英語口語大贏家Topic234:暢銷書 Best seller
丹尼爾和湯姆來到了暢銷書區，湯姆看見了他一直企盼的《哈利.波特》，在面臨被媽媽罵的情況下，他最後到底買了嗎？
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Tom: Hey, Danny, look here, Harry Potter. I've been looking for it.
Daniel: You wanna get it?
Tom: I don't know if I have enough money. My mom would be angry with me if I spent all the money on it.
Daniel: Then put it back on the bookshelf. I gotta find The World Is Flat.
Tom: Maybe your dad has made a mistake. Probably it's The World Is Round, not The World Is Flat.
Daniel: Hey, that's just what I'm wondering. Even a fool knows the world is round.
Tom: Danny… I think we've found it. The World Is Flat.
Daniel: Let me see. Yes, The World Is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman. I think that's just the one dad wants.
Tom: Thomas L. Friedman? Never heard of him. He must be a nut to write a book like that.
Daniel: “Best-selling book.” “A brief history of the twenty-first century.” Oh, it's not about geography. It's about history!
Tom: Has it been made into movies? Almost every best-seller has been made into a movie.
Daniel: I don't know. Probably not. This is the first edition, which means that it is newly published.
Tom: Ha, I know why it has such incredible sales volume. I'm gonna write a book The Apple Is Cubic. Probably it will sell well, too.
Daniel: Yeah, and I will buy it for sure. Have you decided on your Harry Potter book? We are going upstairs to get the study materials.
Tom: I think I'd better buy it today.
Daniel: OK, let's do it.
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湯姆: 嗨，丹尼爾，看這兒。
丹尼爾: 你想買嗎？
湯姆: 我不知道是否有足夠的錢。如果我把所有的錢都花在這個上面，媽媽會生我氣的。
丹尼爾: 那就把它放回到書架上吧。我要去找《世界是平的》。
湯姆: 也許你爸爸弄錯了。很可能是《世界是圓的》，而不是《世界是平的》。
丹尼爾: 嗨，我也在想這個問題。傻瓜都知道世界是圓的。
湯姆: 丹尼爾，我想我們已經找到了。《世界是平的》。
丹尼爾: 讓我看看。是的，《世界是平的》，作者托馬斯.弗裏德曼。我想這就是爸爸想要的。
湯姆: 托馬斯.弗裏德曼？從來沒有聽說過。他寫這種書肯定是個瘋子。
丹尼爾: “暢銷書”、“21世紀簡史”。哦，它不是關於地理的，是關於歷史的！
湯姆: 它被拍成電影了嗎？幾乎每本暢銷書都會被拍成電影。
丹尼爾: 我不知道，很可能還沒有。這只是第一版，也就是說它是最近纔出版的。
湯姆: 哈，我知道它爲什麼有這麼好的銷量了。我也要寫一本書，《蘋果是立方的》，也許會一樣賣得很好。
丹尼爾: 嗯，我到時一定買。你決定買《哈利.波特》了嗎？我們還要上樓買學習資料呢。
湯姆: 我想今天還是買了吧。
丹尼爾: 好的，那就買吧。
經典背誦 Recitation
Tom: Bookstore is a really nice place for buying books. It has Harry Potter, the book I've been looking for. But I don't have enough money. If I spent all the money in buying it, my mom will be angry with me. But, if I didn't, I'll miss the chance and maybe I'll regret for the rest of my life. The question is what I should do.
生詞小結
bookshelf n. 書架
nut n. 瘋子，怪人
brief adj. 簡潔的
incredible adj. 難以置信的
sales volume 銷量
cubic adj. 立方的
decide on 決定
註釋
Thomas L. Friedman 托馬斯.弗裏德曼，他所撰寫的《世界是平的》一書榮獲《金融時報》與高盛年度最佳商業圖書獎。
語素 Material
The Lord of the Rings
The Oscar winning movie The Lord of the Rings has stormed the world in 2003. The whole story is a trilogy including: “The Fellowship of the Ring”, “The Two Towers” and “The Return of the King”. It's the masterpiece of JRR Tolkin, a breathtaking journey of wonder and enchantment, hope and discovery, friendship and loyalty. It gives you the experience of the epic fantasy like never before.
《指環王》
奧斯卡獎得主《指環王》2003年風靡全球。整個故事分爲三部曲，包括《護戒使者》、《雙塔騎兵》和《王者歸來》。《指環王》是J.R. R.托爾金的著作，描寫了一條充滿驚奇、魔法、希望、發行、友誼和忠誠的旅途。它給你帶來前所未有的偉大幻想體驗。
The World Is Flat
The World Is Flat is Thomas L. Friedman's account of the great changes taking place in our time, as lightning——swift advances in technology and communications put people all over the globe in touch as never before——creating an explosion of wealth in India and China.
《世界是平的》
托馬斯.弗裏德曼所著的《世界是平的》，描述了我們的時代發生的巨大變化：科技和通信的急速發展使全球的人前所未有地聯繫在一起，同時造成印度和中國的財富劇增。
