听故事学英语系列40（读故事学英语-）

The shopping mall

购物中心

There are many different stores in the shopping mall.

购物中心里有许多不同的商店。

There are ladies’ wear stores.

有女装店。

They sell dresses, blouses, and many kinds of clothes for women.

他们为女性出售连衣裙、衬衫和各种服装。

In the men’s wear stores there are suits, ties, shirts and slacks.

男装店有西装、领带、衬衫和休闲裤。

There are also clothing stores that appeal just to teenagers.

还有一些只吸引青少年的服装店。

Some clothing stores only sell children’s clothes.

一些服装店只出售儿童服装。

There is even a store that just sells bathing suits and cover-ups for the beach or pool.

甚至有一家商店专门出售沙滩或游泳池用的泳衣和遮盖物。

There are lingerie stores that sell ladies’ underwear and nightwear.

有卖女士内衣和睡衣的内衣店。

There are hardware stores that sell tools.

有卖工具的五金店。

There are shoe stores.

有鞋店。

You buy shoes and boots in a shoe store.

你在鞋店买鞋子和靴子。

There are bookstores.

有书店。

You can buy a book on almost any topic at the bookstore.

你几乎可以在书店买到任何主题的书。

There are stores that sell compact discs.

有些商店出售光盘。

Those stores also have tapes and videos.

这些商店也有磁带和视频。

There are sports stores that sell special shoes and clothes for sports.

有一些体育商店出售特殊的运动鞋和运动服装。

They also sell sports equipment, and t-shirts and hats with the logo of your favorite teams.

他们还出售运动器材，印有你最喜欢的团队标志的t恤衫和帽子。

There are gift stores that sell all kinds of things that someone might want for their house.

有一些礼品店出售各种各样的东西，有人可能想要把它们买回家。

There are kitchen stores where you can buy utensils and pots and pans.

有厨房用品店，你可以在那里买到餐具和锅碗瓢盆。

Those kinds of stores also sell aprons and napkins, and anything you might need for your kitchen.

这类商店还出售围裙和餐巾，以及你厨房可能需要的任何东西。

There is a movie theatre at the mall.

商场内设有电影院。

There is a jewellery store that has a lot of gold and silver jewellery.

有一家珠宝店，里面有很多金银珠宝。

There is a hairdresser in the mall.

商场里有一家理发店。

Sometimes, I go in there to get my hair cut.

有时，我会去那里理发。

There are fast food places in the mall.

商场里有快餐店。

You can get a quick lunch like a hamburger or some french fries.

你可以吃一顿快餐，比如汉堡包或炸薯条。

There are also fancier restaurants in the mall.

商场里也有更高档的餐厅。

You can sit down for a nice meal.

你可以坐下来好好吃一顿。

There is a furniture store in the mall.

商场里有一家家具店。

You could buy a new sofa or bed at the furniture store.

你可以在家具店买一张新沙发或床。

There are bulk food stores.

有散装食品商店。

At a bulk food store, all the foods are in bins.

在一家散装食品店，所有的食品都放在箱子里。

You take as much as you want and pay for it at the counter.

你想拿多少就拿多少，然后在柜台付款。

There is even a telephone store and an electronics store at the mall.

商场内甚至还有电话商店和电子产品商店。

My brother’s favorite store is the toy store.

我哥哥最喜欢的商店是玩具店。

He could spend hours in there.

他可以在那里呆上几个小时。

There are also department stores at the mall.

商场里也有百货公司。

Department stores sell all kinds of things.

百货公司出售各种各样的东西。

They sell perfume, clothes, shoes, kitchen utensils, or just about anything you might need.

他们出售香水、衣服、鞋子、厨房用具，或者你可能需要的任何东西。

You can get almost anything you want at the shopping mall.

在购物中心你几乎可以买到你想要的任何东西。

单词或词组解析：

1. dress [dres] n.（1）连衣裙（可数名词），例：a long white dress白色的长连衣裙 （2）衣服（不可数名词），例：to wear casual / formal dress穿便衣/正装

2. blouse [blaʊs] n.（女士）短上衣，衬衫

3. suit [suːt] n.（1）西服；西装；套装 例：He was wearing a grey business suit. 他穿着一套灰色西装。（2）（从事特定活动时穿的）成套服装 例：a diving suit 潜水服 （3）（扑克牌中）所有同花色的牌 例：The suits are called hearts, clubs, diamonds and spades. 扑克牌的四种花色分别叫红桃、梅花、方块和黑桃。

4. slack [slæk] n. 宽松裤

5. lingerie [ˌlɑːndʒəˈreɪ] n.女内衣

6. utensil [juːˈtensl] n.（家庭）用具，器皿；家什

7. fancy [ˈfænsi] adj. 高档的

8. bin [bɪn] n.（有盖）大容器；箱；柜

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