初中经典英文小故事及翻译:Shopping for Bargains
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Shopping for Bargains
(买便宜货)
Jim went to the thrift shop.
吉姆去了旧货店
He wasn’t looking for anything in particular.
他并不是在找什么很特别的东西
He liked to go there just to browse.
他喜欢去那里只是为了浏览
A big sign on the front door said OPEN.
前门挂着一个“营业中”的牌子
The shop was closed on Sunday and Monday.
这家店在周日和周一并不营业
The rest of the week, it opened at 10 a.m. and closed at 2 p.m.
在一周的其他日子里，早上10点开门营业，下午2点结束营业
Two women worked inside.
两位女士在里面工作
They rang up sales and put the items into plastic bags for the customers to carry out.
她们收下钱，并把东西放进塑料袋里方便客人提走
At the back of the shop was a big room where another lady worked.
商店后面是一个大房间，有另一位女士在那里工作。
She sorted the new donations and put price tags on them.
她整理新的捐赠物并给它们贴上价格标签
At the end of each day, she would bring the new donations out to the main part of the shop.
在一天结束时，她会把新的捐赠物放到商店的主要位置
Everyone who worked at the thrift shop was a volunteer.
在旧货店工作的人都是志愿者
The only "payment" they received was that they had the opportunity to see, and buy, any items in the shop before the customers did.
她们得到的唯一报酬就是她们有机会比顾客更早的看见并购买店里的物品
When Jim entered, the lady at the register told him hello.
当吉姆进入商店时，位于收款台的女士向他问好
He smiled and said hello.
吉姆微笑着回应
She knew Jim because he was a regular customer .
她认识吉姆是因为吉姆是这里的老顾客了
Jim said, "What’s new?"
吉姆说：“有什么新的东西吗”
She laughed and said that nothing was ever new at a thrift shop.
她笑着说旧货店里没有什么是新的
"It’s always old and it’s always used," she smiled.
她笑着说：“它们总是旧的、被用过的”
Jim looked at the watches in the glass case.
吉姆看着玻璃柜里的手表
He saw one that he liked.
他看到了一个自己喜欢的
"Could I look at that one?" he asked.
“我可以看看这个吗?”他问道。
重点知识讲解
本则故事出现了两个句子‘At the back of the shop was a big room where another lady worked.’ 和 ‘Everyone who worked at the thrift shop was a volunteer. ’ 都属于初三学到的重难点从句--定语从句。
定语从句就是用一个句子来修饰前面的名词(先行词)，相当于形容词所扮演的角色，只不过是放在名词之后做后置定语。定语从句的引导词往往要根据前面要修饰的名词的不同而选择不同的引导词。
例如第一句中where是关系副词, 在从句中作地点状语,其引导的定语从句修饰前面出现的地点名词‘room’。
第二句中who引导的定语从句修饰前面的everyone。
总的来说 who引导的定语从句的先行词是表示人的名词或代词，也可以用that来替换。
除此之外还有引导事物的、时间的等引导词引导的定于从句，其意义和用法也不一样。
知识讲解老师：Linda
公众号：小橙少儿英语
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