用英语读(原版)英语训练系列2 buying a scarf

1) 一篇英语文章“交给”你（且不评论这英语写的好坏），你打算“怎么学”收获最大？

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作为辅助工具，训练自己 “用英语学英语”(Put English into English)的能力！

这是个集“英语知识”、“语言技能”、“学习方法”、“英语可持续性发展”为一体的学习训练。

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.

“学”英语一定需要“懂”中文吗？这么“学习”best-seller，你还需要中文“辅助”吗？

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.

这样“学”英语，你是否把on sale和其同义词go cheap, at a discount, at a reduced price“串连”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”这些英语，你就能“理解”go with

的意思了。

所以，“用英语学英语”挑战的不是你能不能说出中文意思的能力，挑战

的是你能不能说出英语、把学过的英语用起来的能力。

这才是“学习”英语最需要学习的地方，最需要训练的地方。

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.