SALESPERSON: May I help you, sir?
SIMON: Yes, I want to buy a VCR.
SALESPERSON: Well, we have many models to choose from here.
Do you have a particular brand you want?
SIMON: No. I only want it to be a very good one. The best.
It's a graduation gift for my son.
SALESPERSON: I see. And does your son have a VCR now?
SIMON: Well, he uses our VCR at home.
But he's going to university in the Fall, so he needs his own VCR.
SALESPERSON: Does he watch a lot of movies?
SIMON: Yes, he sure does.
In fact, he wants to become a movie producer himself.
He wants to study film at the university.
SALESPERSON: I would like to make a suggestion then, sir.
SIMON: Please do.
SALESPERSON: If your son wants to study film,
probably he will start to collect movies himself.
SIMON: Yes, I know that. So I want him to have a good VCR to use.
SALESPERSON: May I suggest you consider buying him a DVD player instead?
SIMON: DVD? Isn't that like a CD?
SALESPERSON: It is very similar. The technology is the same.
SIMON: Why is a DVD better than a VCR?
SALESPERSON: For one thing, sir, the quality of the image is usually better.
That's because it's digital.
SIMON: But isn't it more expensive?
SALESPERSON: It is a little more expensive, sir.
But there is one important advantage which your son might appreciate.
SIMON: What's that?
SALESPERSON: If your son starts to buy video tapes, he can't keep them very long.
SIMON: And why not?
SALESPERSON: Video tape breaks down after fifteen years.
So if he collects a lot of tapes, after fifteen years they will all start to rot.
SIMON: Hmm. Is that true?
SALESPERSON: Yes, it is, sir.
SIMON: Well. And what about DVDs?
SALESPERSON: This is the excellent thing about DVDs.
If your son starts to collect DVDs, they will last forever. They will never rot.
SIMON: Hmm. He might really appreciate that.
I know he will start to collect movies at school. Especially if he studies film.
SALESPERSON: So let me show you some of our DVD players.
In my opinion, DVD is the wave of the future.
SIMON: Alright, please show me what you have.

店員：我能為你效勞嗎，先生？
賽門：我想買一臺錄放機。
店員：我們有很多款式可以選擇。
你有指定的牌子嗎？
賽門：我只要一臺很好的，最好的。
這是給我兒子的畢業(yè)禮物。
店員：這樣啊。你兒子現在有錄放機嗎？
賽門：他現在是用家里的錄放機。
但是他秋季就要上大學了，所以需要一臺自己的錄放機。
店員：他常看電影嗎？
賽門：時常。
事實上，他就想要當一個電影制作人。
他打算在大學里攻讀電影。
店員：那我給你一個建議，先生。
賽門：請說。
店員：如果你兒子想學電影，
也許他就要開始自己收集電影。
賽門：唔，我知道。所以我希望他有一臺好的錄放機。
店員：不如買一臺 DVD 給他？
賽門：是不是像 CD 一樣？
店員：很類似。它們的技術是一樣的。
賽門：為什么 DVD 比 VCR 好呢？
店員：影像的品質會比較好。
因為它是數字化的。
賽門：不是比較貴嗎？
店員：是貴一點，先生。
但是有一個優(yōu)點是你兒子會喜歡的。
賽門：是什么呢？
店員：如果你兒子開始買錄像帶，它們是不能保存很久的。
賽門：為什么不能呢？
店員：錄像帶只能保存 15 年。
假使他收集很多錄像帶，15 年后它們就開始變質。
賽門：唔，是真的嗎？
店員：是的，先生。
賽門：那么 DVD 呢？
店員：這就是 DVD 的好處。
如果你兒子開始收集 DVD 的話，就能保存很久，因為它們不會變質。
賽門：唔，他可能會喜歡這一點。
我知道他到學校后就要開始收集電影，尤其是如果他攻讀電影。
店員：讓我向你介紹一些我們的 DVD 放影機。
我認為 DVD 將會流行起來。
賽門：好的，讓我看看你們有些什么。