Name: 在大型購物中心/購物廣場學英語 (Let's Learn English at the Strip Mall / Shopping Plaza)
Uploaded: 2025-05-08T08:42:44.000Z
Duration: 13 min 8 s

現在進行式

Well, hello and welcome to this English lesson that's going to be a little bit different than other lessons I've done.

大家好，歡迎來到這節英語課，這節課和我之前上過的其他課有點不同。

I'm actually here at my local mall, what we might call a strip mall, because you walk along the outside and the store entrances are on the outside.

實際上，我現在就在當地的購物中心，我們可以稱之為帶狀購物中心，因為你沿著外面走，商店的入口都在外面。

There's no inside part to this mall so we call it a strip mall.

這個商場沒有內部部分，所以我們稱之為帶狀商場。

And I'm going to walk by every single store and kinda describe the type of store it is.

我要走過每一家商店，然後描述一下商店的類型。

So that will be today's English lesson, a bit of a walk and talk.

這就是今天的英語課，邊走邊說。

A hardware store is a store you would go to if you need to buy tools or what we call hardware, nuts and bolts, nails and screws, and those types of things.

五金店是指你需要購買工具或我們所說的五金、螺母和螺栓、釘子和螺釘之類東西時會去的商店。

I have to make sure I don't get run over here by a car.

But a hardware store is a place where you go if you need to buy a hammer, maybe you need to buy some little hinges because you need to fix a door.

但是，如果你需要買一把錘子，也許你需要買一些小鉸鏈，因為你需要修理一扇門，那麼五金店就是你要去的地方。

You can see that right now they're also selling potted plants and chairs that you can use to sit outside because the weather is becoming a lot nicer here in Ontario, Canada.

你可以看到，現在他們還在銷售盆栽和椅子，你可以坐在外面，因為加拿大安大略省的天氣變得越來越好了。

The next store we have here, it might be a little bit of a giveaway with the name of the store.

我們在這裡的下一家店，可能會在店名上有一些小贈品。

This store is called Foodland and it is what we would call a grocery store or a supermarket.

這家商店叫 Foodland，也就是我們常說的雜貨店或超市。

Both words pretty much mean the same thing.

And you might have guessed it, you would go to this store when you need to buy groceries.

你可能已經猜到了，當你需要購買日用品時，你會去這家商店。

When you need carrots, or a can of soup, or maybe a loaf of bread, or some eggs, and some milk.

當你需要胡蘿蔔、一罐湯、一條麵包、一些雞蛋和牛奶時。

This would be the store that you would go to.

Now you might be wondering, you saw at the, maybe you can see way at the end there by the hardware store, and here there are lots of bags for sale.

現在你可能想知道，你看到了，也許你能看到五金店的盡頭，這裡有很多袋子出售。

Those bags are actually bags of dirt, or soil, or manure that people can use in their flower beds and in their gardens.

這些袋子實際上是一袋袋泥土、土壤或肥料，人們可以把它們用在花壇和花園裡。

People in many parts of the world like to grow things in the warm season.

世界上許多地方的人們都喜歡在溫暖的季節種植植物。

So you can see here we have some topsoil, and further down here I'm sure we'll have more topsoil.

所以，你可以看到這裡有一些表土，再往下，我相信會有更多的表土。

We call these milk crates by the way, if you didn't know that.

順便說一下，如果你不知道的話，我們管這些箱子叫牛奶箱。

Topsoil, topsoil, topsoil, wow there's a lot of topsoil.

表土、表土、表土，哇，好多表土啊。

Oh this is actually manure, or manure compost.

哦，這其實是糞肥，或者說是糞肥堆肥。

So that would work as a bit of a fertilizer.

I'm going to spin you around here to show you the direction we are going.

我要讓你轉一圈，告訴你我們要去的方向。

There's a large transport truck that is probably just finished doing a delivery.

那裡有一輛大型運輸車，可能剛剛送完貨。

A delivery is when you bring things to a store or to a house.

送貨就是把東西送到商店或家裡。

And then I'll slow, oh maybe we should talk about Tim Hortons.

然後我會慢下來，哦，也許我們應該談談蒂姆-霍頓斯（Tim Hortons）。

So there's also a cafe or restaurant with a drive-thru where you can go if you want to buy a coffee or a donut or a treat.

是以，如果你想買咖啡、甜甜圈或點心，還可以去那裡的咖啡館或餐廳。

A pet store is a place where you go to buy, maybe you go there to buy a pet, but most often you go there to either buy pet food, like dog food or cat food, or maybe you have some fish, and then you might also buy a collar or leash at the pet store.

寵物店是一個你去購買的地方，也許你去那裡是為了買寵物，但最常見的是你去那裡買寵物食品，比如狗糧或貓糧，或者你養了一些魚，然後你可能還會在寵物店買一個項圈或皮帶。

This is called Pharmasave, so you might have an idea of what this is.

這就是所謂的 Pharmasave，所以你可能知道這是什麼。

This is a pharmacy, or we sometimes call it a drugstore in Canada.

這是一家藥房，在加拿大我們有時稱之為藥店。

I think in Britain they might call it a chemist, but we call it a pharmacy or a drugstore.

我想在英國，他們可能稱之為藥劑師，但我們稱之為藥房或藥店。

If you went to the doctor they might give you a prescription, and you would go there to get your prescription filled, or you might go there to just buy over-the-counter medicine.

如果你去看醫生，他們可能會給你開處方，你可以去那裡配藥，也可以去那裡買非處方藥。

Medicine where you don't need a doctor's note or prescription to get it, like Tylenol or something like that.

不需要醫生證明或處方就能買到的藥，比如泰諾之類的。

We also just went by a dance studio, so if you have children who want to learn to dance, you would sign them up to go for dance lessons at the dance studio.

