PETS二级考试语法复习精讲（90）
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I've got it on thirty days' free trial.
Alistair: Why are you talking to your computer? Is it lonely?
David: No, don't be silly, I'm trying out some new speech recognition software.
Alistair: How does it work?
David: Well I just speak what I want to say into the microphone and my words appear on the screen. It's magic!
Alistair: It must be very expensive.
David: It's not cheap but I haven't actually paid anything yet.
Alistair: How come?
David: I've got it on thirty days' free trial. If I'm not satisfied with it, I can return it free of charge as long as I do so within 30 days.
阿利斯泰：你为什么跟计算机说话？怕它寂莫吗？
戴维：不是，别胡说。我在试验一种新的声音辨识软件。
阿利斯泰：那是怎样操作的？
戴维：我只须把要说的话向着麦克风说，那些话就会在屏幕上出现，简直是魔术！
阿利斯泰：那一定很昂贵。
戴维：是不便宜。但我至今还未付过一毛钱。
阿利斯泰：为什么？
戴维：我有三十天的免费试用期。假如不满意，可以免费退还，但不能超过三十天。
戴维在试用声音辨识软件，说I'm trying out some speech recognition software.Software是不可数名词（uncountable noun），所以不可说a speech recognition software，只可说some（或a piece of）speech recognition software.Try out是'测试'或'试用'，例如：We decided to try her out to see if she could handle the job（我们决定试用她，看她能不能应付这份工作）。买东西先试用，那 '试用'可用on trial来说，试用期则是trial period，例如：
（1） They let me have the camera on trial for two weeks（他们给我试用照相机两个星期）。
（2） I found the camera unsatisfactory and sent it back at the end of the trial period（我不满意那照相机，在试用期满，就送回去了）。 Recognition当然是recognize（认得、承认）的名词，The place has changed beyond all recognition即'这地方改变得完全无法辨认了'.Speech recognition这种科技，读者都会听过，不必多说；值得谈谈的，是recognition的另一个意思：赞许、赏识。'赞许'的意思，由'承认（其优点、贡献等）'的原意引申而来，例如：His service to the community is widely recognized/His service to the community has won wide recognition（他为社会服务，获得大众推许）。 [NextPage] Have you got them in my size?
Shopper：Excuse me, could you show me to the skirts section please?
Clerk：Certainly, madam, please come this way.
Shopper：Ah! these are just what I've been looking for. Have you got them in my size? I'm a size 8.
Clerk：Just a moment…… I 'm afraid not madam. We appear to be temporarily out of stock.
Shopper：Oh, how disappointing! When will you next have some in?
Clerk：We should be getting a delivery at the beginning of next week.
顾客：请问可不可以告诉我女裙在哪里？
店员：当然可以，小姐。请走这边。
顾客：耶！这正是我想买的那种裙子。有我的尺寸吗？我穿八号。
店员：请等一下…恐怕没有这尺寸，小姐。我们暂时缺货。
顾客：啊，真扫兴！下次进货是什么时候？
店员：下星期初，新货应该就会送到了。
购买衣物，问店员有没有某尺寸，英文可以说：Do you have this in my size?（有我的尺寸吗？）假如觉得某尺寸太大或太小，则可说：Do you have this in a smaller/bigger （larger） size?（有小一点/大一点的吗？）或I need a smaller/bigger size（我要小一点/大一点的）。'我要八号'是I am a size 8或I take a size 8.假如公司缺货，你是店员，应告诉顾客：We appear to be temporarily out of stock.Stock是'存货'，作可数（countable noun）或不可数名词（uncountable noun）都可以，例如：（1） The supermarket had a large stock of canned fish/large stocks of household goods（超级市场有大批罐头鱼/家庭用品存货）。（2） Much of the stock is in the storeroom（存货大部分放在储藏室）。'缺货'是out of stock，'有货'则是in stock，例如："Do you have my size in stock?" "I'm afraid we're out of stock of your size right now."（'有我这个尺寸的存货吗？''我们现在恐怕没有你这个尺寸的存货。'）要说一些货品已经售罄，你还可用sell out一词，例如：（1） We are /have sold out of Koo's Nonfat Milk Powder（我们的古氏脱脂奶粉卖光了）。（2） Koo's Nonfat Milk Powder is/has sold out（古氏脱脂奶粉卖光了）。假如你公司根本没有进某种货品，不妨坦白告诉顾客：I'm afraid we don't stock Jin's Milk Powder/I'm sorry we don't carry Jin's Milk Powder（对不起，今氏奶粉我们没有进货）。Stock作动词，是'备货'，carry则可解作'有（某些货品）出售'.
