找英文教科書

S= Student C= Clerk

S: Excuse me, I’m looking for your English textbooks.

學生：對不起，我正在找你們賣的英文教科書。

C: They’re right over there, next to the dictionaries.

店員：它們就在那邊，字典的旁邊。

S: Do you have any textbooks to help improve students’ reading skills?

學生：你們有任何可以幫助增強學生閱讀技巧的教科書嗎?

C: Let’ s see. These books here focus on grammar, and those are mainly for conversation practice... Here we are. This book has short passages for students to read and answer questions about.

店員：我看看。這邊的書針對語法，而那邊的書主要用來練習會話……找到了。這本書有短篇文章供學生閱讀并回答有關問題。

S: Great. That’ s just the sort of thing I’m looking for. Thanks.

學生：太棒了。那正是我要找的那種。謝謝。

單詞學習筆記

1.Excuse me, (but) S + V 對不起，……

Excuse me, could you help me with this?

(對不起，你可以幫我做這件事情嗎?)

2.look for... 尋找……

He’s looking for a new apartment.

(他正在找一間新公寓。)

3.textbook n.教科書

4.next to... 在……的隔壁

Bob lives next to the post office.

(鮑伯住在郵局的隔壁。)

5.help (to) V 幫忙/助……

A lot of people helped finish the project.

(有許多人幫忙完成該項目。)

6.improve vt. 改善，增強，使進步

He needs to improve his English before he can study abroad.

(他到國外念書之前必須先加強英文。)

7.Let’s see 我看看。

A: Do you have a package for John Smith?

(甲：你們有給約翰·史密斯的包裹嗎?)

B: Let’s see. Yes, here it is.

(乙：我看看。有的，就在這兒。)

8.focus on... 集中(注意力)于……

That teacher focuses on conversation skills rather than reading and writing.

(那個老師把重點集中在會話技巧，而非在讀寫方面。)

9.grammar n.語法

10. sort n.種類

a sort of… 一種……

= a kind of...

This animal looks like a snake but actually it’s a sort of lizard.

(這種動物看起來像條蛇，但事實上它是一種蜥蜴。)