新概念英语第一册 Lesson 75:Uncomfortable shoes

Lesson 75: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: 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！