mrs Clark," Gretel said.
"Now that's a difficult question," Mrs Clark replied. "I just haven't any idea which store I  like best. There are so many huge stores in London. I suppose Selfridges must be the biggest. There's so much variety there. I can usually find what I am looking for. Then there's Liberty's. It's such a lovely building. Harrods is very famous, too. It's such a smart store, I love all the big stores in London because you can walk around and nobody bothers you. Nobody try to sell you anything - unless you want to buy something. Sometimes I go window-shopping, or just wander round a store and look at the things on display. The big stores are one of the sights of London. I went to the sales in January. That was one of the sights of London, too! My goodness! The crowds! But it was worth it. I bought some lovely things very cheaply. It was good fun, but very exhausting. "

注册日期: 2004-07-23
来自: 广东广州
工分: 479

Text B
As she walked round the huge department store, Edith reflected how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father. She wished that he was as easy to please as her mother, who was always delighted with perfume.
****es, shopping at this time of year was a most disagreeable experience: people trod on your toes, poked you with their elbows and almost knocked you over in their haste to get to a bargain ahead of you.
Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter where some attractive ties were on display. "They are real silk. " the assistant assured her, trying to tempt her. "Worth double the price." But Edith knew past experience that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.
She moved on reluctantly and then, quite by chance, stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some good quality pipes on sale - and the prices were very reasonable. Edith did not hesitate for long: although her father only smoked a pipe occasionally, she knew that this was a present which was bound to please him.
When she got home, with her small but well-chosen present concealed in her handbag, her parents were already at table having supper. Her mother was in especially cheerful mood. "Your father has at last decided to stop smoking," she informed her daughter.

注册日期: 2004-07-23
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工分: 480

Phrases
in the centre of
look for
go window-shopping
be on display
be delighted with
trod on
poke with
knock over
be bound to
stop doing sth

注册日期: 2004-07-23
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工分: 481

Related Words and Expressions
go downtown
a shopping list
shelves crowded with goods
bright neon lights
be decorated with colored bulbs
be elaborately (beautifully) packed
be made by joint - venture enterprises
be filled with a desire to do
spend money generously
be short of money
have a shortage of money
be broke
go window shopping
to keep up with the Joneses
the latest fashions
come into fashion
go shopping for daily necessities
put... into beautiful packages
tie... up with a colored ribbon
make pictures out of odd bits of cloth
tapestry
to decorate one's new room
highly ornamented room

Sayings
Debt is the worst kind of poverty.
A woman can never have too many scarves, and a man can never have too many ties.

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工分: 1623

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