购物篇：特价衣服(5)

A: Pardon¹ me. Is this dress on sale²?

抱歉，没听到。这条裙子还在特价出售吗？

B: Actually³, the sale ended yesterday.

事实上，特价活动昨天已经结束了。

A: You know, it's only one day later⁴. How about giving me the sale price⁵?

你知道，这只过了一天。今天还减价一天行吗？

B: I'm sorry, but I can't change the price that's in the computer.

抱歉，但是我不能改变在电脑里的价钱。

A: Okay⁶. Let me think about it. Maybe I'll wait until⁷ the next sale.

好的，让我想想，也许我应该等等看下一次降价。

B: Take a look around. Maybe you'll see something else you like.

看看别的吧，没准你能看到其它你想要的。

1 pardon   

n.请原谅；对不起；请再说一遍

参考例句：

• Please pardon me for waking you.请原谅我吵醒了你。
• Pardon me for saying so.请原谅我这样说。

2 sale   

n.出售；卖出；廉售；贱卖

参考例句：

• The book will be on sale next month.这本书将于下个月上市。
• I got this hat on sale;it was very cheap.我在大减价时买到这顶帽子，价格很便宜。

3 actually   

adv.实际上，事实上，竟然，居然，如今

参考例句：

• he looks young, but she's actually 50.她看上去年轻，可是实际上已五十岁了。
• Actually,that's not quite right.实际上，那不完全对。

4 later   

adv.过后，后来；adj.以后的，更后的，较晚的

参考例句：

• He didn't turn up until half an hour later.半小时后他才出现。
• This part of the hospital was built on later.医院的这个部分是后来增建的。

5 price   

n.价格，代价，价值；vt.定格，标价，比较价格

参考例句：

• The goods have gone up in price.这些商品的价格已经上涨。
• They are selling the bikes off the market price.他们按低于市价卖出自行车。

6 Okay   

(=okey，O.K.)adj./adv.好，行，不错；n.同意

参考例句：

• The play is okay,but I still prefer the book.戏还可以，可我仍愿读原著。
• Is it okay with you if I borrow this book?我借这本书你不在意吧？

7 until   

prep.直到...为止；conj.直到...时才...

参考例句：

• He arrived home until midnight.他直到半夜才到家。
• She didn't sleep until midnight.她直到半夜才睡。