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Mom: Excuse me, how much is the spin age?
Vendor: 3 Yuan per kilogram.
Mom: That’s too expensive. What about the carrots?
Vendor: The same.
Mom: How about 2.5 yuan a kilogram? I come here all the time.
Vendor: Come on. I’m out on a limb here. How much do you want?
Mom: Two kilograms of carrots and one kilogram of spin age.
Vendor: All right, all right. Sold. Goes for 7.5 Yuan.
(Mother gives 10 Yuan to the vendor.)
Vendor: Here is your change.
Mom: Daniel, would you like some beef for supper?
Daniel: Cool! I like beef. And I try to be stronger than Popeye.
Mom: Sure, honey. But you are going to buy it by yourself.
Daniel: Excuse me. How much is the beef?
Vender: Sorry kid, it’s pork. We sold out all the beef.
Daniel: That’s a shame, thanks anyway.
听看学
Top妈妈：请问，菠菜怎么卖?
小贩：每公斤三块钱。
妈妈：太贵了。胡萝卜怎么卖?
小贩：一样的价钱。
妈妈：两块五一斤怎么样啊?我总是来你这里买菜呢。
小贩：别呀!您总不能让我亏本吧。您想买多少呢?
妈妈：两公斤的胡萝卜和一公斤菠菜。
小贩：好吧，卖您了。一共七块五。
(妈妈拿出十元钱给售货员。)
小贩：找您零钱。
妈妈：丹尼尔，你晚饭想吃牛肉吗?
丹尼尔：太好了。我喜欢牛肉。我要变得比大力水手更强壮。
妈妈：当然可以了，孩子。但是你要自己去买牛肉。
丹尼尔：请问，这个牛肉怎么卖?
小贩：小朋友，这是猪肉。牛肉已经全部卖完了。
丹尼尔：太可惜了，但还是谢谢您。
经典背诵 Recitation
Vendor: Hi, I am a vendor. Welcome to the Food Market. Many people come to my stand for the food. I always give them my best price. All the vegetables are twenty percent off after 5:00 p.m. Although the job keeps me busy all the time, I find it quite fun.
生词小结
expensive adj. 贵的
percent n. 百分之……
be twenty percent of 打八折
be next to nothing 极便宜，几乎免费
kilogram n. 千克，公斤
limb n. 树枝，肢
beef n. 牛肉
pork n. 猪肉
sell out 卖完
shame n. 遗憾的事
注释
any way 不管怎样
Come on. 这是比较随意的口头禅，就像在说：来吧，让我们做什么事情，或者不做什么之类，也可以表达“加油”的意思。
I’m out on a limb here. 这句话多用来形容自己已经到了无可退让的地步。
Here is your change. 找您零钱。
That’s a shame. 这是美式英语中表达遗憾的一种说法。在英式英语中，一般用It’s a pity.
单词扩展 Vocabulary Builder
表示蔬果和肉类的单词
基础词汇
meat 肉
beef 牛肉
fish 鱼
tomato 西红柿
potato 土豆
onion 洋葱
apple 苹果
pear 梨
orange 橘子
banana 香蕉
提高词汇
mutton 羊肉
pork 猪肉
chicken 鸡肉
sausage 香肠
cucumber 黄瓜
leek 韭葱
watermelon 西瓜
mushroom 蘑菇
peach 桃子
家庭总动员 Do it together
两人一组，一方随机大声读出上面词汇的英文和中文，另一方将该词汇填入下面的句子，大声朗读并表演出来。
How much is the ( )?
[例] 家长读beef 牛肉
孩子读 How much is the beef?
