Conversation B
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MARTIN: Let's look on this street. Do you see that store? I bought some clothes there last year.?
EILEEN: Oh, I like those shirts. Let's go inside.?
CLERK: May I help you??
MARTIN: I want to buy a shirt.?
CLERK: Do you want a dress shirt or a casual shirt??
MARTIN: I want a tennis shirt.?
CLERK: Casual shirts are over there. Come with me, please.?
MARTIN: I want a blue shirt.?
CLERK: The blue shirts are here. Do you like these??
MARTIN: I don't know. Do you like these, Eileen??
EILEEN: Not very much.?
CLERK: I have some very nice blue and white shirts. Do you like these??
MARTIN: Yes, I do. I like these very much.?
EILEEN: They're very nice. Look at this one. Do you like it??
MARTIN: It has too much white. I want a shirt with more blue.?
EILEEN: This one? Do you like it??
CLERK: I likt it. It's very nice.?
MARTIN: Yes, I like it. I want to buy this shirt.?
CLERK: OK. Come with me.?
MARTIN: Do you want to buy a dress or pants??
EILEEN: I want to buy a dress. Let's look upstairs.?
MARLIN: Do you want me to come with you??
EILEEN: Of course. I want you to look, too. I want you to help.?
MARTIN: Where are we going??
EILEEN: Over there. See those dresses. Come with me.?
MARTIN: There are too many dresses!?
CLERK: Hello.?
EILEEN: Hello.?
CLERK: May I help you??
EILEEN: I want to look at dresses. I want to buy a dress for the office.?
CLERK: These dresses are very beautiful.?
EILEEN: This is my size.?
CLERK: What color do you want??
EILEEN: I don't know. Any color. My husband doesn't like green.?
MARTIN: I like green.?
EILEEN: You didn't like that green dress.?
MARTIN: I know. I didn't like that green dress in the window.?
CLERK: You don't want green. Do you like yellow??
EILEEN: Yes, I like yellow.?
CLERK: Does your husband like yellow??
EILEEN: Martin??
MARTIN: Yes, I like yellow.?
CLERK: This is a very nice black and white dress.?
MARTIN: I like that very much.?
EILEEN: I'm going to try it.?
MARTN: Good.?
EILEEN: I want a pair of pants, too.?
CLERK: What color do you want??
EILEEN: Brown or black.?
MARTIN: Do you want two pairs of pants??
CLERK: Do you want one brown pair and one black pair??
EILEEN: No, I want only one pair. I want to look at these.?
MARTIN: I want some coffee.?
EILEEN: I want some coffee, too.?
MARTIN: I want to find a coffee shop. Do you see one??
EILEEN: There is a coffee shop on Tenth Street.?
MARTIN: Where is Tenth Street??
EILEEN: Straight ahead.?
MARTIN: Do you want to go there??
EILEEN: Of course. They have very good cake, too. I want some cake. Do you like your new shirt??
MARTIN: Yes, I like it. I want to wear it next week. I’m going to play tennis on Thursday evening. I’m going to wear it then.?

Practice 2：用 want 談論想要的東西。?
Examples:
MARTIN: I want to buy a shirt. What do you want to buy??
EILEEN: I want to buy a new dress. Do you want a casual shirt?
MARTIN: Yes, I want a tennis shirt.
MARTIN: Do you want a dress for the office??

