AtaGroceryStore在杂货店_情景口语
sarah : anybody here?
shop-keeper : coming, i'm coming....hi, sarah. what do you want today?
sarah : quite a lot. i need one pound of potatoes, three pints of milk, a dozen brown eggs, two pounds of corn, one pint of olive oil, one pound of cucumber, half a pound of mushroom, and one pound of tomatoes.
shop- keeper : do you need any fruit? our fruit is very fresh today.
sarah : how do you sell the lemons?
shop- keeper : lemons are three for ten cents.
sarah : are they juicy? i want to use them for juice.
shop-keeper : they are ripe and juicy, so are the watermelon.
sarah : no, i don't want watermelons. they're not in season yet. just give me a dozen lemons.
shop- keeper : very well. anything else?
sarah : i also need a loaf of sliced bread and a pound of coffee.
shop- keeper : what kind of coffee? drip or instant?
sarah : give me the coarser grind. we make coffee in a percolator at home.
shop- keeper : all right.
sarah : and a bottle of catsup. any brand will do....can you send this order to my house this afternoon?
shop- keeper : certainly!
sarah : thanks. how much will that be? i'll give you a cheque now.
vocabulary
注释
1.grind n.碾、研磨,亦可当动词。
2.percolator n.咖啡过滤器,附有过滤器的咖啡壶。