R: Liu Bo, have you finished choosing books?
R:刘波，书选好了吗？
L: I’m still choosing. Could you come here and give me a hand?
L:我还在选，你可以过来帮帮我吗？
R： Ok, no problem. What books do you want to buy?
R：好的，设问题。你想买什么书？
L: Books on linguistics. Here is the booklist.
L:语言学方面的书。这是书单！
R: Let me have a look. Oh, most of the books are published by the Oxford University Press. It deserves to be called the largest Press around the world!
R:让我看看。噢，大部分书都是牛津大学出版社出版的。真不愧是全球最大的 出版社啊！
L: Quite right! Many scholarly works are only published by this Press.
L:设错！好多学术著作都只在这个出版社出版。
R： Really? I'm so glad that the Oxford University Press is also welcomed in China! As a British, I’m taking a great deal of pride in it
R:是吗？真高兴看到牛津大学出版社在中国也这么受欢迎！作为英国人，我为 它感到非常骄傲。
L: It's not surprising. The Oxford University Press has global fame! Moreover, all students are asked to prepare the Oxford English Dictionary at the beginning of our English learning. It can be considered as the authority on the English language.
L:这一点也不奇怪。牛津大学出版社可是享誉全球啊！而且，我们在初学英语 的时候，老师就要求每人都要准备一本《牛津英语词典》，这可以说是英语方 面的权威词典了。
R: What is the Oxford English Dictionary! It seems a bit complicated for a learner in the first stage. The second edition printed in 1989 contains even 20 volumes.
R:为什么是《牛津英语词典》呢？对于一个初学者来说，它似乎有点复杂。 1989年出版的第二版就有 20册呢！
L: Oh, it’s my mistake. Actually, I mean the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, which is a dictionary based on the Oxford English Dictionary.
L:噢，是我疏忽了。实际上，我指的是《牛津简明英 语词典》，它是以《牛津英语词典》为基础改编而 成的。
R： I see. After publishing of Oxford English Dictionary, the Oxford University Press has come out a series of English reference books on its basis in succession. For instance, Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, New Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, New Oxford American Dictionary, as well as Oxford Dictionary Of English Etymology.
R:我明白了。在《牛津英语词典》面世后，牛津大 学出版社陆续在此基础上出版了一系列的英文工 具书，如：《简编牛津英语词典》《新牛津英语词典》《牛津高阶学习词典》《牛津美语词典》和《牛津词 源词典》。
L： Marvelous! Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary is the most popular in China. It was brought in by the Commercial Press, and was annotated^ in English and Chinese. It is especially suitable for English learners who Being appropriate for learners with different ages and stages, the Commercial Press also published editions of middle stage and first stage.
L:真了不起！《牛津高阶学习词典》在中国最为流行，由商务印书馆引进，并有英汉双解注释。它特别适含母语非英语的英语学习 者使用。为了能够适用于不同年龄层和学习阶段的学习者，商务印书馆还出 版了中阶版和初阶版。
R: Really? I never thought it exercised such a great influence in China.
R：真的吗？真设想到它在中国这么有影响力。
L: Certainly! The Oxford English Dictionary is supposed to be the most influential⑤ publication by the Oxford University Press.
L:当然啦！《牛津英语词典》应该是牛津大学出版社最具影响力的出版物了。
R： Well. Have you ever used the electronic edition of it?
R:嗯。那你使用过它的电子版吗？
L： Never. It’s too expensive, about 200 pounds per year, more than 2,000 Yuan.
L:设有。电子版太贵了 每年大概要 200英镑，也就是 2000元多人民币。
R: Er.. a little bit expensive.
R： D恩是有点贵。
L: To return to the subject, have you found all the books?
L:言归正传，书找好了没有.
R: Yeah, all the books on the list are right here.
R：好了，书单上所以的书都在这里了。
L: Good job, Robert. It's time to have lunch.
L:干得好，罗伯特。午饭时间到了，我们赶紧去付款吧。
B: Let’s hurry to pay up.
R：好的，走吧！
