supermarket

在超市

A：Can anyone tell me where I can buy the ingredients to make Chinese food?
谁能告诉我哪里可以买到做中国菜的原材料？

B：There is a supermarket in Kensington High Street. I’ll come and give you a hand.
肯辛顿高街上有家超市。我可以跟你一起去，帮你忙。

A：That is good of you.
你真是太好了

B：Here, take one of these trolleys. What do you want exactly?
到了，请拿一辆手推车。你到底买些什么？

A：I’m after things to stuff dumplings with, like Chinese cabbage, bean sprouts, that sort of thing. I also need some Soya sauce and vinegar. Oh, and some lychees or honeydew melon to finish with.
我要买些包馄饨的馅料，比如说白菜、豆芽，还要买些酱油和醋。哦，最后还要买些荔枝和蜜瓜。

B：The fruit and vegetables are over there.
水果和蔬菜在那边。

A：Pork. Where’s the meet counter?
猪肉。肉柜台在哪里？

B：Over there.
在那边。

购物

A：Bob, do you want to go grocery shopping with me?
鲍伯，你想和我一起去杂货店买些东西吗？

B：Where are you going—to the corner shop down the road or to the new supermarket downtown?
你是去路那边的街角小店还是去市里的新超市？

A：I thought we could go to the new supermarket to check it out. Maybe they’ll have some of those olives that you like so much.
我想我们还是去那个新的超市看看吧。可能那儿有你非常喜欢的橄榄。

B：Alright. Have you made your shopping list?
好吧。你列购物清单了没有啊？

A：No, I thought we’d just have a look.
没有，我想我们只是看一看。

B：You know what they say. You should never go grocery shopping when you are hungry.
你知道大家怎么说的：当你饿的时候，绝不要去买东西。

A：Why not?
为什么不呢？

B：Because you’ll end up buying a lot more food than you normally would. Maybe we should at least give ourselves a budget to work with.
因为你通常会买比原本打算要买的多很多。或许我们至少应该定一个预算。

A：Fine. We won’t spend any more than $50.
好，我们不要超过50 美元。

B：Ok. Let’s go!
好，走吧。