【在生活中學習語言】Would You Like a Sample?您要試吃嗎？
【在生活中學習語言】Would You Like a Sample?您要試吃嗎？
2008年07月31日蘋果日報
對話
Clerk：Excuse me. Would you like to try a free sample of our Italian sausage?
店員︰打擾了，您想試吃我們的義大利香腸嗎？
Customer：Sure. Mmm. They taste quite good.
顧客︰好啊。嗯……，很好吃耶。
Clerk：They are a new product in our deli. How about buying a package?
店員︰這是我們熟食區的最新商品。您要不要買一包？
Customer：I think I will get one. Thank you.
顧客︰那就來一包吧。謝謝。
「句」細靡遺
★Would you like to try a free sample of our Italian sausage?
您想試吃我們的義大利香腸嗎？
幾種試吃的說法如下：
◇Would you like to try (a free sample of)...?
◇Would you like to sample...?
◇Would you care to try/sample...?
◇Are you interested in trying/ sampling...?
◇How about trying/sampling...?
例：Would you like to sample our pineapple cake?（您想試吃我們的鳳梨酥嗎？）
★samplen.試吃品；樣品 & vt. 試吃
例：They are giving away free samples of their cosmetics.（他們正在贈送免費的化妝試用品。）
例：While many of the customers sampled the chocolate, few of them bought anything.（雖然有許多顧客試吃巧克力，卻沒幾個人買。）
字字珠璣
★package n.包；包裹 & vt. 包裝
例：Please package the smoked salmon for me.
（請幫我將這份燻鮭魚包起來。）
★deli n.熟食店；熟食（簡單烹調即可食用的肉、燻魚、罐頭等）
= delicatessen n.
★free a.免費的；有空的 & adv. 免費地
例：Children under five can ride the bus for free.
= Children under five can ride the bus for nothing.
= Children under five can ride the bus free of charge. （5歲以下的兒童可免費搭乘公車。）
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