ESL Podcast 168 - The Home Improvement Store
时间：2019-01-28 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
When you own a house, there is always something that needs work. I have been putting off repainting the garage and I decided 1 that I would do it this weekend.
I went to the home improvement store early in the morning to get the supplies I’d need. I walked into the huge store and began looking for the paint department . I walked through the garden center and the lumber 2 department but couldn’t find the paint supplies. I tried to find a store employee to ask about it, but there was no one in sight. I walked down the plumbing 3 aisles 4 and finally found the paint department.
I looked at the paint swatches and found the color I wanted. I took a number to have my paint mixed. When my number was called, I gave the employee the swatch of the color I wanted and he told me he would call me again when it was ready. In the meantime , I got some brushes and rags. After about 20 minutes, the employee called my number and I picked up my paint. I took the paint and the other supplies and got into a checkout 5 line.
After all of that, I was exhausted 6 . And I hadn’t even started painting yet! Maybe I’ll do that next weekend.
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- The truck was sent to carry lumber.卡车被派出去运木材。
- They slapped together a cabin out of old lumber.他们利用旧木料草草地盖起了一间小屋。
- She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche. 她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。
- They're going to have to put in new plumbing. 他们将需要安装新的水管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Aisles were added to the original Saxon building in the Norman period. 在诺曼时期，原来的萨克森风格的建筑物都增添了走廊。
- They walked about the Abbey aisles, and presently sat down. 他们走到大教堂的走廊附近，并且很快就坐了下来。
- Could you pay at the checkout.你能在结帐处付款吗。
- A man was wheeling his shopping trolley to the checkout.一个男人正推着购物车向付款台走去。