VOA标准英语2012--Olympic Fans Go Shopping
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Olympic Fans Go Shopping
People have been flooding into the department store John Lewis, which is right by the Olympic Park, to buy their official games merchandise.
Inside, Olympic imagery is splattered across just about every product you can imagine.
It's proven popular with the crowds, says the store's managing director, Noel Saunders. "We had been warned to expect maybe Christmas-equivalent volumes but it's been better than Christmas. Every single day we've traded tens-of-thousands of people, that's not per week, that's every single day we have traded," he said.
With its one beady eye, the Olympic mascot 1 Wenlock has been turned into a furry 2 stuffed animal. That has been a popular sell. But cuddly 3 toys are just the start.
Visitors to the Games can buy an Olympic-edition of the popular board game Monopoly, a key ring decorated with the Olympic mascots 4, mugs, aprons 5, paper weights or, for around $150, special Olympic tennis shoes made by Adidas.
Saunders says there is quite a range of products. "It's sublime 6 and ridiculous really. Sublime to mean the gold coins for almost ￡3-thousand ($5-thousand). The ridiculous, but cute and wonderful, is the humble 7 duck. A little plastic duck bearing the emblem 8 or the flag or the badge of a particular country. They have been the single best selling items this Games," he said.
Amid the rushing crowds at the Olympic Park, a few shoppers showed VOA their goods.
"Okay let me see what I got here. Ok, a passport holder 9. That's cool, it says London 2012, so that's cool... I guess," said one woman.
With tickets selling well for the upcoming Paralympics, John Lewis is expecting many more visitors in the weeks to come.
- The football team's mascot is a goat.足球队的吉祥物是山羊。
- We had a panda as our mascot.我们把熊猫作为吉详物。
- This furry material will make a warm coat for the winter.这件毛皮料在冬天会是一件保暖的大衣。
- Mugsy is a big furry brown dog,who wiggles when she is happy.马格斯是一只棕色大长毛狗，当她高兴得时候她会摇尾巴。
- The beautiful crib from Mom and Dad is so cuddly.爸爸妈妈送的漂亮婴儿床真舒服。
- You can't call a hedgehog cuddly.你不能说刺猬逗人喜爱。
- One of the mascots was the platypus. 吉祥物一是鸭嘴兽。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Information on all things Olympic, including logos, mascots, venues,and bid candidates. 所有事情奥林匹克，包括的标识语，吉祥物，地点，和出价候选人的信息。 来自互联网
- Many people like to wear aprons while they are cooking. 许多人做饭时喜欢系一条围裙。
- The chambermaid in our corridor wears blue checked gingham aprons. 给我们扫走廊的清洁女工围蓝格围裙。
- We should take some time to enjoy the sublime beauty of nature.我们应该花些时间去欣赏大自然的壮丽景象。
- Olympic games play as an important arena to exhibit the sublime idea.奥运会，就是展示此崇高理念的重要舞台。
- In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。
- Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。
- Her shirt has the company emblem on it.她的衬衫印有公司的标记。
- The eagle was an emblem of strength and courage.鹰是力量和勇气的象征。