F:Can you show me some jade,please?
F:能給我拿些翡翠看看嗎?
M:Yes,of course. Do you like a jade necklace?
M:當然可以。喜歡翡翠項鏈嗎?
F:No,but I do like jade bracelets.
F:不喜歡,但我著實喜歡翡翠手鐲。
M:Here are all kinds of jades. Choose whatever you like,please.
M:這里有各種各樣的翡翠,您喜歡什么,就挑什么。
F:Thank you.(A moment later ) Oh,this one is quite impressive. I'll take it.By the way,do you sell pearl earrings?
F:謝謝。(過了一會兒)嗯,這只很特別,我買了。順便問一下你們店有珍珠耳環(huán)嗎?
M:Yes. Natural pearls or cultured pearls? We have both kinds.
M:有的。要天然珍珠的還是人工養(yǎng)殖珍珠的?兩種我們都有。
F:I wonder which looks more lustrous.
F:我想知道哪種色彩更有光澤。
M:Well, natural pearls are of higher value,but the cultured pearls have equal lustre and are just as beautiful.
M:嗯,天然珍珠的價值較高。但人工養(yǎng)殖珍珠也跟天然珍珠一樣有光澤而且美麗。
F:Oh, I see. I think I prefer a natural one.
F:哦,原來如此,我想我還是買天然珍珠的為好。
重點詞匯
jade翡翠;玉
necklace項鏈
The Burmese jade choker in the catalogue was very beautiful.該目錄中的緬甸玉貼頸項鏈非常漂亮。
bracelet手鐲;臂鐲
It was only through God that we stopped at that shop on that day to find that specific bracelet. 只有通過上帝,我們在特定的那一天站在特定的那家店發(fā)現(xiàn)了特定的那個手鐲。
pearl珍珠
...tiny pearl buttons.…珍珠般的小扣子
earring耳環(huán)
...a pair of diamond earrings.…一副鉆石耳墜兒。
lustrous有光澤的;光亮的
...a head of thick, lustrous, wavy brown hair....一頭濃密光亮的褐色波浪卷發(fā)。
cultured人工培養(yǎng)的;人工養(yǎng)殖的
Back in the lab, they cultured microbes from that mud.回到實驗室,他們在泥土中培養(yǎng)出微生物。