地道美語:Go On A Shopping Spree掃貨(音頻文字)

地道美語: Go On A Shopping Spree 掃貨 (音頻文字) VOA (ZT)

Jessica 在北京學漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎麽說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是吳瓊要問的：掃貨。

Jessica: Wuqiong, 明天我們去吃火鍋好不好？

WQ: 火鍋兒？好吃! 可...我沒錢.

Jessica: No money? You told me you got a scholarship! 

WQ: 獎學金是拿了，可我一高興就拿去掃貨啦!

Jessica: 掃貨？

WQ: 就是 buy a lot of things!

Jessica: Oh! You went on a shopping spree! 

WQ: shopping spree?

Jessica: Right! Spree is spelt s-p-r-e-e. Going on a shopping spree means you spend a lot of money during a single shopping trip. 頭腦發熱，看什麽都買。

WQ: 對! I went on a shopping spree after getting my scholarship money! 我那天瘋狂掃貨，一分錢都沒留下! 

Jessica: But do you really need all the things you bought on the shopping spree? 

WQ: 說實話，好多東西都用不著，可我當時就是那麽燒包！燒包你懂麽？就是看著手裏的錢難受，非把它花出去!

Jessica: Haha! Actually, in English, we have a similar expression--your money was burning a hole in your pocket. 

WQ: My money was burning a hole in my pocket? 錢把衣服兜燒了個窟窿？這的確跟“燒包”很像!

Jessica: Wuqiong, next time your money is burning a hole in your pocket, take me with you! I'll make sure we only go window shopping! 

WQ: Window shopping? 買窗戶？

Jessica: (Chuckle) No. Window shopping means we only look at the window displays, without really buying anything! 

WQ: 哦，就是光看不買! 這個好，省錢!

Jessica: 對! Now tell me what you've learned today!

WQ: 第一，掃貨叫go on a shopping spree；

第二，燒包叫money is burning a hole in one's pocket；

第三，光看不買是window shopping!

Words and Phrases

1.  掃貨 go on a shopping spree；

 Going on a shopping spree means you spend a lot of money during a single shopping trip. 頭腦發熱，看什麽都買。

E.g.  I went on a shopping spree after getting my scholarship money.

2.  燒包 Money is burning a hole in one's pocket.

3. 光看不買 window shopping

 Window shopping means we only look at the window displays, without really buying anything! 

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