會話B?
馬 丁：讓我們到這條街看看，你看到那家商店了嗎?我去年在那買過一些衣服。
艾 琳：噢，我喜歡那些襯衫，讓我們進去吧。?
店 員：你們要買些什么??
馬 丁：我要買件襯衫。?
店 員：你想要禮服襯衫還是便裝襯衫。?
馬 丁：我想要件網球衫。?
店 員：便裝襯衫在這邊，請跟我來。?
馬 丁：我想要件藍襯衫。?
店 員：藍襯衫在這里，你喜歡這些嗎??
馬 丁：我不知道。艾琳，你喜歡這些嗎??
艾 琳：不太喜歡。?
店 員：我有些非常好的藍色和白色襯衫。你喜歡這些嗎??
馬 丁：是的，我喜歡。我非常喜歡這些襯衫。?
艾 琳：它們很好，看這件，你喜歡嗎??
馬 丁：它白色太多了，我想要件藍色多些的。?
艾 琳：這件?你喜歡嗎??
店 員：我喜歡，這件非常好。?
馬 丁：是的，我喜歡。我想買這件襯衫。?
店 員：好的，跟我來。?
馬 丁：你想買條衣裙還是褲子??
艾 琳：我想買條衣裙，讓我們上樓看看。?
馬 丁：你想讓我和你一起去嗎??
艾 琳：當然，我也讓你看看，我要你幫忙。?
馬 丁：我們去哪兒??
艾 琳：去那邊，看那些衣裙，跟我來。?
馬 丁：這么多衣裙!?
店 員：你好。?
艾 琳：你好。?
店 員：您要買些什么??
艾 琳：我想看衣裙，我想買條辦公室穿的衣裙。?
店 員：這些衣裙很漂亮。?
艾 琳：這是我的尺碼。?
店 員：你想要什么顏色的??
艾 琳：我不知道，任何顏色，我丈夫不喜歡綠色。?
馬 丁：我喜歡綠色。?
艾 琳：你剛才還不喜歡那條綠衣裙。?
馬 丁：我不知道，我剛才是不喜歡在櫥窗中的那條綠衣裙。?
店 員：你不想要綠色，你喜歡黃色嗎??
艾 琳：是的，我喜歡黃色。?
店 員：你丈夫喜歡黃色嗎??
艾 琳：馬丁??
馬 丁：是的，我喜歡黃色。?
店 員：這是條很好的黑白衣裙。?
馬 丁：我非常喜歡。?
艾 琳：我要試試。?
馬 丁：好。?
艾 琳：我也想買條褲子。?
店 員：您想要什么顏色??
艾 琳：褐色或者黑色。?
馬 丁：你想買兩條褲子嗎??
店 員：你想要一條褐色褲子和一條黑色褲子嗎??
艾 琳：不，我只買一條，我想看看這些。?
馬 丁：我想喝點咖啡。?
艾 琳：我也想喝點咖啡。?
馬 丁：我想找家咖啡店，你看到哪兒有嗎??
艾 琳：在第十街上有一家咖啡店。?
馬 丁：第十街在哪兒??
艾 琳：一直往前走。?
馬 丁：你想去那嗎??
艾 琳：當然，他們那兒的蛋糕也很好，我想吃點蛋糕。你喜歡你的新襯衫嗎?
馬 丁：是的，我喜歡。我想下周穿上它，我星期四晚上去打網球，那時我就穿上它。?

New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語
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downtown adj. 在商業區的；在市中心的?
downtown area 商業區?
dress adj. 禮服的?
dress shirt 禮服襯衫；女式衣裙?
dress for work 上班衣裙?
dress for the office 辦公室衣裙?
pants n. 褲子?
clerk n. 售貨員；店員?
casual adj. 隨便的；非正式的?
upstairs adv. 向樓上?

Language Points 語言要點?

在商店，店員最常用的話語就是 May I help you? 還可以說：?
Can I help you? 我能幫你忙嗎??
What can I do for you? 我能幫你什么嗎??
Can I show you something? 需要什么可以拿給你看嗎??

Cultural Notes 文化注釋

美國各地都有大大小小的購物商店，規模較大的有百貨公司(department store)、購物中心(shopping mall)，小型的有一角廉價店(dime store)、萬有商店(general store)等。最大的百貨公司是梅西(Macy's)。?
在美國買東西，必須知道在大多數情況下，價格標簽上的錢數并不是你的付款數，你還得加付款稅。稅額一般是標簽價格的5%至10%。
在買服裝和鞋子時，要注意美國的尺寸和我國的尺寸標法不一樣，你可以請店員幫忙。