Listen to the tape then answer this question

Why didn't Caroline recognize the customer straight away?

听录音，然后回答问题。为什么卡罗琳没有马上认出那位顾客？

CUSTOMER：I bought

two expensive dictionaries here

half an hour ago,

but I forgot

to take them with me.

MANAGER：Who served you, sir?

CUSTOMER：The lady who is standing

behind the counter.

MANAGER：Which books did you buy?

CUSTOMER：The books

which are on the counter.

MANAGER：Did you serve this gentleman

half an hour ago, Caroline?

He says he's the man

who bought these books.

CAROLINE：I can't remember.

The man who I served

was wearing a hat.

MANAGER：Have you got a hat, sir?

CUSTOMER：Yes, I have.

MANAGER：Would you put it on, please?

CUSTOMER：All right.

MANAGER：Is this the man

that you served, Caroline?

CAROLINE：Yes.

I recognize him now.

New words and expressions生词和短语

customer /'k)st+m+/ n.顾客

forget /f+'get/ (forgot /f+'g&tn/) v.忘记

manager /'m$nIdN+/ n.经理

serve /s*:v/ v.照应，服务，接待

counter /'ka nt+/ n.柜台

recognize /'rek+gnaIz/ v.认出

Notes on the text课文注释

1 to take them with me把它们带上。

them指“两本词典”。

2 The lady who is standing behind the counter,

这是一个省略句，完整的句子是“The lady who is standing behind the counter served me.”其中 who is standing behind the counter是一个以关系代词 who引导的定语从句，用来修饰前面的名词the lady。

本课带有定语从句的复合句还有：   The books which are on the counter; He says he's the man who bought these books; The man who I served was wearing a hat; Is this the man that you served等，其中Which, Who, whom, that均为关系代词。

3 The man who I served was wearing a hat.

这是另一个定语从句的例子。由于被修饰的名词 the man在定语从句中是动词served的宾语，因此，关系代词应该用宾格whom，但在口语中往往用主格who。  

参考译文

顾客：半小时以前我在这里买了两本很贵的辞典，但是我忘了拿走。

经理：是谁接待您的，先生？

顾客：站在柜台后面的那位女士。

经理：您买的是两本什么书？

顾客：就是柜台上的那两本。

经理：卡罗琳，半小时前你接待过这位先生吗？他说他就是买这两本书的人。

卡罗琳：我记不起来了。我接待的那个人戴着一顶帽子。

经理：先生，您有帽子吗？

顾客：有的，我有帽子。

经理：请您把帽子戴上好吗？

顾客：好吧。

经理：卡罗琳，这就是你接待过的那个人吗？

卡罗琳：是他。我现在认出他来了。