生活话题口语:
41 鞋店;
核心词汇:
clerk 店员; stool 凳子; shoe rack 鞋子展示架; men’s shoe 男鞋; women’s shoe 女鞋;children’s shoe 童鞋; shoehorn 鞋拔; plastic bag 塑料袋; shoe case 鞋盒; shoe polish 鞋油; spacer 鞋垫; shoelace 鞋带; shoe brush 鞋刷; price tag 价格标签; shoe tree 撑鞋器; shoe shine 擦鞋布; shoe dust bag; 鞋子防尘袋; looking glass 全身镜; paper handbag纸袋; consumer 消费者;
补充词汇: shoe store 鞋店; require v 需要; instinct n 本能; estimate v 估计; taste n 品味; size n 尺寸; range n 范围; final adj 最终的; task n 任务; satisfied adj 满足的;
活用短文:
1 Working in a shoe store requires good instincts towards customers. The clerk needs to estimate the customer’s taste and size.
2 The range could be form men’s shoe to children’s shoe, or even if they like shoes with shoelaces or not.
3 The final task is making customers satisfied and seeing that they leave the store with a paper handbag with a pair of shoes in it.
42 马戏团;
核心词汇:
big top 帐篷; flag 旗帜; elephant 大象; clown 小丑; gorilla 猩猩; lion 狮子; lion tamer 驯兽师; trapeze artist 空中飞人; unicycle 独轮车; ring of fire 货权; rolling globe 大球; juggler 杂耍者; fire breather 吹火人; circus 马戏团; tightrope 钢索; plate spinner 转盘子的人; stunt actor 特技演员; sideshow 余兴节目; strongman大力士; magician 魔术师;
补充词汇:
nephew 侄子; after 在。。。之后; practice v 练习; pretend v 假装; ambition 野心; become 成为; younger adj 年轻的; brother n 兄弟; plate n 盘子; while conj … 的时候;
活用短文:
1. My nephew loves the circus. After he came back from the show, he kept trying to practice the unicycle and pretended to be a lion tamer with his dog.
2. His ambition is to become the best trapeze artist in the world.
3. And his younger brother would be a plate spinner for he always plays with his plate while eating.