106-教师讲义-shoppingintheStates

ShoppingintheStatesIloveshopping,evenifitisjustwindow-shopping.(橱窗购物，只看不买)ShoppingintheStatesisalwaysapleasantexperience.Therearedifferenttypesofshopscateringtoyourparticularneeds.Tobuygroceries（食品杂货）,youcangototheconveniencestore,thesupermarketorthemassmerchandiser（商人）(suchasWal-Mart).Tobuysomeclothesandbig-ticketitems,youcangotothemall（购物商场）orfactoryoutlet（批发商店）s.Igototwoplacesmostoften,thesupermarketandthemall.Inalmosteverycityorlargetown,youcanfindseveralbigchainsupermarkets,eachwithagoodnumberofcheckouts（结账台）.【Theyareone-stopshops(一站式商店)sinceyoucanbuyalmosteverythingthere:food,clothes,andmedicine---younameit.】【Installedwithautomaticcheckoutlanes付款通道,someofthesesupermarketshavebroughtrealconveniencetothecustomers.】Mostpackagedgoodshavebarcodes（条形码）andyoujustscan（扫描）themonthescanningmachinewhenyoucheckout.Someitems,suchasvegetablesandfruits,donothavebarcodesonthem.【Youneedtoinput（输入）theirlabelnumbers商标代码,whichcanbefoundonthelistgluedtothescanningmachine.】Theseautomaticcheckoutlaneshelpthestoresreducetheirlabourcostandincreasetheirefficiency.Iwasreallythrilled（兴奋，激动）thefirsttimeIusedtheautomaticcheckoutlane.Shoppinginthesupermarketgavemeothersurprisesaswell.Once,Ipickeduptwobagsofsaladatasupermarket.WhenIscannedthem,thescreenshowedadifferentpricefromwhatwasadvertised.Outofcuriosity,Iwenttothecustomerservicecounterandaskedwhy.Theladywhohelpedmewenttotheshelftodouble-checktheprice.Whenshecameback,sheapologizedtome,sayingthatthesupermarkethadnotscannedthepriceproperly.【Accordingtotheirpolicy,ifthecustomerdiscoveredascanningproblem,hewouldgettheproductforfreeasarewardforhimorapenalty（罚款，处罚）forthesupermarket.】WhenIleftwiththetwobagsoffreesalad,Icouldn’thelpmarvelingatthehonestyoftheclerk.AshoppingmallintheStatesiscomposedofmanyindividualspecialty（专业，专长，特产，招牌菜）shopsandnationwidechainstores.【Whatimpressesmemostwhenshoppingatthemallisitsreturnpolicy.】【Nomatterwhatyoubuy,shoes,pants（裤子）orbig-ticketitemssuchasaTVorawashingmachine,ifyoufindsomeproblemswiththemorsimplydonotlikethemanylonger,youcanreturnthemwithin30days.】Youwon’tbechallenged（质疑）atthecustomerservicecounteraslongasyouhaveyourreceipt（收据）.【Ofcoursetherearesomepeoplewhomighttakeadvantageofthisreturnpolicy,especiallywhentheyneedsomethingformomentaryuse.That’swhyyoucanalwaysfindalonglineofpeoplewaitingtoreturntheirgoodsrightafterChristmas.】TheChinesesayingthat“ThecustomerisGod!”ringstruetomewhenIshopintheStates.HereIfeelthatthecustomerisreallytakengoodcareof.1,请找出材料中的重点词组与短语，并标注中文意思2,请把【】中的语句翻译成汉语3,请把下列汉语翻译成英语4,解读材料