會話︰

Clerk：Excuse me, sir. Please wait a moment.

店員︰不好意思，先生。請等一下。

Customer : What? What’s the problem?

顧客︰怎麼了？有什麼事嗎？

Clerk：I saw you put a book inside your jacket. I’ll have to ask you to pay for it at the counter before you leave.

店員︰我看見您將一本書放進您的夾克。我得請您離開前先到櫃檯結賬。

Customer : What? What book? What are you talking about?

顧客︰什麼？什麼書？你在說什麼？

Clerk：Please, sir. We don’t want any trouble. Please pay for the book or I will have to call the police.

店員︰麻煩您，先生。我們不想找麻煩。麻煩您付這本書的錢，不然我就要報警了。

[多學一點點]

★I saw you put a book inside your jacket. I’ll have to ask you to pay for it at the counter before you leave.

（我看見您將一本書放進您的夾克。我得請您在離開前先到櫃檯結賬。）

★We don’t want any trouble. Please pay for the book or I will have to call the police.

（我們不想找麻煩。麻煩您付這本書的錢，不然我就要報警了。）

[字字珠璣]

★catchvt.捉住，抓到

catch + 人 + 現在分詞（當場抓住某人正在……）

例: The shoplifter was caught putting a CD into his bag.（這名商店扒手當場被逮到將一張CD放進他的包包裡。）

shoplifter n. 在商店偷東西的人

★What’s the problem?有什麼事嗎？；What’s wrong?；What’s the matter?； What’s up?