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Part 1 Vocabulary

shopping/购物(gòu wù)

in/在……里(zài……lǐ )

store/商店(shāng diàn)

please/请(qǐng)

ask:问(wèn):here it means “let me ask you…”.

need/需要(xū yào)

what/什么(shén me)

want/想(xiǎng)

buy/买(mǎi)

件(jiàn):a measure word used before clothing items as well as others.

how about?:怎么样?(zěn me yàng)

not/no/不(bù)

wrong/错(cuò)

不错(bù cuò):here it means “not bad”, sometimes it means “right”.

computer/电脑(diàn nǎo)

台:measure word,usually used before machines


Part 2 Text

在一个商店里购物

A:您好,请问需要什么?

B:我想买件衬衣。

A:这件怎么样?

B:不错

 


Part 3 Language Point

1.在…里/里面(preposition,in,inside,at)

在一个商店里购物(shopping in a store,but we say “in a store+shopping.”)

sentence structure:在+Object+里/里面+(do something)

eg:在家里(at home)

在公司里 (in the company)

 

2. 什么(what?):

请问需要什么?=请问您需要什么?(what do you need?)

sentence structure:Subject+Verb+什么?

eg:这是什么?(=what’s this? , but we say “this is what?” )

你在做什么?(=what are you doing?, but we say “you are doing what?”)

 

3. 怎么样?(how about?)

这件怎么样?(how about this one?)

sentence structure:  …+怎么样?

eg:这台电脑怎么样?(How about this computer?, but we say ” this computer +how about?”)