The story behind the shopping cart

Characters

Sylvan Goldman – owner of a grocery shop

Fred Young – Sylvan’s friend, a mechanic(機械師)

One night in 1936, in an American city. Inside Fred’s workshop, Sylvan sits next to Fred, who is making adjustments(調(diào)試) to their new i? 1. – a shopping cart.

Sylvan:????????????? My customers don’t like our shopping cart.

Fred:????????????? Really? So they p? 2. shopping with those heavy baskets?

Sylvan:????????????? (nods) I’ve got a huge crowd of customers every day, b 3. none of them wants to use the cart.

Fred:????????????? I don’t understand. We invented the cart so that people don’t need to carry a basket around the shop.

Sylvan:????????????? (laughs) And so that they will buy more groceries!

Fred:????????????? So why don’t they like the shopping cart?

Sylvan:????????????? Young men think that pushing a cart around makes them look w 4. and slow, and young women think it’s unfashionable.

Fred:????????????? Of course it isn’t fashionable right now. It’s only just been invented! But I’m sure older people will appreciate it.

Sylvan:????????????? Um…

Fred:????????????? What? They don’t like the cart e? 5.? ?

Sylvan:????????????? Well, they think pushing it makes them look helpless!

Fred:????????????? Oh no. We need to do something, Fred. We can’t just g? 6. up on this invention!

Sylvan:????????????? We won’t. (He gets up and walks around the room. Suddenly, he stops.) Aha! I’ve got an idea.

Fred:????????????? What is it?

Sylvan:????????????? I’ll hire(雇傭) some good-looking guys and girls to push the carts around and pretend they’re shopping.

Fred:????????????? Oh! So the real shoppers will see these attractive people using the carts and think, “Hey, if it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for me!”

Sylvan:????????????? E 7. .

Fred:????????????? Hey! Maybe you could get one of the girls to greet your customers and encourage them to use the cart.

Sylvan:????????????? Great idea!

 

【答案】

1.invention

2.prefer

3.but

4.weak

5.either

6.give

7.Exactly

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是在購物車剛被發(fā)明出來的時候，人們并喜歡用它，所以購物車的發(fā)明人Fred和Sylvan就在討論怎樣才能讓人們喜歡上它。最后他們有了一個好主意。

1.句意：1936年的一個晚上，在美國的一個城市里，Fred和他的朋友Sylvan正在調(diào)試他們的新發(fā)明—購物車。invention 發(fā)名物，是一個名詞。這篇短文講述的就是購物車的由來，所以，在那個時候，購物車是一個新的發(fā)明物。下文It’s only just been invented這句話也可以告訴我們答案。

2.句意：-我的顧客不喜歡我們的購物車。-真的嗎？他們更喜歡拿著重的購物籃去購物嗎？prefer 更喜歡。這里是表示購物車與購物籃的一個對比。

3.句意：我每天有很多顧客，但是很少有人愿意使用這個購物車。根據(jù)句意可知，這里表示的是轉(zhuǎn)折的關(guān)系。故填but。

4.句意：年輕的男性認為推著購物車到處走讓他們看起來很脆弱，而且很慢；而年輕的女性則認為購物車不夠時尚。這里的look 是看起來的意思，后面應(yīng)跟一個形容詞，根據(jù)句意可知，年輕男性不喜歡購物車的愿意就是他們覺得這樣會使他們看起來很脆弱，不強壯。

5.句意：-我確定老年人會喜歡它的。什么？他們也不喜歡購物車？either 也，常用于否定句中。

6.句意：我們不能放棄這項發(fā)明。根據(jù)文意可知，他們發(fā)明的購物車并不受人們的歡迎，但是這里Fred不愿意就這樣放棄。give up 放棄，是固定短語。

7.句意：-所以真正的顧客會看到這些吸引人的人們在使用這種購物車，然后就會想：如果對他們來說使用購物車很好的話，對我也會好的。-就是這樣。exactly 精確的，正確的，就是這樣。這里表示Sylvan完全同意Fred的話，認為他說的很對。

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