实境旅游英语 第76期:杀价与付款(2)

 　　Part 2 Conversations

　　第二部分 会话练习

　　1.Can you make it any cheaper?

　　1.能不能算便宜一点？

　　Jennifer: Could you show me the T-shirt on the model?

　　珍妮弗：我想看一下模特儿身上那件T恤。

　　Store sales: Here you are. We have three different colors: white, blue and pink.

　　店员：好的。这是你要的T恤。一共有三种颜色：白色、蓝色和粉红色。

　　Jennifer: What's the price?

　　珍妮弗：多少钱？

　　Store sales: $12.

　　店员：12美元。

　　Jennifer: Can you make it any cheaper?

　　珍妮弗：能不能算便宜一点？

　　Store sales: It is cheap.

　　店员：已经很便宜了。

　　Jennifer: I'll take it if you give me a discount.

　　珍妮弗：你帮我打个折我就买。

　　Store sales: $10. That's the best I can do.

　　店员：最低就10美元了。

　　Jennifer: OK. I'll take the blue one.

　　珍妮弗：好吧，那我要蓝色的。

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　　2.How much is that one?

　　2.那一个多少钱呢？

　　Andy: I'm looking for a string of pearls¹ for my wife.

　　安迪：我想帮太太买一串珍珠。

　　Store sales: Yes, sir. What price range do you have in mind?

　　店员：好的，先生。您预计购买的价钱是多少？

　　Andy: I'm not sure. I don't know very much about the price of pearls.

　　安迪：我还没决定。是这样，我不太清楚珍珠的行情。

　　Store sales: I see. Let me show you some samples of various qualities. This one is very nice. It's three hundred and fifty dollars.

　　店员：这样啊。那我给你看不同等级的样品。这串很好看，价格是350美元。

　　Andy: Is there a price reduction²?

　　安迪：可以打个折扣吗？

　　Store sales: We are having a sale now. The price has already gone down.

　　店员：我们正在打折，价钱已经降低了。

　　Andy: How much is that one?

　　安迪：那条多少钱？

　　Store sales: It's two hundred and eighty dollars.

　　店员：280美元。

　　Andy: OK. I'll take it. Thank you.

　　安迪：好，我就买这串。谢谢。

1 pearls   

n.珍珠( pearl的名词复数 )；珍品；人造珍珠；珠状物

参考例句：

• a necklace of rubies intertwined with pearls 缠着珍珠的红宝石项链
• a string of pearls 一挂珍珠

2 reduction   

n.减少，减低，减缩；减少，减低

参考例句：

• Reduction in income tax will be welcomed with open arms.减少所得税将受到热烈欢迎。
• You will have a reduction for cash.付现金可以打折扣。