名人教你讲英文:买一送一
名人教英文:买一送一
Bogof - Buy one get one free
买一送一
Immie: Did you get everything I wanted in the supermarket?
英米:我要的东西,你上超级市场都买了吗?
Drew: Sure, look. I'll empty the bag.
德鲁:当然都买了,你看。待我把袋里的东西都拿出来。
Immie: Well, OK. You did. Wait a minute. What's that in the bottom of the bag?
英米:嗯,不错,你都买了。等一下,购物袋最下面的是什么?
Drew: Wasabi peas.
德鲁:芥末豆。
Immie: Two big bags of wasabi peas. That wasn't on my list.
英米:两大袋芥末豆。那不在我开列的购物单上。
Drew: I know, but they're my favourite and they had a bogof.
德鲁:是啊,但我爱吃,而且是bogof。
Immie: A what?
英米:是什么?
Drew: Bogof, buy on e get one free. I couldn't resist it.
德鲁:Bogof,即买一送一。我忍不住。
Immie: You just can't be trusted to stick to the shopping list.
英米:你就是不能严格依照购物单买东西。
德鲁买了一大袋东西回家,说I'll empty the bag,这个bag,当然是指carrier bag或shopping bag,即公司给顾客盛所购物品的手提纸袋或塑料袋。Carrier bag是英式说法。
英米问德鲁:What's that in the bottom of the bag? 句中的in the bottom改为at the bottom也可以。但in有强调袋子“里头”的含义,at则没有;on the bottom则是强调“在底部上面”。请比较以下两句:(1) At/In the bottom of the suitcase were a few books(手提箱最下面有几本书)。(2) The boat was lying on/at the bottom of the sea(那艘船躺在海床上)。
德鲁解释买芥末豆的原因:They're my favourite and they had a bogof。Bogof由buy one get one free五字的第一个字母合成,是个acronym或“头字母词”。留意头字母词和abbreviation或“缩写”不同。头字母词读时,不把每个字母分开来念,而是分音节发音,例如NA-TO(North Atlantic Treaty Organisation,北大西洋公约组织)、ra-dar(radio detection and ranging,雷达)等;缩写读时,则是每个字母分开来念,例如Y-M-C-A(Young Men's Christian Association 基督教青年会)、B-B-C(British Broadcasting Corporation 英国广播公司)等。本来须冠以the的机构名称,改用缩写,仍须冠以the;改用头字母词,则不用the,例如:(1) He said the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation/He said NATO should be dissolved(他说北约应该解散)。(2) Do you know who is in control of the Young Men's Christian Association/the YMCA?(你知道基督教青年团是谁掌管的吗?)
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