新概念英语第二册第19课教程文件

新概念英语第二册第

19课

Lesson 19 Sold out 票已售完

'The play may begin at any moment,' I said.

'It may have begun already,' Susan answered.

I hurried to the ticket office. 'May I have two tickets please?' I asked.

'I'm sorry, we've sold out,' the girl said.

'What a pity!' Susan exclaimed.

Just then, a man hurried to the ticket office.

'Can I return these two tickets?' he asked.

'Certainly,' the girl said.

I went back to the ticket office at once.

'Could I have those two tickets please?' I asked.

'Certainly,' the girl said, 'but they're for next Wednesday's performance. Do you still want them?'

'I might as well have them,' I said sadly.

New words and expressions 生词和短语

hurry v. 匆忙 ticket office 售票处 pity n. 令人遗憾的事exclaim v. 大声说

return v. 退回 sadly adv. 悲哀地，丧气地

参考译文

“剧马上就要开演了，”我说。“也许已经开演了呢，”苏珊回答说。我匆匆赶到售票处，问：“我可以买两张票吗？”“对不起，票已售完。”那位姑娘说。“真可惜！”苏珊大声说。正在这时，一个男子匆匆奔向售票处。“我可以退掉这两张票吗？”他问。“当然可以，”那姑娘说。我马上又回到售票处。“我可以买那两张票吗？”我问。“当然可以，不过这两张票是下星期三的，您是否还要呢？”“我还是买下的好，”我垂头丧气地说。

1.Sold out 票已售完

sell [sel]v., n.

v. (sold, sold[səʊld]) (opposite: buy bought , bought)

1.~sth. (to sb.) (at/for sth.) / ~sb. sth. (at/for sth.) to give sth. to sb. in exchange for money出让；转让：

e.g. [vn, vnn] 我把我的汽车转让给了詹姆斯，获得800英镑。

I sold my car to James for 800 pounds. I sold James my car for 800 pounds.

[vn] 他们把公司卖掉，赢了利/赔了钱。

They sold the business at a profit/loss (=they gained/lost money when they sold it).

[v] 我们开了好价钱，但他们不卖。We offered them a good price but they wouldn’t sell.

2. [vn] to offer sth. for people to buy出售；售卖：

e.g. 你这儿卖邮票吗？Do you sell stamps? 出售保险 to sell insurance [inˈʃuərəns]

3. to be bought by people in the way or in the numbers mentioned; to be offered at the price mentioned销售得…；卖出…；售价是…：

e.g. [vn]这种杂志一周售出30万册。The magazine sells 300,000 copies a week.

sell well畅销 sell badly 滞销

这部戏的票卖得很好/不好。The tickets for the play sold well/badly.

The new design just didn’t sell (=nobody bought it).新款式无人问津。

sell for +价格以…价格出售 sell at +价格以…价格卖出

e.g. 这个花瓶至少要卖5000美元。The vase will sell for 5000 dollars at least.

今年，洋白菜的价格很高。Cabbage is selling at a high price this year.

4. [vn] ~sth./yourself (to sb.) to persuade sb. that sth. is a good idea, service, product, etc.; to persuade sb. that you are the right person for a job, position, etc.推荐；推

销；自荐；自我推销：

e.g. 应聘面试的时候，你真得推销你自己。You really have to sell yourself at a job interview.

Phr.v.

1. sell sth. off

1) to sell things cheaply because you want to get rid of them or because you need the money甩卖；抛售；变卖(get rid of sb./sth. 摆脱；丢弃；扔掉)

2) to sell all or part of an industry, a company or land出售，卖掉(产业、公司或土地)：