我們還路過一家舞蹈室，如果你的孩子想學跳舞，你可以給他們報名去舞蹈室上舞蹈課。

This is a laundromat, but it's also a place where you can buy water.

這是一家自助洗衣店，但也是一個可以買水的地方。

You might wonder why would people need to buy water in Ontario, Canada, and why would they do laundry here instead of at home?

你可能會問，為什麼人們需要在加拿大安大略省買水，為什麼他們要在這裡而不是在家裡洗衣服？

Well if you can't afford a washing machine, you will more likely come to a laundromat and pay some money to pay to get your laundry done, to wash your clothes.

如果你買不起洗衣機，你更可能去自助洗衣店花點錢洗衣服。

And we have a lot of people who live out in the country around here.

Jen and I get our water for free, because when you live out in the country you don't have clean drinking water available.

珍和我的水是免費的，因為當你住在鄉下時，沒有乾淨的飲用水。

Here we have a dollar store, but it's actually vacant right now.

我們這裡有一家一元店，但現在實際上是空置的。

A dollar store is a place where you can buy things for only a dollar or two dollars, sometimes more.

一元店是一個只需一、兩美元，有時甚至更多就能買到東西的地方。

But that dollar store is vacant, which means that they weren't doing well as a business and eventually they decided to leave.

但那家一元店是空置的，這意味著他們的生意並不好，最終他們決定離開。

So Bob from the future here, I realize that the dollar store is actually open.

所以，鮑勃從未來這裡，我意識到一元店實際上是開放的。

如果你看這裡，我說它是空置的。

That side is vacant, but this side is actually open.

那邊是空置的，但這邊實際上是開放的。

So I wonder if they just reduced the size of the store.

是以，我想知道他們是否只是縮小了商店的規模。

It's half the size that it used to be, but it's definitely open.

它的規模只有以前的一半，但絕對是開放式的。

Art, craft supplies, cell phone accessories, electronics and hardware, kitchen stuff, everything that you could want for less than, usually less than five dollars.

藝術品、手工藝品、手機配件、電子產品和硬件、廚房用品，應有盡有，價格通常低於 5 美元。

If you look you can see it's also in French on the sign.

如果您仔細看，就會發現標牌上還有法文。

A post office is a place where you go to send mail or to get your mail.

Probably the most common thing you would do at a post office is you would go there to get your mail.

您在郵局最常做的事情可能就是去那裡取信。

You would go to the post office and you would have a little post office box and a key and you would open that to get your mail.

你去郵局，會有一個小郵政信箱和一把鑰匙，你可以打開它取信。

This is actually the post office where my post office box is.

這其實就是我的郵政信箱所在的郵局。

So in Canada when you buy a car, you have to have insurance to drive it.

是以，在加拿大，買了車就必須買保險才能開。

So if there's an accident, you're covered.

是以，如果發生意外，您將得到保障。

If you have a house, you need insurance so that if there's a storm and something gets damaged, your insurance company will pay for it.

如果你有房子，就需要購買保險，這樣一旦發生暴風雨，有東西受損，保險公司就會賠償。

So if you're having trouble with your hearing or you need a hearing aid, you would go there.

是以，如果你的聽力有問題，或者你需要助聽器，你就會去那裡。

Next we have what we would call a hair salon.

So it says hair salon and spa, and they can take walk-ins.

所以上面寫著美髮沙龍和水療中心，他們可以接受上門服務。

I'm not sure if you can see that part of the sign.

我不確定你是否能看到標誌的這一部分。

So I could walk right in there and pay for a haircut.

所以我可以直接走進去，然後付錢理髮。

I would probably have to wait a little bit though.

But you can also get your nails done there.

不過，你也可以在那裡做指甲。

You can have a facial, a manicure, a pedicure, and they serve as, oh they'll take men, women, children, they'll take everybody.

你可以做面部護理、修指甲、修腳趾甲，他們還可以接待男士、女士、兒童等所有人。

So then we have what's called an employment help centre.

是以，我們就有了所謂的就業幫助中心。

So this is where you would go if you were looking for a job.

所以，如果你要找工作，就會去這裡。

In Ontario, Canada, we have places where if you don't have work, you can go there every week and you can find out if there are any new jobs available that you can apply for.

在加拿大安大略省，如果你沒有工作，每週都可以去那裡看看是否有新工作可以申請。

There are many restaurants slash bars in Canada where the front part of the, of the place is a restaurant, but at the back they do have an actual bar that you can go to.

加拿大有很多餐廳兼酒吧，前面是餐廳，後面才是真正的酒吧。

Now there's a large truck here so we can't see, but this next place is a chiropractic office.

現在這裡有一輛大卡車，所以我們看不到，但下一個地方是脊椎按摩診所。

Let's see if we can see up behind there, see the sign a little bit.

讓我們看看能不能看到後面，看到一點標誌。

Obviously they're getting a delivery, but a chiropractic office is a place where you would go, like let's say my back hurt.

很明顯，他們是在送貨，但脊骨神經科診所是一個你會去的地方，比方說，我的背受傷了。

I might go to a chiropractor and they might adjust my back.

我可能會去看脊椎按摩師，他們可能會調整我的背部。

They might do things to my back to make me feel better.

他們可能會在我背上做一些事情，讓我感覺好一些。

Oh and then we have, if I go back here, we have the dental centre.

哦，然後我們有，如果我回到這裡，我們有牙科中心。

More commonly we would just call this the dentist office.

You go to the dentist when you need to have your teeth cleaned or maybe you need a filling because you have a cavity.

當你需要洗牙或者因為有蛀牙而需要補牙時，你就會去看牙醫。

You would make an appointment at the dentist's office.