禮節(jié)美語:Lesson 179 Bargaining 1

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Gina帶美國老板Jason去購物。

Gina: Good morning, Jason. How did you sleep?

Jason: Pretty well, thanks. Still feeling the effects of jet lag a bit, but last night I got at lease six hours of rest.

G: Great! So, are you ready for a full day of shopping?

J: Yep. Let's do it. I'm pretty excited!

G: I know a place that should be perfect. It's called the "China Friendship Shopping Center" and it's pretty much like an American mall - except with more variety. You can even buy a live chicken there if you want.

Jason雖然有時差，但晚上睡得不錯，做好了去購物的充分準備。Gina要帶他去“中國友誼購物中心”，It's just like an American mall, 跟美國的購物中心很象，mall is spelled m-a-l-l, mall, mall，是美國購物中心的通稱，mall，里有很多店家，出售各種商品。

J: Live chicken? (Chuckle) Thanks, but no thanks. So....tell me about bargaining. How can I do it like a local?

G: Well. I'll be honest and say you'll never be as good at bargaining as a local person. You're a foreigner and the sellers can see that. But...if you're smart, you can get bargains that are not too far away from the "local price."

J: Cool! Teach me!

Jason聽說購物中心還能買到活雞，覺得很好笑，說thanks, but no thanks，意思是謝謝，但不必了。Jason讓Gina教他討價還價，bargain is spelled b-a-r-g-a-i-n, bargain, 是砍價的意思，Gina說，你長一張老外臉，不可能 as good at bargaining as a local person，意思是不可能象本地人一樣砍價，local is spelled l-o-c-a-l, local，意思是當?shù)厝?。不過如果懂行的話，還是能拿到跟本地人差不多的價格的。

G: For starters, you want to do a lot of scouting first. You've got to know what things cost.

J: Someone told me to go to a convenience store and see how much a soft drink or a tube of toothpaste costs. The idea is that by comparing the prices of those items, you can figure out the relative prices of everything else.

G: That could be helpful. But when you go into a shopping center...prices become very flexible. You have to be able to read the market.

Gina說，Jason首先要去摸清情況， scout is spelled s-c-o-u-t, scout, scout，是搜集信息的意思。有人曾告訴Jason, 可以找個便利商店，a convenience store, 看看飲料、牙膏等生活用品的價格，了解大概齊的價格標準。但是 Gina說，到了購物中心，價格彈性就會變得很大，所以還是要學會read the market，弄懂市場行情。