时间:2018-12-29 作者:英语课 分类:创新国际英语教程 学生用书 2


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[00:00.00]6 Shopping

[00:06.19]2 While you read

[00:11.05]I'm a car-boot sale addict 1 and proud of it!

[00:16.40]Let's face it.it's not much fun shopping in most shops anymore.is it?

[00:24.14]The thing is,cities all over the world are starting to look more and more similar.

[00:31.19]In almost every one,you find branches of the same global 2 chains of shops and fast food restaurants-

[00:39.97]Gap,Niketown,Benetton.McDonald's,the Body Shop and Starbucks.

[00:48.80]As the chains corner the market,lots of little shops go out of business,

[00:55.93]and with evey one that goes bankrupt 3,

[01:00.66]the world becomes a little bit duller and more predictable,

[01:06.22]Chains will never surprise you in any way.

[01:11.08]You know exactly what you'll get before you even walk through their doors.

[01:17.92]It's getting harder and harder to find unusual,

[01:23.57]interesting,or even just different things out there...

[01:29.94]and that's really why I'm a car-boot sale addict.

[01:36.10]Every weekend,in fields,car parks and school yards all over Britain,

[01:43.97]thousands of people unload 4 the contents of their car boots onto little tables

[01:51.23]and sell off all the old junk 5 they've been meaning to get rid of for ages.

[01:57.50]The prices are usually made up on the spot,

[02:02.46]and haggling 6 over them is part of the fun.

[02:07.01]If you get there early enough,you can pick up some amazing bargains -old records.

[02:15.76]out of print books,vintage clothes.incredibly cheap antiques 7.

[02:23.80]On top of all that,there's lots of other strange bits and pieces to make you think:

[02:31.46]old photograph albums,collections of old love letters,second-hand glass eyes.

[02:40.24]You can find anything and everything at these places.

[02:45.59]So next time you get fed up with being ripped 8 off by a big chain

[02:52.36]which thinks three pounds is a fair price for a cup of coffee,

[02:58.23]say goodbye to big business and hello to the world of car boot sales!



v.使沉溺;使上瘾;n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人
  • He became gambling addict,and lost all his possessions.他习染上了赌博,最终输掉了全部家产。
  • He assisted a drug addict to escape from drug but failed firstly.一开始他帮助一个吸毒者戒毒但失败了。
adj.全球的;球形的;世界的
  • A global environmental meeting is going to be held here.一个全球环境会议将在这里举行。
  • The report takes a global view of the company's problems.这份报告对公司的问题作了综合性的论述。
n.破产者;adj.破产的;vt.使...破产
  • That factory has gone bankrupt.那家工厂倒了。
  • The enemy's scheme went bankrupt.敌人的计谋破产了。
vt.卸下,卸货,摆脱...之负担,(大量)倾销;vi.卸下货物,摆脱负担,退出(弹药,胶片等)
  • They want to unload the stocks on the market.他们想把股票在市场上抛售掉。
  • She began to unload her troubles on her mother.她开始把她的烦恼告诉母亲。
n.废弃的旧物;破烂物
  • I bought this old table in a junk shop.我在旧货店里买了这张旧桌子。
  • They cleared out the junk room to make a tiny beds.他们将废品间清理用作小卧室。
v.讨价还价( haggle的现在分词 )
  • I left him in the market haggling over the price of a shirt. 我扔下他自己在市场上就一件衬衫讨价还价。
  • Some were haggling loudly with traders as they hawked their wares. 有些人正在大声同兜售货物的商贩讲价钱。 来自辞典例句
n.古玩,古董,古物( antique的名词复数 )
  • The room was furnished with antiques. 房间里摆放了古董。
  • a priceless collection of antiques 价值连城的古文物收藏
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