节目资讯
刊物:大家说英语
日期:2014-01-09
难易度:Medium
关键字:clerk, exchange, nice-looking, fashionable, amount, cash register
This is a great day here at LTE TV.
Thank you for joining us for today's English lesson.
My name is Nathan.
I'm one of your teachers here.
Now today's topic is still AROUND TOWN.
And our lesson is called Mark's Problem.
Mark's Problem.
He has to return something to a store.
How often do you do that, Katie?
Well, I usually don't return things to the store.
When I buy something, I try to make sure that I really like it so that I don't
have to return it.
Hi, everyone, my name is Katie.
And I'm your other teacher here at Let's Talk in English.
We have a great lesson today.
So I hope that you are ready to learn a lot.
Now open your magazine, find your Read It and read it with Katie now.
Mark tells a clerk about the sweater.
He wants to return it, but he may exchange it.
The store has a lot of nice-looking fashionable clothes.
Mark decides he wants store credit.
The clerk takes the sweater and the receipt to the cash register.
He puts the amount of credit on a gift card for Mark.
Well, Mark is still trying to return his sweater.
So he talks to a clerk.
Wait. I don't understand.
What's a clerk?
Oh. Well, I'm sorry, Katie.
A clerk is someone who works at a store.
They can help you when you shop.
OK. So Mark can ask a clerk for help when he's trying to return his sweater.
That's right.
So if you need help at a store, maybe you should find a clerk, too.
I think a clerk can help you find what you need when you're looking for clothes.
And that's a great word to learn today.
But we have other words to learn with our word lady Christina right now.
Hello.
(Chinese).
Let's see... where is a clerk?
Oh, one is coming this way.
Can I help you?
Yes, thank you.
I'd like to return this sweater.
Is there anything wrong with it?
No. I just got two of the same sweater for Christmas.
I understand.
Do you want to exchange it?
I'm not sure.
Why don't you look around?
Take your time.
Thanks, I will.
If you have trouble at a department store, a clerk is the perfect person to help
you.
Yes. That is true.
And we talked yesterday a lot about returning things to a department store.
Right.
And we said that Mark could buy something else or he could get store credit.
Now if you buy something else when you return something, that is called
exchanging the item.
Yes, you pick something new.
You exchange the old thing for a new thing.
Sometimes my family gives me books for my birthday.
If I have already read the book, I can exchange it at the store and get a
different book.
And that's what Mark is doing about his sweater.
There's nothing wrong with the sweater.
But he might exchange it.
Nathan, do you often exchange your gifts?
I would not say that I do it often.
But if I get something that I already have, I would exchange it.
If I don't have it, I would keep it.
The clerk at this department store is very helpful.
Mark doesn't know what he wants to do, so she asks him, "Why don't you look
around?".
And that's a great question to ask.
Why don't you do something?
Why don't you help your mom cook dinner?
Why don't you study instead of watching the TV?
Why don't you go play with your friends?
Why don't you travel to a different country?
See, friends, this is a great sentence for you to know.
But now we have something else we want to talk to you about.
The clerk tells Mark, "Take your time." And that's today's Calendar Phrase.
Take your time.
Take your time.
(Chinese).
Hello. May I help you?
I want to look around the store.
Take your time.
There are so many things to see.
Take your time.
I enjoy looking at things.
Take your time.
And I enjoy buying things.
I know.
So take your time.
Take your time.
Take your time.
(Chinese).
Wow. That's a great phrase.
It's important to take your time when you do work.
Nathan, when is another good time to take your time?
Oh. Well, I think it would be important to take your time when you do your
homework.
That's something that's good to do slowly sometimes.
Now, Katie, do you take your time when you do things?
Yes, I think that I do.
Whenever I work, I don't want to do things quickly, because then I might make a
mistake.
So it's important to take your time when you do your work so that you don't make
mistakes.
And then you only have to do it one time.
Nathan, do you take your time or do you do your jobs fast?
I do take my time.
But sometimes I think I take too much time.
When you make decisions, you don't want to wait too long.
Sometimes it's better to hurry a little bit.
That's true, Nathan.
OK, friends, now Christina wants to teach you about that same phrase we have
been using: Take your time.
(Chinese).
(Music).
Did you see anything you like?
We have a lot of fashionable sweaters.
You do have some nice-looking things.
But I don't see anything I want right now.
That's fine.
I can give you store credit.
Do you have a receipt?
Yes, I have a gift receipt.
Great. Let me take it over to the cash register.
Thanks. How will you give me store credit?
Well, I like shopping for clothes.
When I go shopping, I try to buy fashionable clothes.
Oh, fashionable.
I hear another word in fashionable. Fashion.
Fashionable clothes are clothes that look good or clothes that are very popular
to a lot of people.
That's right.
We often say that clothes are fashionable.
But you can also say that a person is fashionable, too.
Well, that's true.
If a person dresses well in clothes that look nice, you can say he or she is
fashionable.
And department stores often have fashionable clothes.
But fashionable clothes can be expensive.
Mmhm. You can also say that fashionable clothes are nice-looking clothes.
Those were two of our key words for today.
That's right.
Fashionable usually describes clothes.
But we can say that many other things are nice-looking.
Hmm. Other things can be nice-looking.
Well, what other things can be nice-looking, Katie?
Well, that is a great question.
A person can be nice-looking.
Or a car can be nice-looking.
Nathan, what do you think can be nice-looking?
Hmm. Well, a room could be nice-looking.
Or a pretty house is nice-looking, too.
And I think a really healthy animal like a dog or a cat could be nice-looking,
too.
Well, those are some great ideas.
A lot of things can be nice-looking.
So try to find something nice-looking today.
But today, Mark didn't find any nice-looking clothes that he wanted to buy.
Instead, he gets some store credit.
Now, Nathan, have you ever had store credit for a store before?
Yes, but not very often.
I don't go to many stores where I keep store credit.
OK. I think it's really convenient to get store credit.
When you have store credit, you don't have to buy something right away or right
that day.
You can wait until later when you find something that you really like.
Yes. Store credit is really convenient.
Now, I think Christina wants to teach us something else.
(Chinese).
Sometimes when you go to a store, you may not find anything that you want right
then.
And that's why it's a good idea to get store credit at that store.
Right, you don't have to buy anything.
Now I think it's time for a break.
Let's do that right now.
But please come back and join us for the rest of the lesson.
(Music).