【英语1级听力】穷困潦倒的艺术家-Starving Artists

"I'm not coming to this art fair again," said Molly. "Why aren't you coming to this art fair again?" asked Teri. "There aren't enough visitors," Molly said. "That's for sure," said Teri. "There aren't enough visitors spending money." "That's for sure," said Molly. Visitors stopped and looked at Molly's paintings. Visitors stopped and looked at Teri's paintings. Visitors said Molly's paintings were very nice. Visitors said Teri's paintings were very nice. But no one bought anything. "No one buys anything," said Molly. "They stop. They look. They say, 'Oh, how pretty.' Then they walk on." Molly and Teri had not sold one painting. They lowered¹ their prices. They put "Sale! 50% Off!" tags² on all their paintings. But no one bought a single painting.

1 lowered   

v.（使）降低， （使）跌落( lower的过去式和过去分词 )；削弱；削减；减少

参考例句：

• Every evening at sunset the flag was lowered. 每天傍晚日落时都要降旗。
• She lowered her eyelids, then sprang them open. 她低垂着眼睑，然后突然睁开。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 tags   

n.[计算机]标记( tag的名词复数 )；附加语（为加强语气，如 Yes, I do 一句中的 I do）；名言；污块毛

参考例句：

• He put name tags on all his shirts. 他给自己所有的衬衣都缝上了标有姓名的签条。
• The old scholar's writing is always full of tags. 那位老学者的文章里总是有很多名言警句。 来自《简明英汉词典》