E17.What a bargain！
太划算啦！

对话场景

Olivia是个名副其实砍价能手，她是如何将140美元的衣服砍成100美元两件的呢？
Olivia is a real bargain hunter，how did she buy the cloth in a very nice price?

Salesclerk：Hello. May I help you?
（你好，请问有什么可以帮您的吗？）
Olivia：Yeah, this dress is really nice! How much is it?
（嗯，这条裙子真好看！多少钱啊？）
Salesclerk：That one is one hundred and fifty dollars.
（那条一百五十美金。）
Olivia：One hundred and fifty dollars? What about this other one over here?
（一百五十美金？那这边这条呢？）
That's one hundred and forty dollars.
（这条一百四十美金。）
Olivia：Hmm...that's a bit out of my price range. Can you give me a better deal?
（啊，这么贵，超出我的预算了。能给我便宜点吗？）
Salesclerk：This is an exclusive design by DaMarco! It's a bargain at that price.
（这可是设计师DaMarco独家设计的，这已经很便宜了。）
Olivia：Well, I don't know. I think I'll shop around.
（哎哟，我可不觉得，我到别家再看看吧。）
Salesclerk：Okay, okay, how about one hundred dollars?
（好吧好吧，这件一百美金怎么样？）
Olivia：That's still more than I wanted to spend. What if I take both dresses?
（那还是超过我的预算了。如果我两条一起买呢？）
Salesclerk：Okay, I can give you a special discount, just because you seem like a nice person. One hundred and ninety dollars for both.
（好吧，你看起来人不错，所以我给你打个折。两件一百九十美金。）
Olivia：I don't know... It's still a bit pricey.... Thanks anyway.
（嗯，我再想想....还有有点贵....不过谢谢你啊。）
Salesclerk：Okay, my final price! One hundred dollars for both! That's two for the price of one. That's my last offer!
（行了，那我给你个最低价！两件一百！等于买一送一！这可是我的跳楼价，不能再低了。）
Olivia：Great! You've got a deal!
（好！成交！）

语言剖析

1. That's a bit out of my price range.
That's a bit out of my price range. 能给我便宜点吗？
out of my price range，这里的price指的是买家自己心里事先预想的价格，引申为预算， out of my price range，超出了我的预算Honey, you know this restaurant is out of my price range.亲爱的，你知道这家餐厅的价格我付不起。

2. Can you give me a better deal?
Can you give me a better deal? 能给我便宜点吗？
Deal在这里是交易的意思， better deal指的是更棒，更便宜的价格Can you give me a better deal?能给我便宜点吗？Don’t say cheaper,it is impolite.千万不要用cheaper来表示更便宜，这会让别人觉得你看不起他的东西。请求便宜一点的价格还一说Can you go down a little？Go down是价格下降的意思，Can you go down a little？意思就是你能再便宜一些吗？

3. bargain
bargain 便宜，便宜货
I got this shirt for half price! What a bargain!我半价买到这件衬衫的！真划算！
Let's go shopping! Everything is on sale, and I'm sure we'll find some great bargains.
我们去购物吧！所有东西都在促销，我相信我们能买到不少便宜货。

4. shop around
shop around 货比三家
I'm not sure about it yet; I'm going to shop around for a while.
我还不确定，我要货比三家再看看。
Let's shop around and see if we can find it cheaper in another store.
让我们货比三家看看另一家店会不会更便宜一点。
I was shopping around, and I found this computer on sale.
我货比三家之后发现这款电脑在搞特价。

5. It's still a bit pricey
pricey 贵的
This restaurant is too pricey for me. Can we go somewhere else?
这家餐厅对我来说太贵了，我们能去别的地方吃吗？
This phone is a little pricey, but it is a really good phone.
这款电话有点贵，但确实是一部好电话。

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