用英語讀(原版)英語訓練系列2 buying a scarf

1) 一篇英語文章“交給”你（且不評論這英語寫的好壞），你打算“怎么學”收獲最大？

Sales assistant:  May I help you?

Customer:  Yes. I want something nice for my wife.

Sales assistant:Would you like a scarf? Scarves are our best-sellers in this 

           season.Some of them are on sale now.

Customer:    That's a great idea. Please show me some.

Sales assistant:All of our scarves are in this section. How about this silk 

           scarf? The design is elegant, and the colour is beautiful. 

           It can go with many colours.

Customer:   It's just what I want. How much is it?

Sales assistant:$ 70. How would you like to pay, cash or charge?

Customer:    I'll pay cash. Thank you.

Sales assistant:Thank you for shopping with us.

回答是：借助Yahoo作為輔助工具，訓練自己 “用英語學英語”(Put English into English)的能力！

這是個集“英語知識”、“語言技能”、“學習方法”、“英語可持續(xù)性發(fā)展”為一體的學習訓練。

2) Put English into English

1. Sales assistant: May I help you?

     1.Well, when we say：May I help you? we can also say: How may I help you? What          can I do for you?

     2. May I help you? means What can I do for you, or How may I help 

         you?

2. Customer:Yes. I want something nice for my wife.

     1. Yes, I am thinking about buying something nice for my wife

3. Sales assistant: Would you like a scarf? Scarves are our best-sellers in 

              this season.Some of them are on sale now.

    1. Would you like this ? means How about this? or What about this? or 

       What do you think about this?

    2.英文 Yahoo搜索：best-seller  n.

        1. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the 

          largest numbers, or sells very well at a given time.

        2. A book that has had a large and rapid sale

    3. Talk：Put English into English

                  Well,a best-seller is usually a book. The book is sold in the largest numbers, so

                  we call this book a best-seller.

                 We can also say a Best-seller is a book that sells very well.

“學”英語一定需要“懂”中文嗎？這么“學習”best-seller，你還需要中文“輔助”嗎？

4. Sales assistant: Would you like a scarf? Scarves are our best-sellers in 

            this season.Some of them are on sale now.

    1. 英文Yahoo搜索：on sale

         going cheap, reduced, at a discount, at a reduced price

    2. Talk：Put English into English

        Okay.Got you. When something is on sale, something is going 

           cheap.Something is sold at a discount or something is sold 

           at a reduced price.

這樣“學”英語，你是否把on sale和其同義詞go cheap, at a discount, at a reduced price“串連”在一起了？

5.Customer:That's a great idea. Please show me some.

       That sounds great

6. Sales assistant: All of our scarves are in this section. How about this 

            silk scarf? The design is elegant, and the colour is 

            beautiful. It can go with many colours.

      1.Well, How about this silk scarf means Would you like this silk 

         scarf,or What about this silk scarf, or What do you think about 

         this silk scarf?

      2. It can go with many colors means It fits with many colors, or 

          It matches many colors

你并不需要“想”中文，你只要有能力“想”這些英語，你就能“理解”go with

的意思了。

所以，“用英語學英語”挑戰(zhàn)的不是你能不能說出中文意思的能力，挑戰(zhàn)

的是你能不能說出英語、把學過的英語用起來的能力。

這才是“學習”英語最需要學習的地方，最需要訓練的地方。

7. Customer:It's just what I want. How much is it?

        1. It's just what I want means It's exactly what I will buy.

        2. How much is it? What is the cost? What is the price? How 

             much do I have to pay?

8.Sales assistant:$ 70. How would you like to pay, cash or charge?

        1. How would you like to pay means How are you going to pay?

        2. When we say ：How would you like to pay? we can also say：How are 

            you  going to pay?

        3. pay cash means I will pay in bank notes or coins, not by 

             card.

        4. Charge means pay by card, credit card or debit card, or by 

             cheque

9. Customer:I'll pay cash. Thank you.

        Thank you means I appreciate it.

Sales assistant:Thank you for shopping with us.