地道英语对话：Negotiating the Price(6)

A: I want to rent this apartment.
B: I’m glad to hear that.
A: How much are you asking?
B: You will have to pay $1050 every month.
A: I can’t afford that.
B: What can you afford?
A: I was thinking¹ $800 a month.
B: I’ll need you to pay more than that.
A: How much more?
B: How does $900 every month sound to you?
A: I can live with that.
B: We have a deal then.

 

1 thinking   

n.思考，思想；adj.思考的，有理性的；vbl.想，思考

参考例句：

• All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
• Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。