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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：(你要买)一个微波炉?
雪莉：是的，那款真的是物美价廉。
本杰明：亲爱的，我们已经有两个了，实在没有地方放第三个了!
雪莉：但是这款真的很棒。
本杰明：亲爱的，要不我们买点别的，只是别买微波炉了，好吗?
雪莉：好吧，要不我们买个MD播放机让阿美用来学英语。
本杰明：(买这个比买微波炉)好多了。
雪莉：请问你们有MD播放机吗?
售货员：是的，有很多款式。这里有样品。这款怎么样?
雪莉：它有什么特点?
销售员：它有能持续20小时的锂电池。用MP3模式，可以下载9个小时的音乐或英语听力材料，现在特别流行于学生的英语学习。
雪莉：还有其他的(优点)吗?
销售员：你可以现在就操作一些，然后你就知道它的性能有多好了!
雪莉：哦，《我心永恒》，我喜欢这首歌。
本杰明：我想，现在没有什么能阻止她买这个了。
售货员：想想你买它所得到的好处吧!
经典背诵 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.
生词小结
penny n. 便士
player n. 唱机
sample n. 样品
feature n. 特色
lithium battery 锂电池
download vt. 下载
advantage n. 优点
注释
1. It’s really two-pence colored.
pence 是penny 的复数形式，color 的意思是染色，文中的意思为，它真的是物美价廉。
2. My heart will go on：经典电影“Titanic”(《泰坦尼克号》)的主题曲，中文名字是《我心永恒》。
单词扩展 Vocabulary Builder
电器的词汇
基础词汇
radio 收音机
television 电视机
bulb 电灯泡
refrigerator 电冰箱
flashlight 手电筒
computer 电脑
microphone 麦克风
air conditioning 空调
提高词汇
electric fan 电风扇
electric vacuum cleaner 电吸尘器
electric iron 电熨斗
electric shaver 电动剃须刀
dictating machine 录音机
electric calculator 电子计算机
electric cooker 电炉
electric heater 电暖气
Do it together 家庭总动员
两人一组，一方随机大声读出上面词汇的英文和中文，另一方用该词汇填入下面的句子，大声朗读并表演出来，并用中文给出一个理由。
Do you have any ( )?
[例] 家长读radio 收音机
孩子读Do you have any radios? 我想买一个。
