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Benjamin: A microwave oven?
Shirley: Yes, it’s really two-pence colored.
Benjamin: Okay, honey, we already have two. There is no more space for a third one!
Shirley: But it’s so elegant.
Benjamin: Honey, maybe something else, just no more microwave oven, okay?
Shirley: All right. Then what about a MD player? For May to learn English with.
Benjamin: Better.
Shirley: Do you have any MD players?
Sales person: Yes, various. Here are the samples. What about this one?
Shirley: What are its features?
Sales person: Well, it has a lithium battery which lasts for 20 hours. With MP3 mode, you can download about 9 hours of music or English audio texts. It’s especially popular with students for their English study!
Shirley: What else?
Sales person: Maybe you should just have it operated then you would know how well it works.
Shirley: Oh,“My heart will go on”, I love the song.
Benjamin: Nothing can stop her from buying it now, I suppose.
Sales person: Just think about the advantage you are going to get.
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本杰明：(你要買)一個微波爐?
雪莉：是的，那款真的是物美價廉。
本杰明：親愛的，我們已經有兩個了，實在沒有地方放第三個了!
雪莉：但是這款真的很棒。
本杰明：親愛的，要不我們買點別的，只是別買微波爐了，好嗎?
雪莉：好吧，要不我們買個MD播放機讓阿美用來學英語。
本杰明：(買這個比買微波爐)好多了。
雪莉：請問你們有MD播放機嗎?
售貨員：是的，有很多款式。這里有樣品。這款怎么樣?
雪莉：它有什么特點?
銷售員：它有能持續20小時的鋰電池。用MP3模式，可以下載9個小時的音樂或英語聽力材料，現在特別流行于學生的英語學習。
雪莉：還有其他的(優點)嗎?
銷售員：你可以現在就操作一些，然后你就知道它的性能有多好了!
雪莉：哦，《我心永恒》，我喜歡這首歌。
本杰明：我想，現在沒有什么能阻止她買這個了。
售貨員：想想你買它所得到的好處吧!
經典背誦 Recitation
Benjamin: Women are shopping animals. At least, my wife really is. She would always say something is two-pence colored. She would just keep on buying stuff without thinking whether we need it or not. Things are gonna to be worse if there were a discount. So I don’t like discount stores very much.
生詞小結
penny n. 便士
player n. 唱機
sample n. 樣品
feature n. 特色
lithium battery 鋰電池
download vt. 下載
advantage n. 優點
注釋
1. It’s really two-pence colored.
pence 是penny 的復數形式，color 的意思是染色，文中的意思為，它真的是物美價廉。
2. My heart will go on：經典電影“Titanic”(《泰坦尼克號》)的主題曲，中文名字是《我心永恒》。
單詞擴展 Vocabulary Builder
電器的詞匯
基礎詞匯
radio 收音機
television 電視機
bulb 電燈泡
refrigerator 電冰箱
flashlight 手電筒
computer 電腦
microphone 麥克風
air conditioning 空調
提高詞匯
electric fan 電風扇
electric vacuum cleaner 電吸塵器
electric iron 電熨斗
electric shaver 電動剃須刀
dictating machine 錄音機
electric calculator 電子計算機
electric cooker 電爐
electric heater 電暖氣
Do it together 家庭總動員
兩人一組，一方隨機大聲讀出上面詞匯的英文和中文，另一方用該詞匯填入下面的句子，大聲朗讀并表演出來，并用中文給出一個理由。
Do you have any ( )?
[例] 家長讀radio 收音機
孩子讀Do you have any radios? 我想買一個。
