研究生英语视听说英语听力(课后第四题)

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英语听力（课后第四题）

Unit 6 — Business and Economy

4. Shopping Centers in the UK

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Dan: Now there are a lot of shopping centres in the UK, and we went to the Canary

Wharf Shopping Complex in East London to talk to some of the shoppers about

what they like or dislike about shopping centres. One man compares the

experiences of shopping centres with shopping at boutiques on a local high

street.

Rob: The high street is the main shopping street in a town or area; in America they

call it ‘main street’. And a boutique is a small shop, which usually

specialises in fashionable items.

Dan: So let‘s listen to the speaker as he compares shopping in a local high street and a

shopping centre; what does he say is the advantage of going to a big shopping

centre?

I love the choice in a big shopping centre; I don‘t think it replaces localised

shopping so a nice boutique in a local high street I think always has a place. But

that said if you want a good deal, a good discount, a good sale I think you

need to go to a big shopping centre really.

Dan: So the shopper there said he liked the choice of a big shopping centre. It‘s the

place to go if you want a good deal, a good discount or a good sale.

Rob: A discount is a reduced price – it’s when something costs less than normal.

A good deal means the same – it‘s when you buy something for a good price.

Dan: We have a clip here from another shopper describing shopping centres in the UK.

She says they’re quite vast and open and have a massive variety of shops.

Rob: Both vast and massive mean very large. So there‘s a massive variety of shops in

the shopping centres.

Dan: So let‘s listen to the clip. What types of restaurant can you find in British

shopping centres? Shopping centres are usually quite vast and open and full of a

massive variety of shops but they’re quite standard. So each shopping centre

tends to have exactly the same basic shops that you come to expect. You sort of

tend to get the same standard restaurants and food outlets as well in shopping

centres, so either fast food or slightly more upmarket restaurants.

Dan: She says you get the same standard restaurants in a British shopping centre:

either fast food or more upmarket restaurants.

Rob: Fast food is what we call anything that can be served and eaten quickly, often

from restaurant chains, such as McDonalds, Burger King or Subway.

Dan: And what about the upmarket restaurants?

Rob: Upmarket means something of high quality that generally appeals to people