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Unit 3~~~~~~Shopping
Unit 3
Shopping
Words from the station manager
雪拼是人生一大樂事，在雪拼的同時，也順便學一些新片語吧。
●pick up
※to buy , to purchase
◎This idiom is often used for shopping briefly at a grocery store or supermarket.
Ex:
Could you go to the store quickly and pick up some milk? We don’t have any more.
●pick out
※to select , to choose
Ex:
I tried to pick out the larger , riper apples in the produce section.
●on sale
※at a reduced cost
Ex:
By buying things when they’re on sale , it’s possible to save a lot of money.
●hunt for bargains
※to look for the cheapest prices
《related form》:bargain-hunter(noun)
◎bargain-hunters are those who hunt for bargains
Ex1:
The week after Christmas is the best time to hunt for bargains.
Ex2:
Bargain-hunters like to shop in thrift stores such as the Family Discount Chain.
●shop around
※ to check further on cost , quality , and so on before buying
《Also》:look around
Ex:
I shopped around at several stores before finding the refrigerator I wanted.
●window-shop
※to look at merchandise in stores without buying anything
《Also》:go window-shopping
Ex:
When Carol doesn’t have extra money, she loves to go window-shopping.
●buy up
※to buy all available items
《Also》:snap up
Ex1:
Just before the hurricane , people bought up all the bottled water in the stores.
Ex2:
On the day of the big sale , all the best items were snapped up first.
●raincheck
※a receipt to purchase an unavailable sale item later at the sale price
◎When a business sells all of a particular sale item , it offers rainchecks to customers so that they can buy the item when it becomes available later, still at the sale price.
Ex:
Alan asked the cashier for a raincheck because the sale item he wanted was all gone.
●stock up(on)
※to purchase extra amounts for later use
《Also》:load up on
Ex1:
After experiencing a serious of oil shortage years ago , oil companies are careful to stock up.
Ex2;
People who live in very cold places load up on firewood before winter approaches.
●take back
※to return merchandise to a store
《Also》:bring back
◎take back is generally used when talking outside the store , bring back when talking inside the store
Ex1:
I couldn’t take back the pants I bought because it was on sale.
Ex2:
Can I bring this computer back if I’m not satisfied with it?
Shopping
Words from the station manager
雪拼是人生一大樂事，在雪拼的同時，也順便學一些新片語吧。
●pick up
※to buy , to purchase
◎This idiom is often used for shopping briefly at a grocery store or supermarket.
Ex:
Could you go to the store quickly and pick up some milk? We don’t have any more.
●pick out
※to select , to choose
Ex:
I tried to pick out the larger , riper apples in the produce section.
●on sale
※at a reduced cost
Ex:
By buying things when they’re on sale , it’s possible to save a lot of money.
●hunt for bargains
※to look for the cheapest prices
《related form》:bargain-hunter(noun)
◎bargain-hunters are those who hunt for bargains
Ex1:
The week after Christmas is the best time to hunt for bargains.
Ex2:
Bargain-hunters like to shop in thrift stores such as the Family Discount Chain.
●shop around
※ to check further on cost , quality , and so on before buying
《Also》:look around
Ex:
I shopped around at several stores before finding the refrigerator I wanted.
●window-shop
※to look at merchandise in stores without buying anything
《Also》:go window-shopping
Ex:
When Carol doesn’t have extra money, she loves to go window-shopping.
●buy up
※to buy all available items
《Also》:snap up
Ex1:
Just before the hurricane , people bought up all the bottled water in the stores.
Ex2:
On the day of the big sale , all the best items were snapped up first.
●raincheck
※a receipt to purchase an unavailable sale item later at the sale price
◎When a business sells all of a particular sale item , it offers rainchecks to customers so that they can buy the item when it becomes available later, still at the sale price.
Ex:
Alan asked the cashier for a raincheck because the sale item he wanted was all gone.
●stock up(on)
※to purchase extra amounts for later use
《Also》:load up on
Ex1:
After experiencing a serious of oil shortage years ago , oil companies are careful to stock up.
Ex2;
People who live in very cold places load up on firewood before winter approaches.
●take back
※to return merchandise to a store
《Also》:bring back
◎take back is generally used when talking outside the store , bring back when talking inside the store
Ex1:
I couldn’t take back the pants I bought because it was on sale.
Ex2:
Can I bring this computer back if I’m not satisfied with it?