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今天我們?yōu)槟コ觥懊勒Z三級跳”節(jié)目“食物”單元的中級課程。
Professor:Doug and Liz are at a supermarket buying food to cook for dinner. In the last episode they ate a lot of fast food, so now they want to buy some healthy organic food.
MC:不過，professor Bowman, organic food——有機食品價格比較貴，不知道 Doug和Liz 舍不舍得買。
Professor:Let's listen and find out.
Liz:Alright Doug, first we need to buy some produce. What kinds of fruits and vegetables should we get?
Doug:Wow, look how big those oranges are! Let's get some of those.
Liz:No let's not get those. They put all kinds of artificial things into them to make them grow that big. Let's get some organic ones.
Doug: But the organic ones are much smaller and more expensive.
Liz:Doug, it's worth it to pay more for healthy food.
Doug 想買那些又圓又大的橙子， 可Liz說，這些橙子是人工助長的，不健康，她想買純天然的有機食品。對了，Professor, 什么是produce?
Professor:"Produce" is a general word for fruits and vegetables. If you go to a store and want to buy fruits and vegetables, you can ask where the produce section is.
我明白了，produce就是蔬菜水果這些農(nóng)產(chǎn)品。
Liz:Alright, next we have to go to the dairy section. We need milk and cheese.
Doug:Great! I have a coupon for milk. It's only 2 dollars per gallon!
Liz:No way! I want all-natural milk. The Happy Cow Milk Company gives its cows massages every day and lets them listen to music.
Doug:Yeah, and it's three times more expensive! Who cares if the cows are really happy and relaxed?
Liz:A happy cow is a healthy cow, and a healthy cow produces the best milk!
MC:Professor Bowman, dairy在這里是指奶制品吧？
Professor:Exactly. And remember, in America, milk is usually sold in gallons.
噢，在美國，牛奶按“gallon”，“加侖”賣。Doug 說，他有一張牛奶的coupon——優(yōu)惠券，可是 Liz不要這種便宜牛奶，她要一家給乳牛按摩、聽音樂的公司出的牛奶。
Professor:Can you believe that? I think buying organic food is good, but massages for cows are a little ridiculous.
Liz:Alright, now let's go get some soap. Can you go get me some all-natural deodorant?
Doug:All-natural deodorant? Oh come on, Liz. Deodorants with chemicals in them work much better.
Liz:No way! All those chemicals are really bad for your health. I don't want to get cancer.
Doug:Yeah, but I don't want to have a girlfriend who smells really bad. Liz, you can buy all-natural food, but I draw the line at personal hygiene.
哇，Liz 連deodorant——香氛劑都要all-natural——純天然。
Professor:She seems to be worried that the chemicals in other deodorants will give her cancer.
可Doug 說“draws the line at personal hygiene”是什么意思呢？
Professor:Winnie, when you draw the line at something, it means you will not tolerate it. For example, it's good for people to be nice to their pets, but when they treat them like children, that's where I draw the line.
我明白了， draw the line at something就是“拒絕接受”的意思。Doug 說，Liz可以買全天然食物，但不能買全天然的香氛劑，因為沒有化學(xué)成分的香氛劑根本不香，Liz會變得臭臭的，Doug可受不了這樣的女朋友。
Professor:Exactly. Now let's listen to them paying the cashier.
Cashier:Would you like paper or plastic?
Doug:We'll take plastic bags.
Liz:Doug, what are you doing? We can't use plastic bags. They're bad for the environment!
Doug:OK fine. Can you put them in paper bags please?
Liz:Doug, paper is bad for the environment too! They have to cut down trees to make paper bags.
Doug:Well what are we going to do? We need some kind of bag to bring the groceries home.
Liz:Let's buy a cloth bag that's reusable. They're only 10 dollars.
Doug:I was afraid you would say that!
Professor:So Winnie, why doesn't Liz want to put the groceries in paper or plastic bags?
她覺得塑料袋和紙袋都對環(huán)境有害，所以要買個可以反復(fù)用的布袋子。Professor，Doug和Liz買這么多菜，不知道會做些什么好吃的!
Professor:Listen next time to find out!
A:看來Liz是個有機產(chǎn)品的鐵桿粉絲，她不僅要買organic food 有機食品，all natural milk 純天然牛奶，還要買all-natural deodorant, 純天然香氛劑。不過，雖然說這種純天然的產(chǎn)品對健康有利，但是如果什么都要純天然的，還真是挺麻煩的。
B:對啊，什么都要適度嘛。 Maybe she's obsessed with organic products because she has an addictive personality.
A:Addictive personality? 就是很容易對一樣?xùn)|西上癮的性格么？
B:Exactly. A lot of gamblers or drug users have addictive personalities! Once they start something, they can't stop.
A:對啊，嗜賭如命的人身上就有這種上癮的性格成分。這期business etiquette正好講到賭博，咱們來聽一聽!
