Listen to the tape then answer this question.
What's wrong with the fashionable shoes?
听录音，然后回答问题。这些时髦的鞋有什么毛病？
LADY：Do you have any shoes like these?
SHOP ASSISTANT：What size?
LADY：Size five.
SHOP ASSISTANT：What colour?
LADY：Black.
SHOP ASSISTANT：I'm sorry.
We don't have any.
LADY：But my sister bought this pair last month.
SHOP ASSISTANT：Did she buy them here?
LADY：No, she bought them in the U.S.
SHOP ASSISTANT：We had some shoes like those a month ago,
but we don't have any now.
LADY： Can you get a pair for me, please?
SHOP ASSISTANT： I'm afraid that I can't.
They were in fashion last year and the year before last.
But they're not in fashion this year.
SHOP ASSISTANT：These shoes are in fashion now.
LADY：They look very uncomfortable.
SHOP ASSISTANT：They are very uncomfortable.
But women always wear uncomfortable shoes!
New words and expressions 生词和短语
ago /ɔ'gəu/ adv. 以前
buy / bai/ (bought /bɔ:t/) v. 买
pair /peə/ n. 双，对
fashion /'fæʃən/ n. （服装的）流行式样
uncomfortable /ʌn'kʌmfətbəl/ adj.不舒服的
wear /weə/ (wore/wɔ:/) v．穿着
Notes on the text 课文注释
1 like these 是介词短语作定语，修饰 shoes。意思是“像这样的鞋子”。
2 We don't have any.
any 后面省略了black shoes。
3 ago放在表示时间长度的短语的后面，常与表示一般过去时的动词连用。如 a month ago（一个月之前）。
4 in fashion, 流行的，时髦的。
5 I'm afraid…我恐怕……。
参考译文
女 士：像这样的鞋子你们有吗？
售货员：什么尺码的？
女 士：5号的。
售货员：什么颜色？
女 士：黑的。
售货员：对不起，我们没有。
女 士：但是，我姐姐上个月买到了这样的一双。
售货员：她是在这儿买的吗？
女 士：不。她是在美国买的。
售货员：一个月前我们有这样的鞋，但是现在没有了。
女 士：您能为我找一双吗？
售货员：恐怕不行。这鞋在去年和前年时兴，而今年已不流行了。
售货员：现在流行的是这种鞋子。
女 士：这种鞋子看上去很不舒适。
售货员：的确很不舒适。可是女人们总是穿不舒适的鞋子！
