4.Choose peaches with smooth skin， and without cuts or bruises.
选桃子时要挑表皮光滑、无伤或无瑕疵的。
5.Buy strawberries that are bright red in color， and choose those without blemishes and with green caps.
买草莓时挑颜色鲜亮、无瑕疵带绿蒂的。
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6.打电话 Ringing up
打电话是日常生活中一种重要的沟通联络方式，日常交际中接打电话要注意场合和时间，适当地掌握一些打电话的礼仪：选择打电话的恰当时间，说话应当简明扼要，声音适当，吐字清晰，语速均匀，注意打电话的举止和环境，及时接电话和回电话。
交流应急句
1.May I speak to Dr.Robert， please？
请找罗伯特博士接电话，好吗？
2.The Iine is engaged.Will you please hold on？
线路很忙。您可否稍等一下？
3.Hello.After Sales Service.
您好。这里是售后服务处。
4.Sorry， I wasn't in when you phoned.
很抱歉，你给我打电话的时候我不在。
5.Sorry to have kept you waiting.
实在对不起，让您久等了。
6.What did you phone me up for？
你给我打电话有什么事吗？
7.I'm sorry I wasn't at home when you called.
对不起，你打电话来时我没在家。
8.I can't hear you very well.
我听不太清楚。
9.May I call you back？
我再打给你好吗？
10.I'm afraid you have the wrong number.
恐怕你打错电话了。
实用情景对话
Engaged
Joe：Good morning！
Pat：Can I speak to Miss Cooper， please？
Joe：Would you hold on a second， please？Miss Cooper's extension is engaged.
Pat：Engaged. Oh， dear！Could you tell her it's a Iong-distance call？
Joe：I'm sorry， sir. I can't interrupt her.I'm sure she won't be very Iong.
Pat：How Iong do you think she'll be？
Joe：I really can't say how Iong she'll be.
Pat：Can I Ieave a message， please？
Joe：Yes， certainly.
Pat：Can you tell her I'm waiting to speak to her？
Joe：Yes， sir. I'll give her a buzz on an inside Iine if you Iike.
Pat：Thank you very much.
占线
乔：早上好！
帕特：我可以同库柏小姐通话吗？
乔：请等一等，库柏小姐的分机正忙着。
帕特：占线，噢，天哪！能不能告诉她这是长途电话？
乔：抱歉，先生，我不能打扰她。我相信她不会打很长时间。
帕特：你觉得她会打多长时间？
乔：我确实不知道她会打多长时间？
帕特：我能不能留个口信？
乔：好的，当然可以。
帕特：能不能告诉她我正在等着跟她讲话？
乔：是的，先生。如果你愿意的话，我用内线打。
帕特：非常感谢。
欧美文化360°洗礼
美国人幽默的电话留言
中国家庭并不常用电话答录机（Answering Machine），但在北美家庭，几乎家家都用。外来电话拨入时，若该电话号码的主人不在，就会让拨入者听到一段留言，这叫Answer。绝大多数的Answer都是千篇一律的：说明主人不在，请拨入者留下简短信息及姓名电话号码等。
以下几则特别的Answer体现了美国人的幽默，你能体会出其幽默所在吗？
1）My wife and I can't come to the phone right now， but if you'll leave your name and number， we'll get back to you as soon as we're finished.
2）Hi. This is John.If you are the phone company， I already sent the money.If you are my parents， please send money.If you are my financial aid institution， you didn't lend me enough money.If you are my friends， you owe me money.If you are a female， don't worry， I have plenty of money.
3）Hi， I'm not home right now but my answering machine is， so you can talk to it instead. Wait for the beep（beep：主人的Answer讲完以后，Answer Machine会发出一声beep，这时候来电话者就可以开始留言了。）
4）Hi！John's answering machine is broken. This is his refrigerator.Please speak very slowly， and I'll stick your message to myself with one of these magnets（磁铁）.
