新概念第一册：Lesson 75 Uncomfortable shoes

Lesson 75 Uncomfortable shoes
不舒适的鞋子

Listen to the tape then answer this question.
听录音，然后回答问题。

What’s wrong with the fashionable shoes?
这些时髦的鞋有什么毛病？

LADY : Have you any shoes like these?
女 士：像这样的鞋子你们有吗？

SALESMAN: What size?
售货员：什么尺码的？

Lady: Size five.
女 士：5号的。

Salesman: What colour?
售货员：什么颜色？

Lady: Black.
女 士：黑的

Salesman: I’m sorry. We don’t have any.
售货员：对不起，我们没有。

Lady: But my sister bought this pair last month.
女 士：但是，我姐姐上个月买到了这样的一双。

Salesman: Did she buy them here?
售货员：她是在这儿买的吗？

Lady: No, she bought them in the U.S.
女 士：不。她是在美国买的。

Salesman: We had some shoes like those a month ago, but we haven’t any now.
售货员：一个月前我们有这样的鞋。但是现在没有了。

Lady: Can you get a pair for me please?
女 士：您能为我找一双吗？

Salesman: I’m afraid that I can’t. They were in fashion last year and the year before last.But they’re not in fashion this year.
售货员：恐怕不行。这鞋在去年和前年时兴，而今年已不流行了。

Salesman: These shoes are in fashion now.
售货员：现在流行的是这种鞋子。

Lady: They look very uncomfortable.
女 士：这种鞋子看上去很不舒适。

Salesman: They are very uncomfortable. But women always wear uncomfortable shoes!
售货员：的确很不舒适。可是女人们总是穿不舒适的鞋子！

语法

I’m afraid that I can’t.

恐怕不行。

I’m afraid that + 宾语从句

我恐怕…

• I was afraid that nobody would believe me
  我担心没有人会相信我。

• I am very much afraid that she knows it.
  我生怕她知道。

• I’m afraid that i have no time.
  恐怕我没有时间了。

be afraid of doing/sth. 害怕/恐怕/担心某事物

• I’m not afraid of heights.
  我不恐高。

• Don’t be afraid of losing face.
  不要怕丢面子。

• He was afraid of hurting my feelings
  他怕伤了我的心。

be afraid to do sth. 不敢做……事

• To tell you the truth, I was afraid to see him
  坦白说，我害怕见他。
• Don’t be afraid to stand up for yourself.
  要敢于维护自己的权利。
• ‘I’m afraid to ask what it cost.’ — ‘Then don’t ask.’
  “我不敢问这个东西花了多少钱。”——“那就别问了。”

They were in fashion last year and the year before last.

这鞋在去年和前年流行。

the year before last (year)

前年

• The year before last, I became her new neighbor.
  前年，我成了她的新邻居。

• It was the year before last that he went to Tibet.
  他前年去的西藏。

the year after next (year)

后年

• We will move into our new apartment the year after next.
  我们将在后年搬进我们的新公寓
• The Olympic Games will be held in this city the year after next .
  奥运会将于后年在这个城市举行