躺着学万能英语会话(10)： 购物Shopping
Catherine: There are plenty of your run of the mill electronicsstores all over Taipei, but if you want to bargain, the best place is the Guang Hua Market.
Jay: What about clothing?
Catherine: The most important thing, of course, is eating.
Catherine: For international labels and the like, there is
They are full of stands selling all kinds of different
The East District, Taipei 101, and all the other
foods, like stinky tofu, pig's feet, dumplings and
major malls. They are all chock full of the typical
"eh ah jien", which is a fried egg with oysters.
international labels like DKNY, Louis Vuitton, and...
Jay: I don't know if I can handle pig's feet.
Jay: Those are a little too classy for my tastes.
Catherine: You have to at least give it a shot! Besides, you
Catherine: In that case, maybe you should hit up Xi Men
can also do a lot of shopping at a night market,
Ding or just a night market. The stores there are
and the best thing is that you can bargain!
more reasonably priced.
Jay: I also need to get some souvenir-type gifts, like
jade, or calligraphy.
Catherine: One good place to go is the Chinese Handicraft
Mart near the National Taiwan University Hospital
MRT Station. I'm sure they have all you need.
||| 杰： 我得去买些电子用品。到哪里买比较好呢？
凯瑟琳： 台北到处都有大型的电子专卖店，不过如果你想买到比较
便宜的东西，光华商场是最好的选择。
杰： 那么衣服呢？
凯瑟琳： 如果你要找一些国际品牌的话，有东区、台北 101 大楼，
还有一些大型的购物商场可以逛。里面有许多典型的国际
品牌，像是DKNY、LV和……
杰： 对我来说，那些牌子有点太高级了。
凯瑟琳： 那样的话，你应该到西门町去，或者夜市也可以。这些地
方的商店比较平价。
杰： 我也需要买一些具有纪念性质的礼物，譬如玉石啦、书法
啦等等。
凯瑟琳： 捷运台大医院站附近有个中国手工艺品商场，我想你可以
在那里买到你需要的东西。
||| 1. I really need to get some electronics shopping done.
我必须买些电子用品。
The most important tclothes shopping hing, of course, is eating.
采买衣饰
They are full of stands selling all kinds of different
appliance shopping
foods, like stinky tofu, pig's feet, dumplings and
采买日常家电用品 譬如洗衣机、微波炉等之类的电器
"eh ah jien", which is a fried egg with oysters.
stereo shopping
Jay: I don't know if I can handle pig's feet.采买音响设备
underwear shopping
Catherine: You have to at least give it a shot! Besides, you
采买内衣
can also do a lot
2. There are plenty of your run of the mill…
有很多日常……用品。
“run of the mill ”是惯用语，用来表示“一般的”、或者“日常生活的”。
近义用语 My mom is just an ordinary high school teacher.
我妈妈只是个普通的高中老师。
Typhoons are an ordinary occurrence in Taiwan.
台风在台湾是司空见惯的天气现象。
相关用法 run of the mill coffee shop
市面上一般的咖啡馆
run of the mill airplane food
一般的机上餐饮
I don't want to go to any run of the mill sushi
restaurant! I want to go to some place fancy.
我不想去一般的寿司店，我想要到别致一点的餐厅吃饭。
3. be chock full of
数量庞大、众多
4. hit up...
到……去
这也是个惯用语，与“to go to... ”到……去意思相同；但有时也
用以表示请求他人的帮助通常是钱财方面
近义用语 I want to stop by the food court before leaving the mall.
离开购物中心前我想去买点东西吃。
I was hoping to go to some scenic areas.
我想要到一些风景名胜区去。
Let's swing by Judy's house for a bit.
我们到茱蒂的家里去坐一会儿吧。
相关用法 On the way home, we need to hit up a gas station.
在回家的路上我们得去一趟加油站。
Oh no, here comes Frank. He's going to hit me up for cash again.
喔，糟糕，法兰克过来了！他又要向我借钱了！
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