Shopping for Clothes
Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in __1__. He knows what he wants, and his __2__ is to find it and buy it. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyones __3__.
For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants. In that __4__ the salesman tries to sell the customer something else - he offers the nearest to the article required. Good salesman brings out such a substitute with __5__: I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size. It __6__ to be the colour you mentioned. Few men have __7__ with this treatment, and the usual response is: This is the right colour and may be the right size, but I should be __8__ my time and yours by trying it on.
For a woman, buying clothes is always done in the __9__ way. Her shopping is not often __10__ on need. She has never fully decided what she wants, and she is only having a look round. She is always open to persuasion, willing to try __11__ any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that __12__ thinks suits her. Most women have an excellent sense of value and are always on the look-out for the unexpected __13__. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman nay easily spend an hour going from one rail to another __14__ selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a tiresome process, but apparently a __15__one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.
EXERCISE:
1. A) detail B) advance C) hurry D) full
2. A) objective B) need C) dream D) reason
3. A) sadness B) amusement C) surprise D) satisfaction
4. A) time B) event C) case D) situation
5. A) care B) skill C) attention D) interest
6. A) happens B) is C) changes D) comes
7. A) experience B) is C) interest D) patience
8. A) losing B) wasting C) spending D) giving
9. A) same B) similar C) opposite D) clever
10. A) relied B) done C) related D) based
11. A) on B) with C) by D) people
12. A) nobody B) someone C) surprise D) everyone
13. A) deal B) bargain C) surprise D) people
14. A) before B) after C) as D) by
15. A) exhausting B) boring C) enjoyable D) graceful
Key: BADCBADBCDADBAC
Fan the flames 煽风点火
语法:动词和介词的惯用搭配
语法:引语动词
语法:从句和代词的运用
日常英语:感叹用语
日常英语:发表观点用语
语法:情态动词的过去式
语法:可分割和不可分割的短语动词
A nest egg 储备金
Take the field 运动员登场,上场
日常英语:表示庆贺或惋惜
日常英语:办公用语
语法:不同的提问组合
Pay through the nose for something 出高价,花大价钱
日常英语:常用职场表达
To be firing on all cylinders 状态绝佳
语法:英语中的叙事时态
To hit it off (with someone) 一见如故
To get your wires crossed 产生误解、误会
日常英语:社交媒体用语
To harp on about something 喋喋不休
To wind someone up 捉弄、惹恼某人
日常英语:找工作
Turn a blind eye 视而不见
To fall for someone 迷恋一个人
Burn a hole in your pocket 一有钱就想花
日常英语:商店购物用语
语法:常见名词与介词的固定搭配
To blow a fuse 勃然大怒
日常生活:找房和租房时的常用英语
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