Shopping in the Dime Store-(在低价商店购物)
A：Do you carry black ink?
你们有黑墨水卖吗？
B：The ink should be next to the paper clips and thumb tacks in the stationary section, sir.
墨水应该在文具部的回形针和图钉旁边，先生。
A：I've looked, but I didn't see any black ink.
我看过了，但没找到黑墨水。
B：Then I'm afraid there's none in stock.
那我想是缺货了。
A：Well, I'll settle for blue-black. I'll also take a dozen airmail envelopes.
嗯，那要蓝黑的也可以。我还要一打航空信封。
B：They come in packages of ten or twenty.
信封分成十只一扎或二十只一扎出售。
A：Give me a package of twenty, then. And where do I find shoelaces?
那就给我二十只一扎的。还有我去哪儿可以找到鞋带。
B：On counter three.
在第三号柜台。
A：Thank you. I never can find my way around this store.
谢谢，我在这家商店里总是搞不清商品的部位。
B：I know. It took me three weeks, and I work here.
我知道。我在这儿工作，花了三个星期才熟悉。
名词拇指; （手套的）拇指部份
不及物动词翘起拇指请求搭乘（过路汽车），示意请求搭便车; 翻阅
及物动词翻阅; 作搭车手势; 用拇指翻脏[翻坏]（书页等）
1. stick out like a sore thumb : 不自在, 处境尴尬；
2. thumb through : 翻查；
3. weigh the thumb : 骗秤头；