英语大赢家 上册 010.Topic 2买卖 Buying and Selling

 妈妈准备买几样蔬菜和肉回家做晚饭，选好以后和店员讨价还价。妈妈的砍价技术如何，我们来看看吧。

 

Mom: Excuse me, how much is the spin age?

 

Vendor¹: 3 Yuan per kilogram.

 

Mom: That's too expensive. What about the carrots?

 

Vendor: The same.

 

Mom: How about 2.5 yuan a kilogram? I come here all the time.

 

Vendor: Come on. I'm out on a limb² here. How much do you want?

 

Mom: Two kilograms of carrots and one kilogram of spin age.

 

Vendor: All right, all right. Sold. Goes for 7.5 Yuan.

 

(Mother gives 10 Yuan to the vendor.)

 

Vendor: Here is your change.

 

Mom: Daniel, would you like some beef for supper?

 

Daniel: Cool! I like beef. And I try to be stronger than Popeye.

 

Mom: Sure, honey. But you are going to buy it by yourself.

 

Daniel: Excuse me. How much is the beef?

 

Vender³: Sorry kid, it's pork. We sold out all the beef.

 

Daniel: That's a shame, thanks anyway.

 

妈妈：请问，菠菜怎么卖？

 

小贩：每公斤三块钱。

 

妈妈：太贵了。胡萝卜怎么卖？

 

小贩：一样的价钱。

 

妈妈：两块五一斤怎么样啊？我总是来你这里买菜呢。

 

小贩：别呀！您总不能让我亏本吧。您想买多少呢？

 

妈妈：两公斤的胡萝卜和一公斤菠菜。

 

小贩：好吧，卖您了。一共七块五。

 

（妈妈拿出十元钱给售货员。）

 

小贩：找您零钱。

 

妈妈：丹尼尔，你晚饭想吃牛肉吗？

 

丹尼尔：太好了。我喜欢牛肉。我要变得比大力水手更强壮。

 

妈妈：当然可以了，孩子。但是你要自己去买牛肉。

 

丹尼尔：请问，这个牛肉怎么卖？

 

小贩：小朋友，这是猪肉。牛肉已经全部卖完了。

 

丹尼尔：太可惜了，但还是谢谢您。

 

Recitation

 

Vendor: Hi, I am a vendor. Welcome to the Food Market. Many people come to my stand for the food. I always give them my best price. All the vegetables are twenty percent off after 5:00 p.m. Although the job keeps me busy all the time, I find it quite fun.

 

生词小结

 

expensivea dj. 贵的

 

percentn. 百分之……

 

be twenty percent of打八折

 

be next to nothing极便宜，几乎免费

 

kilogram n. 千克，公斤

 

limb n. 树枝，肢

 

beef n. 牛肉

 

pork n. 猪肉

 

sell out卖完

 

shame n. 遗憾的事

1 vendor   

n.卖主；小贩

参考例句：

• She looked at the vendor who cheated her the other day with distaste.她厌恶地望着那个前几天曾经欺骗过她的小贩。
• He must inform the vendor immediately.他必须立即通知卖方。

2 limb   

n.树枝，四肢，枝干，边缘；vt.切断手足，切断树干

参考例句：

• She sat on a limb of the tree and looked down.她坐在一根大树枝上往下看。
• His refusal to agree left him out on a limb.他拒不表示同意，致使自己处于孤立地位。

3 vender   

n.小贩

参考例句：

• The news vender hasn't open yet,lets buy it later.卖报纸的还没出摊儿，待会儿再去买吧。
• The vender sells candies,fiuits,toys,cigarettes,and all that.这位小贩既卖糖果、水果又卖玩具香烟等等。