A Hey Joe, what are you doing in this department store?

嗨，喬，你在這家百貨公司干什么？

B Hi, Rita, I'm just looking for a pair of shoes. I won't be here for long.

嗨，瑞塔，我只是想買雙鞋。我不會在這里呆很久。

A Why not? When I go shoe shopping, I have so many options for sneakers that I spend awhile looking at all of the choices.

為什么不呢？當(dāng)我去鞋店買運(yùn)動鞋時，我有很多選擇余地，所以我要花很長時間看好這些鞋。

B That's my problem. I don't have a lot of options.

那是我的問題。我沒有很多選擇余地。

A What do you mean? This is a big store, isn't it?

你什么意思？這個商店很大，不是嗎？

B Yes, but I have unusually big feet. That wouldn't be too much of a problem except that they're also very wide, and only a few brands sell shoes that I can fit into.

是，但我的腳也特別大。本來也不會有太大問題，但是我腳又特別寬，所以只有幾個牌子有我能穿的鞋。

A So how do you usually go about buying shoes, then?

那么，你通常怎么買鞋？

B Well, first of all, I can only go to certain stores that can guarantee me a large selection.

唔，首先，我只能去那些能保證我有很大挑選余地的鞋店。

A Well, you're in the right store. If they don't have it, no one will.

那你來對了鞋店。如果他們沒有你穿的鞋，其它鞋店也不會有了。

B After that I choose something from one of the few brands that I know will fit me. I prefer white, so I ask them to bring me a pair of white sneakers in my size. Since I’m usually only given one or two pairs of shoes that meet my qualifications, it makes it a very easy choice.

然后，從我知道的幾種適合我穿的牌子中挑選一種。我比較喜歡白色，因此我要售貨員按照我的尺寸拿給我一雙白色運(yùn)動鞋。因為通常只會有一兩雙鞋符合我的尺寸，因此挑選起來就非常容易。