英语情景对话-Discussing Counter-Offer(1)

A: Have the owners¹ come up with a counter-offer² to my offer to buy their home yet³?
B: The owners have counter-offered three hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars.
A: Should I accept⁴ their offer?
B: There are two ways to respond⁵. You can either⁶ come back with another offer or go with their counter-offer.
A: What if I make another offer, and they don’t accept it?
B: No one else has made⁸ an offer, so you could⁹ make another offer if you want to do so.
A: I think that I would¹⁰ like to offer three hundred and thirty thousand dollars as⁷ a counter-offer.
B: OK, I will present your counter-offer to the owners tonight.
A: How long before I find out what their decision¹¹ is?
B: By now, the owners probably¹² have a pretty good idea of what they will accept. It will go quickly.
 

1 owners   

n.物主，所有人( owner的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Home owners are being encouraged to insulate their homes to save energy. 当局鼓励房主给住房加隔热装置以节约能源。
• The stolen goods were all restored to their owners. 被偷窃的东西都归还给原主了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 offer   

n.出价，提议；vt.提供，出价；贡献，奉献；vi.提议；出现；求婚

参考例句：

• She chose to accept his offer.她决定接受他的提议。
• It was friendly of him to offer his help.他提供帮助真是太好了。

3 yet   

adv.还，仍然，即刻；conj.尽管，然而

参考例句：

• I am not ready yet.我还没有准备好。
• Beautiful as she is,she didn't find a boyfriend yet.尽管她很漂亮，但还没找到男朋友呢。

4 accept   

vt.接受，领受；认可，同意；vi.同意，认可

参考例句：

• Please accept me as a friend.请把我当作朋友。
• Please accept it as a present.请把它作为一件礼物收下。

5 respond   

vi.回答，响应

参考例句：

• I offered him a drink but he did not respond.我请他喝酒，但他未作回答。
• I greeted him but he didn't respond.我跟他打招呼，他没答理我。

6 either   

adj.任一，两方的；prep.任一，随便任一个；conj.或，也

参考例句：

• I have bought two books,you can have either.我买了两本书，你要哪一本都可以。
• I don't think either of them are at home.我想他们中任何一个都不在家。

7 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

8 made   

v.make的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• They were not made in china.它们不是中国制造的。
• The monkey made a long arm for the peach.猴子伸臂去摘桃子。

9 could   

v.能，可能(can的过去式)；aux.v.(can的过去式)能；可以

参考例句：

• Could I open the window?我可以打开窗子吗？
• I could wait ten minutes.我可以等十分钟。

10 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

11 decision   

n.决定，决心

参考例句：

• Once a decision is made,we must carry it out.一旦做了决定，我们就要执行。
• It was unwise of you to make that decision.你这个决定是不明智的。

12 probably   

adv.大概，或许，很可能

参考例句：

• Next year I shall probably be looking for a job. 明年我很可能找份工作。
• We're going on holiday soon,probably next month.我们很快要去度假了，可能是下个月。