注：通常情况下，来电话者面对录音讲话都不太自然，所以语言往往很急促，三句两句话就完了。这可苦坏了接听留言的主人，听多少遍都听不清留言者到底是谁，讲了些什么。对于母语非英文的人，这种感觉会更深。所以，以下这两段幽默干脆就首先告诉电话拨入者，我的Answer Machine不好使，你且慢慢来。
5）Hello， this is Sally's microwave. Her answering machine just eloped（私奔）with her tape deck（磁带驱动器），so I'm stuck with taking her calls.Say， if you want anything cooked while you leave your message， just hold it up to the phone.
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7.超市购物Going to the Supermarket
超市购物是我们日常生活中常做的事，怎么做才能买到实惠、满意、优质的食品呢？
新鲜食品：别图便宜买多了。
储备食品：不能只图好看和好吃。
交流应急句
1.Where can I find the seafood section？
海鲜区在哪儿？
2.Is this ice cream on sale today？
今天这个冰淇淋打折吗？
3.When is the sale over？
促销什么时候结束？
4.Which brand is more popular？
哪种牌子更受欢迎？
5.It Iooks good but a Iittle expensive.
看起来不错但是有点贵。
6.Can you tell me where the frozen foods aisle is？
请告诉我冷冻食品在哪里？
7.I want to buy some chocolates， but it's hard to choose from so many items on the shelves.
我想买些巧克力，但是货架上商品太多了很难选择。
8.Do you accept credit card？
可以用信用卡付款吗？
9.Can I use coupons？
我可以使用优惠券吗？
10.Do you offer paper bag？
你们提供纸袋吗？
实用情景对话
Going to the Supermarket
Carrie：Let's get a shopping cart.
Adam：Good idea.
Carrie：What are you going to buy？
Adam：Let's check out the fruit section first.
Carrie：OK. I'd Iike some peaches.But they don't Iook quite ripe yet.
Adam：Look， I'll take some nice fresh cherries！They are ripe and soft.
Carrie：I'll take some， too.
Adam：Let's go to the snacks section. I want some chocolate and sweets.
Carrie：OK. I'll go and buy some cakes.
Adam：Do you want to buy something else？
Carrie：I'd Iike to buy an electric iron. Where can I find them？
Adam：You can find it in the household appliances section.
Carrie：Which floor is the household appliances section on？I'm confused with so many items in the supermarket.
逛超市
卡丽：我们去拿一辆手推车吧。
亚当：好主意。
卡丽：你要买什么？
亚当：我们先去看看水果吧。
卡丽：好的，我想买些桃子。但这些看起来还不太熟。
亚当：你看，多棒多新鲜的樱桃！又熟又软。我决定买一些。
卡丽：我也买一些吧。
亚当：去看看零食吧。我想买些巧克力和糖果。
卡丽：好的，我去买蛋糕。
亚当：你还要买什么吗？
卡丽：我想买一个电熨斗。在哪里能找到呢？
亚当：也许你可以在家电区找到它。
卡丽：家电区在几楼？我被超市里这么多东西搞糊涂了。
欧美文化360°洗礼
E-receipt
At an Old Navy store in Manhattan the other day， Fabienne Michel made a routine purchase of khaki shorts. But she left the store without something equally routine：her receipt.
The sales clerk had sent it to Ms. Michel by e-mail."It's easier，"said Ms.Michel，"You can reprint it， save it， make folders in your e-mail."
Major retailers in America have begun offering electronic versions of receipts， either e-mailed or uploaded to password-protected Web sites. And more and more customers， the retailers report， are opting for paperless.
Many people like keeping searchable records on a computer-e-receipts come in handy during tax season. Others see the paper versions as an anachronism， wasteful of resources（an estimated 9.6 million trees are cut each year for receipts in the United States， according to a digital receipt company）and as irrelevant as printed bank statements and mutual fund reports.
In 2005，Apple introduced electronic receipts at its stylish retail stores. More mainstream retailers found the checkout system difficult to replicate.
