Unit 6
At the Bookstore在书店 (1)
S = Student C = Clerk
S: Excuse me, I'm looking for your English textbooks.
C: They're right over there, next to the dictionaries.
S: Do you have any textbooks to help improve strudents' reading skills?
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.
S: Great. That's just the sort of thing I'm looking for. Thanks.
学生：对不起，我正在找你们卖的英文教科书。
店员：它们就在那边，字典的旁边。
学生：你们有任何可以帮助增强学生阅读技巧的教科书吗？
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。
学生：太棒了。那正是我要找的那种。谢谢。
智能补给站
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 [ m pruv ] 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?
B: Let's see. Yes, here it is.
(甲：你们有给约翰．史密斯的包裹吗？)
(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 writing.
(那个老师把重点集中在会话技巧，而非在读写方面。)
9.grammar n. 文法
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。)
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