情景会话口袋书人际篇第100期:讨价还价

1. She is bargaining with the street vendor over the price.
她与街头小贩讲价钱。
还能这样说：
She is negotiating price with the street vendor.
She is dickering with the street vendor.
应用解析：
big bargain 便宜货;
drive a hard bargain (在某事上)极力讨价还价，坚持苛刻的原则
2. I'd take it if you reduce it to twenty Yuan.
如果20元钱的话我就买。
还能这样说：
I will buy it if it's 20.
I'd take it for twenty Yuan.
应用解析：
take us as you find us 我们就这样，请你将就些吧;
take sb. wrong 误解某人的意思;
take sb. unawares 使某人出其不意，攻其不备;
take out of 取出，除去，要赔偿，报酬
3. How about fifty Yuan?
50元钱怎么样?
还能这样说：
Can I get it for fifty Yuan?
Is it possible for fifty Yuan?
4. I'd buy this if it were cheaper.
再便宜一点我就买。
还能这样说：
I'll take this if you come down a little.
I'd buy this if you reduce the price a little.
应用解析：
a best buy 最合算的买卖;
on the buy 买势很旺;
buy off 收买，贿赂;纳款以免军役;
buy over 收买;行贿;大量收购
5. Can it be cheaper?
能便宜一点吗?
还能这样说：
Can you reduce the price a little?
Can you come down a bit?
6. Have you got anything a little cheaper?
有便宜一点的吗?
还能这样说：
Do you have something less expensive?
Have you got any that cost less?
谚语：
Gold will not buy anything.
黄金并非万能。
7. Lower the price, and I'll consider it.
价钱低一点我才会考虑。
还能这样说：
I'll consider it if you cut down the price.
If you reduce the price, maybe I'll take it.
应用解析：
consider well over the matter 好好考虑这个问题;
consider from different standpoints 从不同的角度考虑;
consider the feelings of others 体谅别人的感觉
8. I can't afford this new computer.
我买不起这台新电脑。
还能这样说：
I don't have enough money to buy this new computer.
This new computer is beyond my purse.
应用解析：
afford sth. (to sb.) 供给某事物，给予某事物。
例如：The story books afford pleasure to me.
故事书给我带来乐趣。
9. It's a little overpriced.
这标价有点贵。
还能这样说：
It's a little expensive.
That's a little dear.
10. That's unreasonable!
卖得太贵了。
还能这样说：
That's too expensive.
It costs too much.
应用解析：
unreasonable的常用意思是：不讲理的，非理智的;超出情理的，过分的。
例如：We think he is being unreasonable.
我们觉得他不讲理。
11. I like everything about it except the price.
这东西除了价钱之外我都喜欢。
还能这样说：
I like it but I think it's expensive.
I think it's okay except the price.
应用解析：
except for 除……之外，只是;
except that 除了，只是
12. I've seen this cheaper in other places.
我在别家有看过更便宜的。
还能这样说：
I think I can get a cheaper one in other places.
I find your commodity is more expensive than others.
应用解析：
the other world 来世;
quite other 完全不同的;
one from the other 分别，个别;
no other than 不是别的，正是;
one after the other 一个一个地，相继
13. Give me a discount.
给我打个折吧!
还能这样说：
Can you give me a discount?
Can I have a discount?
应用解析：
additional discount 额外折扣;
bank discount 银行折扣，银行贴现;
bond discount 证券折价;
channel discount 特殊折扣;
discount shop 廉价商店;
with some discount 打折扣，以保留态度
14. If I buy more than one, will you give me a discount?
多买一点有折扣吗?
还能这样说：
Can I get a discount if I buy more than one?
Can you reduce the price if I buy more than one?
15. I can't afford it at that price.
我付不起那样的价格。
还能这样说：
That price is beyond my ability.
The price is beyond what I could pay.
16. We regret that the price is only one here.
很遗憾这里不讲价。
还能这样说：
We are sorry that the price is non-negotiable.
We regret that we have only one price.
应用解析：
refuse with many regrets 婉言谢绝
17. The price you offered is difficult to accept.
你还的价格我们无法接受。
还能这样说：
It is difficult to accept the price you offered.
We are unable to accept the price you offered.
应用解析：
accept everything 来者不拒;
accept bribes 贪赃;收受贿赂
18. We two can make some concession to conclude a deal.
我们双方可以做些让步以达成交易。
还能这样说：
We two can meet each other halfway to make a deal.
We two can compromise to conclude a deal.
应用解析：
strike compromise 达成协议;
compromise with...on 在……方面同……妥协