NNEW CONCEPT ENGLISHBOOK 01 / 新概念英语

BOOK ONE · LESSON 075

Uncomfortable shoes

不舒适的鞋子

A bilingual lesson in which a lady asks a shop assistant for a pair of fashionable black shoes her sister bought in the U.S. last month. The assistant says they were in fashion last year and the year before last but are not in fashion this year, and that the current shoes are very uncomfortable but women always wear uncomfortable shoes. Includes a fill-in dialogue, a vocabulary exercise on un- adjectives, and grammar on past-tense verb forms, completing sentences with the past tense, and 'Did ... have ...?' dialogue rewrites. 课文讲述一位女士向售货员询问她姐姐上个月在美国买到的一双时髦的黑色鞋子。售货员说这种鞋去年和前年流行，今年已不流行了，现在流行的鞋很舒适但女人们总是穿不舒适的鞋。配合教材填空对话、un- 形容词反义词练习，以及动词过去式、过去时填空、"Did ... have ...?" 对话改写的语法练习。

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01

READ & UNDERSTAND

Lesson 课文

Listen then answer this question.
What's wrong with the fashionable shoes?
听录音，然后回答问题。这些时髦的鞋有什么毛病？

Listen then answer this question. What's wrong with the fashionable shoes?

The lady shows the shop assistant a pair of fashionable shoes in front of a shelf of shoes.
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  1. 1

    LADY

    Do you have any shoes like these?

    女士：像这样的鞋子你们有吗？

  2. 2

    SHOP ASSISTANT

    What size?

    售货员：什么尺码的？

  3. 3

    LADY

    Size five.

    女士：5号的。

  4. 4

    SHOP ASSISTANT

    What colour?

    售货员：什么颜色？

  5. 5

    LADY

    Black.

    女士：黑的。

  6. 6

    SHOP ASSISTANT

    I'm sorry.
    We don't have any.

    售货员：对不起，我们没有。

  7. 7

    LADY

    But my sister bought this pair last month.

    女士：但是，我姐姐上个月买到了这样的一双。

  8. 8

    SHOP ASSISTANT

    Did she buy them here?

    售货员：她是在这儿买的吗？

  9. 9

    LADY

    No, she bought them in the U.S.

    女士：不。她是在美国买的。

  10. 10

    SHOP ASSISTANT

    We had some shoes like those a month ago,
    but we don't have any now.

    售货员：一个月前我们有这样的鞋，但是现在没有了。

  11. 11

    LADY

    Can you get a pair for me, please?

    女士：您能为我找一双吗？

  12. 12

    SHOP ASSISTANT

    I'm afraid that I can't.
    They were in fashion last year
    and the year before last.
    But they're not in fashion this year.

    售货员：恐怕不行。这鞋在去年和前年时兴，而今年已不流行了。

The shop assistant holds up a pair of fashionable but uncomfortable shoes; the lady looks surprised.
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  1. 13

    SHOP ASSISTANT

    These shoes are in fashion now.

    售货员：现在流行的是这种鞋子。

  2. 14

    LADY

    They look very uncomfortable.

    女士：这种鞋子看上去很不舒服。

  3. 15

    SHOP ASSISTANT

    They are very uncomfortable.
    But women always wear uncomfortable shoes!

    售货员：的确很不舒服。可是女人们总是穿不舒适的鞋子！

Before-listening question

Listen then answer this question. What's wrong with the fashionable shoes? 听录音，然后回答问题。这些时髦的鞋有什么毛病？

Answer the question according to the dialogue. 根据对话回答问题。

The fashionable shoes are very uncomfortable to wear.

New words & expressions 生词和短语

ago /əˈɡəʊ/
adv. 以前
buy /baɪ/ (bought /bɔːt/)
v. 买
pair /peə/
n. 双, 对
fashion /ˈfæʃən/
n. （服装的）流行样式
uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌmftəbl/
adj. 不舒服的
wear /weə/ (wore /wɔː/)
v. 穿着

Notes on the text 课文注释

like these

like these 是介词短语作定语，修饰 shoes。意思是"像这样的鞋子"。

We don't have any.

any 后面省略了 black shoes。

ago

ago 放在表示时间长度的短语的后面，常与表示一般过去时的动词连用。如 a month ago（一个月之前）。

in fashion

in fashion, 流行的, 时髦的。

I'm afraid ...

I'm afraid ... 我恐怕……（用于委婉地表达否定或歉意）。

参考译文
女士：像这样的鞋子你们有吗？
售货员：什么尺码的？
女士：5号的。
售货员：什么颜色？
女士：黑的。
售货员：对不起，我们没有。
女士：但是，我姐姐上个月买到了这样的一双。
售货员：她是在这儿买的吗？
女士：不。她是在美国买的。
售货员：一个月前我们有这样的鞋，但是现在没有了。
女士：您能为我找一双吗？
售货员：恐怕不行。这鞋在去年和前年时兴，而今年已不流行了。
售货员：现在流行的是这种鞋子。
女士：这种鞋子看上去很不舒服。
售货员：的确很不舒服。可是女人们总是穿不舒适的鞋子！

Full Chinese reference translation of the lesson dialogue.

02

MAKE IT YOUR OWN

Practice 练习

A Dialogue

Read this dialogue. Fill in the missing words. 阅读这段对话，填入缺失的单词。

Fill in each blank with the missing word from the lesson dialogue.

The key prints the completed dialogue; the missing words are underlined in the key.

B Vocabulary — un- adjectives

We make some adjective opposites with the prefix un-, for example, comfortable / uncomfortable, tidy / untidy. Choose the most sensible words and write them in. 部分形容词加上前缀 un- 可以构成反义词。选择最恰当的词填空。

Choose the most sensible adjective (or its un- opposite) for each sentence, following the printed example.

Item 1 (interesting / uninteresting → interesting) is a printed example and is not editable. Items 2-6 are taken from the supplied Lesson 75 key (img/key-075-080.jpg).

03

BUILD YOUR FOUNDATION

Grammar 语法练习

I. Write the past tense form of the verbs. 写出下列动词的过去式。

Write the past tense form of the verbs. 写出下列动词的过去式。

Write the past tense form of each verb.

Answers are taken from the supplied Lesson 75 grammar key (PDF viewer page 506).

II. Fill in the blanks with the past tense form of the verbs given. 用所给动词的过去式填空。

Fill in the blanks with the past tense form of the verbs given. 用所给动词的过去式填空。

Fill in each blank with the past tense form of the verb in brackets.

Answers are taken from the supplied Lesson 75 grammar key (PDF viewer page 506).

III. Rewrite some sentences in the dialogue according to the examples. 仿照例句改写下列对话中的部分句子。

Rewrite some sentences in the dialogue according to the examples. 仿照例句改写下列对话中的部分句子。

Rewrite each 'Were there ...?' question and answer as a 'Did it have ...?' question and 'It had ...' answer, following the printed example.

The printed example (Were there any doors? → Did it have any doors? / Yes. There was one door. → Yes. It had one door.) is not editable. The remaining 10 items are taken from the supplied Lesson 75 grammar key (PDF viewer page 506).

IV. Finish the sentences according to the example. 仿照例句完成下列句子。

Finish the sentences according to the example. 仿照例句完成下列句子。

Complete each sentence using the given name in brackets, following the printed example (and ... too).

Item 1 is a printed example and is not editable. Items 2-10 are taken from the supplied Lesson 75 grammar key (PDF viewer page 506).

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