🧳 旅游英语急救包 · 进阶场景:购物·突发·飞行日

购物英语:I'm just looking、try on、尺码退换与退税全流程

试穿、尺码、退换、退税——in a medium 是句式核心

一句话先懂 · TL;DR

店员迎上来怎么挡:I'm just looking. 试穿 try on、问码 in a medium、退货 return 换货 exchange、机场 tax refund——一课说清,配地道朗读。

进店:挡推销与要试穿

一进店,店员就会迎上来:"Hi, can I help you find anything?" 只想随便逛,用挡推销神句:"I'm just looking, thanks."——礼貌、有效、全球通用。想试穿:"Could I try this on?",找试衣间:"Where's the fitting room?"

Hi there! Can I help you find anything?
🔊 店员的标准开场
I'm just looking, thanks.
🔊 挡推销神句:随便看看
💡try on 是「试穿」的固定搭配:try it on / try this on——代词放中间。

尺码、颜色、价格

问尺码的句式核心是 in"Do you have this in a medium?"(有中码吗)——in a small / in a large / in black(黑色的)/ in another color(别的颜色)全套用。问价:"How much is this?" 问折扣:"Is this on sale?"

Do you have this in a medium? And do you have it in black?
🔊 问码问色一句连:in a medium, in black
⚠️美 / 欧 / 英的衣码鞋码是三套体系,同一个数字差好几码——报数字前先用手机查换算,或干脆让店员帮你量。

退货、换货、退税

退换货的第一凭证是小票(receipt)。退货拿钱:"I'd like to return this.";换码换色:"Could I exchange this for a different size?" 退税先在店里问:"Do you offer tax-free shopping?",离境时去机场的 tax refund counter 办理。

Hi, I'd like to return this — here's the receipt.
🔊 退货标准句:商品 + 小票
💡退税三要素:护照、小票、商品未使用。少一样都办不了——小票从买单那一刻就收好。

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店员迎上来问 Can I help you find anything? 你只想随便看看,怎么回应最得体?

答案:I'm just looking, thanks.

just looking 是全球通用的「随便看看」,店员听到就会退开。单个 "No" 生硬;"I don't want to buy" 把话说死了(万一想买呢);"don't follow me" 直接把服务当成了跟踪,冲突拉满。

想试穿手里这件衣服,怎么说?

答案:Could I try this on?

试穿的固定搭配是 try on。test 用于测试设备性能,且 clothes 没有单数「this clothes」;"wear this now" 像要穿走;"open the fitting room" 又是 open 直译(开门请求应是 Could you unlock...,且试衣间一般直接问 Where's the fitting room?)。

这件衣服想要中码,地道问法是?

答案:Do you have this in a medium?

尺码用 small / medium / large,句式是 in a + 尺码。middle 是「中间位置」不是衣码——middle size / my size is middle 都是「中」的直译;"Give me the M one" 意思能通但祈使句生硬。

I'd like to return this. 和 Could I exchange this? 的区别是?

答案:return 是退货拿回钱,exchange 是换成别的尺码或颜色

return = 退回商品拿回钱款;exchange = 以物换物(常用于换码换色:exchange this for a medium)。两个词方向相反,说反了店员会按错误流程处理——先想清楚你要钱还是要货。

机场办退税,找这个柜台(填一个英文单词):Where's the tax ___ counter?

答案:refund

退税柜台叫 tax refund counter(或 tax-free / VAT refund counter)。记住 refund 这个词——退款、退税都靠它。

判断:店员迎面问 How are you today? 是想和你聊聊近况,应该认真介绍一下自己今天的安排。

答案:

这是问候式开场白,功能等于「您好」——标准回应是 "Good, thanks!"(顺口反问一句 How are you? 更礼貌)。和餐厅的 How is everything? 一样,是打招呼不是提问,认真汇报近况反而让双方尴尬。

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