新概念英语第二册第19课.doc

Lesson 19 Sold out 票已售完 The play may begin at any moment, I said. It may have begun already, Susan answered. I hurried to the ticket office. May I have two tickets please? I asked. Im sorry, weve sold out, the girl said. What a pity! Susan exclaimed. Just then, a man hurried to the ticket office. Can I return these two tickets? he asked. Certainly, the girl said. I went back to the ticket office at once. Could I have those two tickets please? I asked. Certainly, the girl said, but theyre for next Wednesdays performance. Do you still want them? I might as well have them, I said sadly. New words and expressions 生词和短语 hurry v. 匆忙 ticket office 售票处 pity n. 令人遗憾的事exclaim v. 大声说 return v. 退回 sadly adv. 悲哀地，丧气地 参考译文 “剧马上就要开演了，”我说。“也许已经开演了呢，”苏珊回答说。我匆匆赶到售票处，问：“我可以买两张票吗？”“对不起，票已售完。”那位姑娘说。“真可惜！”苏珊大声说。正在这时，一个男子匆匆奔向售票处。“我可以退掉这两张票吗？”他问。“当然可以，”那姑娘说。我马上又回到售票处。“我可以买那两张票吗？”我问。“当然可以，不过这两张票是下星期三的，您是否还要呢？”“我还是买下的好，”我垂头丧气地说。 1. Sold out 票已售完 sell [sel] v., n. v. (sold, sold [s??ld] ) (opposite: buy bought , bought) 1.~sth. (to sb.) (at/for sth.) / ~sb. sth. (at/for sth.) to give sth. to sb. in exchange for money出让；转让： e.g. [vn, vnn] 我把我的汽车转让给了詹姆斯，获得800英镑。 I sold my car to James for 800 pounds. I sold James my car for 800 pounds. [vn] 他们把公司卖掉，赢了利/赔了钱。 They sold the business at a profit/loss (=they gained/lost money when they sold it). [v] 我们开了好价钱，但他们不卖。We offered them a good price but they wouldn’t sell. 2. [vn] to offer sth. for people to buy出售；售卖： e.g. 你这儿卖邮票吗？Do you sell stamps? 出售保险 to sell insurance [in??u?r?ns] 3. to be bought by people in the way or in the numbers mentioned; to be offered at the price mentioned销售得…；卖出…；售价是…： e.g. [vn]这种杂志一周售出30万册。The magazine sells 300,000 copies a week. sell well畅销 sell badly 滞销 这部戏的票卖得很好/不好。The tickets for the play sold well/badly. The new design just didn’t sell (=nobody bought it).新款式无人问津。 sell for +价格 以…价格出售 sell at +价格 以…价格卖出 e.g. 这个花瓶至少要卖5000美元。The vase will sell for 5000 dollars at least. 今年，洋白菜的价格很高。Cabbage is selling at a high