《新概念英语》（美音）I-075

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: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！