大学英语自学教程 上册 un11

[08:09.93]ranging from very large stores called "department stores,"
[08:12.66]其他商品的大商店即百货公司,
[08:15.39]offering clothing,furniture, household :goods as well as many other goods
[08:18.93]从卖服装,家具,家庭用品
[08:22.47]to very small shops that specialize in just one kind of product.
[08:25.80]到专卖一种商品的小店.
[08:29.13]There are "discount houses" offering goods at low prices, and "dime stores"
[08:32.67]有卖低价的商品的折扣商店,
[08:36.21]specializing in a wide range of inexpensive items.
[08:38.83]也有专卖各类低价商品的"一角钱"商店.
[08:41.46]Most department stores in large cities
[08:43.53]大城市的多数百货公司出售的商品,
[08:45.61] carry averageto better quality products at average to higher prices.
[08:48.89]其质量从中等到良好,价格从适中到较高不等.
[08:52.17]However, they offer the shopper great convenience
[08:54.69]不过它为顾客提供了很大的方便,
[08:57.21]since they contain such a wide variety of products.
[08:59.74]因为它们拥有如此大的商品选择范围.
[09:02.28]If convenience isn't as important to you as price
[09:04.76]如果你不嫌麻烦,但求价廉,
[09:07.24]you may want to shop in some of the discount houses.
[09:09.51]你可能想去扣商店买东西.
[09:11.78]These stores have nearly as great a variety of goods as department stores
[09:14.72]这些商店拥有的商品种类与百货公司几乎可以媲美,
[09:17.66]but offer lower prices.
[09:19.35]但是价格更低.
[09:21.03]They can do so or several reasons.
[09:23.06]它们能做到这样有几方面的原因:
[09:25.08]They don't offer the same services to buyers that department stores do;
[09:27.86]不向顾客提供百货公司同样的服务;
[09:30.64]there may be fewer sales people;
[09:32.84]售货员更少;
[09:35.03]and the store probably doesn't deliver purchases.
[09:37.85]而且可能不用送货上门.
[09:40.68]There are many small shops in America, as there are everywhere,
[09:43.55]像许多其它地方一样,美国也有许多小商店,
[09:46.42]that offer a more limited quantity of products.
[09:48.85]经营数量有限的商品.
[09:51.28]Usually run by a small number of sales people,
[09:53.62]这些商店往往由少数几名售货员管理,
[09:55.96]these shops offer products that range from inexpensive to very expensive
[09:58.99]它们出售的商品有低价位的也有高价位的,
[10:02.02]depending on the shop.
[10:03.55]这取决于商店本身.
[10:05.07]You are likely to receive more attention from the sales-people
[10:07.56]你在小商店从售货员那里
[10:10.04]in small shops than in department stores.
[10:12.38]得到的关照可能比在百货公司多.
[10:14.71]Another popular shop is the "dime store,
[10:16.84]另一种流行的商店是"一角钱"商店,
[10:18.97]sometimes referred to as the "five and ten."
[10:21.24]有时称为"五分与一角"商店.
[10:23.52]No longer selling many things for five or ten cents,
[10:26.15]他们不再出售五分或一角的商品,
[10:28.79]these stores got their name in the last century
[10:30.87]因为这一名称是上个世纪取的,
[10:32.95]when it was decided that a small profit on a great quantity of goods
[10:36.23]当时确认薄利多销
[10:39.50]would be betterthan a large profit on fewer sales.
[10:41.88]比少销厚利更好.
[10:44.26]Dime stores specialize in a wide variety of inexpensive items and today
[10:47.94]一角钱商店专营各种低价商品,
[10:51.62]prices range from a quarter or 50 cents up to several dollars.
[10:54.71]今天的价格从25美分或者50美分到几美元不等.
[10:57.79]If you need a small item and don't want to spend very Much,
[11:00.27]如果你需要一件小商品,又不想花很多钱,
[11:02.75]the dime store is likely to have just what you are looking for.
[11:05.27]一角钱商店正好有你所需要的.
[11:07.79]The United States is also known for its supermarkets
[11:10.29]美国还以其超级市场著称,
[11:12.78]where huge quantities of all kinds of food and household articles are sold
[11:15.91]这里出售大量各种食品和家庭用品,
[11:19.03]These stores offer good quality food at lower prices than smaller food stores
[11:22.45]这里出售的食品的质量好且比小食品店的价格低.
[11:25.87]The vast majority of Americans do all their food shopping in supermarkets.
[11:29.01]绝大多数的美国人在超级市场购买他们全部所需的食品.
[11:32.14]One of the most interesting sections to visit is the frozen food section.
[11:34.92]最值得光顾的是冷冻食品部.
[11:37.70]With discoveries in methods to preserve food,
[11:39.92]由于创造了多种保存食品的方法,
[11:42.15]almost every kind of food can be frozen and yet keep its original flavor.
[11:45.27]几乎每一种食品都能冷冻,并且能保持原味.
[11:48.39]Since frozen foods require so little time to cook,
[11:50.88]既然烹调冷漠食品的时间很短,
[11:53.38]they have naturally become very popular everywhere in the country
[11:56.04]冷冻食品自然成为全国最受欢迎的食品.