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名人教你讲英文:买一送一

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名人教英文:买一送一

Bogof - Buy one get one free
买一送一

Immie: Did you get everything I wanted in the supermarket?
英米﹕我要的东西,你上超级市场都买了吗?

Drew: Sure, look. I'll empty the bag.
德鲁﹕当然都买了,你看。待我把袋里的东西都拿出来。

Immie: Well, OK. You did. Wait a minute. What's that in the bottom of the bag?
英米﹕嗯,不错,你都买了。等一下,购物袋最下面的是什么?

Drew: Wasabi peas.
德鲁﹕芥末豆。

Immie: Two big bags of wasabi peas. That wasn't on my list.
英米﹕两大袋芥末豆。那不在我开列的购物单上。

Drew: I know, but they're my favourite and they had a bogof.
德鲁﹕是啊,但我爱吃,而且是bogof。

Immie: A what?
英米﹕是什么?

Drew: Bogof, buy on e get one free. I couldn't resist it.
德鲁﹕Bogof,即买一送一。我忍不住。

Immie: You just can't be trusted to stick to the shopping list.
英米﹕你就是不能严格依照购物单买东西。

德鲁买了一大袋东西回家,说I'll empty the bag,这个bag,当然是指carrier bag或shopping bag,即公司给顾客盛所购物品的手提纸袋或塑料袋。Carrier bag是英式说法。
英米问德鲁﹕What's that in the bottom of the bag? 句中的in the bottom改为at the bottom也可以。但in有强调袋子「里头」的含义,at则没有;on the bottom则是强调「在底部上面」。请比较以下两句﹕(1) At/In the bottom of the suitcase were a few books(手提箱最下面有几本书)。(2) The boat was lying on/at the bottom of the sea(那艘船躺在海床上)。

德鲁解释买芥末豆的原因﹕They're my favourite and they had a bogof。Bogof由buy one get one free五字的第一个字母合成,是个acronym或「头字母词」。留意头字母词和abbreviation或「缩写」不同。头字母词读时,不把每个字母分开来念,而是分音节发音,例如NA-TO(North Atlantic Treaty Organisation,北大西洋公约组织)、ra-dar(radio detection and ranging,雷达)等;缩写读时,则是每个字母分开来念,例如Y-M-C-A(Young Men's Christian Association 基督教青年会)、B-B-C(British Broadcasting Corporation 英国广播公司)等。本来须冠以the的机构名称,改用缩写,仍须冠以the;改用头字母词,则不用the,例如﹕(1) He said the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation/He said NATO should be dissolved(他说北约应该解散)。(2) Do you know who is in control of the Young Men's Christian Association/the YMCA?(你知道基督教青年团是谁掌管的吗?)



 


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