E17.What a bargain！
太劃算啦！

對(duì)話場(chǎng)景

Olivia是個(gè)名副其實(shí)砍價(jià)能手，她是如何將140美元的衣服砍成100美元兩件的呢？
Olivia is a real bargain hunter，how did she buy the cloth in a very nice price?

Salesclerk：Hello. May I help you?
（你好，請(qǐng)問(wèn)有什么可以幫您的嗎？）
Olivia：Yeah, this dress is really nice! How much is it?
（嗯，這條裙子真好看！多少錢啊？）
Salesclerk：That one is one hundred and fifty dollars.
（那條一百五十美金。）
Olivia：One hundred and fifty dollars? What about this other one over here?
（一百五十美金？那這邊這條呢？）
That's one hundred and forty dollars.
（這條一百四十美金。）
Olivia：Hmm...that's a bit out of my price range. Can you give me a better deal?
（啊，這么貴，超出我的預(yù)算了。能給我便宜點(diǎn)嗎？）
Salesclerk：This is an exclusive design by DaMarco! It's a bargain at that price.
（這可是設(shè)計(jì)師DaMarco獨(dú)家設(shè)計(jì)的，這已經(jīng)很便宜了。）
Olivia：Well, I don't know. I think I'll shop around.
（哎喲，我可不覺(jué)得，我到別家再看看吧。）
Salesclerk：Okay, okay, how about one hundred dollars?
（好吧好吧，這件一百美金怎么樣？）
Olivia：That's still more than I wanted to spend. What if I take both dresses?
（那還是超過(guò)我的預(yù)算了。如果我兩條一起買呢？）
Salesclerk：Okay, I can give you a special discount, just because you seem like a nice person. One hundred and ninety dollars for both.
（好吧，你看起來(lái)人不錯(cuò)，所以我給你打個(gè)折。兩件一百九十美金。）
Olivia：I don't know... It's still a bit pricey.... Thanks anyway.
（嗯，我再想想....還有有點(diǎn)貴....不過(guò)謝謝你啊。）
Salesclerk：Okay, my final price! One hundred dollars for both! That's two for the price of one. That's my last offer!
（行了，那我給你個(gè)最低價(jià)！兩件一百！等于買一送一！這可是我的跳樓價(jià)，不能再低了。）
Olivia：Great! You've got a deal!
（好！成交！）

語(yǔ)言剖析

1. That's a bit out of my price range.
That's a bit out of my price range. 能給我便宜點(diǎn)嗎？
out of my price range，這里的price指的是買家自己心里事先預(yù)想的價(jià)格，引申為預(yù)算， out of my price range，超出了我的預(yù)算Honey, you know this restaurant is out of my price range.親愛(ài)的，你知道這家餐廳的價(jià)格我付不起。

2. Can you give me a better deal?
Can you give me a better deal? 能給我便宜點(diǎn)嗎？
Deal在這里是交易的意思， better deal指的是更棒，更便宜的價(jià)格Can you give me a better deal?能給我便宜點(diǎn)嗎？Don’t say cheaper,it is impolite.千萬(wàn)不要用cheaper來(lái)表示更便宜，這會(huì)讓別人覺(jué)得你看不起他的東西。請(qǐng)求便宜一點(diǎn)的價(jià)格還一說(shuō)Can you go down a little？Go down是價(jià)格下降的意思，Can you go down a little？意思就是你能再便宜一些嗎？

3. bargain
bargain 便宜，便宜貨
I got this shirt for half price! What a bargain!我半價(jià)買到這件襯衫的！真劃算！
Let's go shopping! Everything is on sale, and I'm sure we'll find some great bargains.
我們?nèi)ベ?gòu)物吧！所有東西都在促銷，我相信我們能買到不少便宜貨。

4. shop around
shop around 貨比三家
I'm not sure about it yet; I'm going to shop around for a while.
我還不確定，我要貨比三家再看看。
Let's shop around and see if we can find it cheaper in another store.
讓我們貨比三家看看另一家店會(huì)不會(huì)更便宜一點(diǎn)。
I was shopping around, and I found this computer on sale.
我貨比三家之后發(fā)現(xiàn)這款電腦在搞特價(jià)。

5. It's still a bit pricey
pricey 貴的
This restaurant is too pricey for me. Can we go somewhere else?
這家餐廳對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)太貴了，我們能去別的地方吃嗎？
This phone is a little pricey, but it is a really good phone.
這款電話有點(diǎn)貴，但確實(shí)是一部好電話。

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