英美都是发达国家,国内有许多大型图书馆和商店。在图书馆,你可以通过问讯台或电脑查找书籍。在图书馆内阅览要求保持安静、爱护图书,并禁止吸烟或吃东西。商店中除了有规模大,装饰豪华的连锁店(Chain shops)和一些集团公司外,还有一些超级市场以及规模适中的杂货店和小型的夫妻店等。在英美国家,人们每周工作5天,商店则营业6天或5天半, 除唐人街(China Town)的商店外,星期日都休假。人们把周末当成购物日,开车上街购足一周所需的日用品和食品。
图书馆和商店服务员日常用语:
1.Can I help you?
2.What can I do for you?
3.Is there anything that I can do for you?
图书馆顾客用语:
1.What are the opening and closing hours of the library?
2.Does the library open on weekends?
3.How long can I keep it?
4.I want to keep it for another two weeks.
5.I'd like to renew the book for another week.
商店顾客用语:
1.I want/I'd like…
2.How much is it?/What's the price of…?
3.That's too expensive/too much,I'm afraid.
4.What colour/size/kind do you want?
5.Show me some others.