购物篇：误导人的广告(1)

A: These batteries should be on sale more often. 这些电池应该常常打折。 

B: I don't think these batteries are on sale. 我认为这些电池今天没有打折。

A: Look at the ad. It says they're on sale. 看这个广告。上面说打折的。

B: You're right. Batteries are on sale, but not this brand of batteries. 你是对的。是有电池在打折，但是不是这些电池。 

A: Oh. I didn't pay attention to the brand name. 哦，我没有注意到是什么品牌。 

B: Several people have misread that ad already today. 今天也有几个人和您一样看错了。 

A: People make the mistake because the ad is misleading. 是因为广告误导的，人们才会看错。 

B: I agree with you. Ads can be very tricky¹. 我也这么觉得。广告上的内容都不是很明确。 

A: I don't know when I'll ever learn. 我现在才注意到。 

B: No problem. I'll bring you the batteries that are on sale. I'll be right back. 没关系，我去给您拿些正在打折的电池，稍等。

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adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。