Lesson 39
Uncomfortable shoes
不舒适的鞋子
Listen to the tape then answer this question. What's wrong with the fashionable shoes?
听录音，然后回答问题。这些时髦的鞋有什么毛病？
LADY: Do you have any shoes like these?
SHOP ASSISTANT: What size?
Lady:size five.
Shop:what colour?
LADY: Black.
SHOP ASSISTANT: I'm sorry. We don't have any.
LADY: But my sister bought this pair last month.
SHOP ASSISTANT: Did she buy them here?
LADY: No, she bought them in the U.S.
SHOP ASSISTANT: We had some shoes like those a month ago, but we don't have any now.
LADY: Can you get a pair for me, please?
SHOP ASSISTANT: I'm afraid that I can't. They were in fashion last year and the year before last. But they're not in fashion this year.
SHOP ASSISTANT: These shoes are in fashion now.
LADY: They look very uncomfortable.
SHOP ASSISTANT: They are very uncomfortable. But women always wear uncomfortable shoes!
New Word and expressions 生词和短语
ago
adv. 以前
buy(bough)
v. 买
pair
n. 双，对
fashion
n. （服装的）流行式样
uncomfortable
adj. 不舒服的
wear
v. 穿着
参考译文
女 士：像这样的鞋子你们有吗？
售货员：什么尺码的？
女 士：5号的。
售货员：什么颜色？
女 士：黑的
售货员：对不起，我们没有。
女 士：但是，我姐姐上个月买到了这样的
一双。
售货员：她是在这儿买的吗？
女 士：不。她是在美国买的。
售货员：一个月前我们有这要的鞋。
但是现在没有了。
女 士：您能为我找一双吗？
售货员：恐怕不行。这鞋在去年和前年时兴，
而今年已不流行了。
售货员：现在流行的是这种鞋子。
女 士：这种鞋子看上去很不舒适。
售货员：的确很不舒适。可是女人们总是
穿不舒适的鞋子！