Grocery Shopping英语美文片段带翻译mp3

 　　Grocery Shopping买菜

　　Kim was a housekeeper for a family in Beverly Hills. One morning when she went to work, she found a note from her boss. The note asked her to go to the supermarket and pick up a few things. There was a list of things Kim was supposed to buy. The note surprised Kim. She had only been a housekeeper for a week and had never been asked to go shopping before. Kim didn't even know where the nearest grocery store was. She also didn't know how to drive. Thankfully the note also told her that the boss's driver would take her to the market. There was also a $50 bill.

　　贝弗利是基姆山庄的一个家庭主妇。一天早上，当她去上班的时候，她发现老板的一张便条。纸条让她去超市买了一些东西回来，单子上列了许多她应该买的东西。基姆惊讶的看着，她只是一周里的女管家，之前从来没有被要求去购物。基姆甚至不知道最近的杂货店在哪里，也不知道如何开车。感谢信还告诉她，老板的司机会带她去市场。还有一张50美元的钞票。

　　Once at the market Kim walked through looking for the items on her list. She was confused though. The list read "one pound of apples". Kim had purchased one kilogram of apples but never a pound. In her country, they used the metric system. She wasn't sure if a pound was more or less than a kilogram. Kim decided to ask one of the grocery workers. The grocery worker was kind and explained that a pound was about half a kilogram.

　　在市场上，基姆走过去寻找她的名单上的物品。她很困惑。这一名单读“一磅苹果”。基姆只买了一公斤苹果，但从来没有一磅。在她的国家，他们使用公制系统。她不知道如果一磅是大于还是小于一公斤。基姆决定去问一位食品工人，杂货店工人很善良，解释说，一磅大约半公斤。

　　"I wouldn't worry about it though. Just use the scale," the grocery worker. Kim went to the scale and was happy to see that the scales didn't use the metric system she was used to. Kim weighed a pound of apples and put it in the shopping cart.

　　“我不担心这个。称一下就好。“杂货店工人说。基姆去看了下称，很高兴地看到称没有使用之前的公制。基姆称一磅苹果，把它放在购物车里。

　　The next item on the list was a gallon of milk. Kim wasn't sure how much a gallon was. She was used to buying a liter of milk. There was also no way to weigh a liter of milk. She was glad that the milk containers were labeled. She just wished the U.S. used the metric system.

　　名单上的下一个项目是一加仑的牛奶。基姆不知道一加仑是多少，她以前都是买一公升牛奶，一公升牛奶也没有办法去衡量。她很高兴牛奶容器标签上有标记，她只希望美国使用公制系统。