Listen to the tape then answer this question. Can Mr. Frith buy the television on instalments? How does it work?
听录音,然后回答问题。弗里斯先生可以用分期付款方式购买电视机吗?如何操作呢?
MR.FRITH:I like this television very much. How much does it cost?
弗里斯先生:我非常喜欢这台电视机。请问它多少钱?
ASSISTANT:It's the most expensive model in the shop. It costs five hundred pounds.
店 员:这是店里最贵的型号。它的售价是500英镑。
MRS. FRITH:That's too expensive for us. We can't afford all that money.
弗里斯夫人:这对我们来说是太贵了。我们花不起那么多钱。
ASSISTANT:This model's less expensive than that one. It's only three hundred pounds. But, of course, it's not as good as the expensive one.
店 员:这种型号的比那种要便宜些。它只要300英镑。但是,它当然没有价钱高的那种好。
MR. FRITH: I don't like the model. The other model's more expensive, but it's worth the money.
弗里斯先生:我不喜欢这种型号。那一种型号价格是贵一些,但它值这么多钱。
MR. FRITH: Can we buy it on instalments?
弗里斯先生:我们可以用分期付款的方式购买吗?
ASSISTANT:Of course. You can pay a deposit of thirty pounds, and then fourteen pounds a month for three years.
店 员:当然可以。您可以先付30英镑定金,然后每月14镑,3年付清。
MR. FRITH:Do you like it, dear?
弗里斯先生:你喜欢吗,亲爱的?
MRS. FRITH:I certainly do, but I don't like the price. You always want the best, but we can't afford it. Sometimes you think you're a millionaire!
弗里斯夫人:我当然喜欢, 但是我不喜欢这个价钱。你总是要买的,可我们买不起。有时候你认为自己是个百万富翁!
MR.FRITH:Millionaires don't buy things on instalments!
弗里斯先生:百万富翁是不会分期付款买东西的!
New words and Expressions生词和短语
model
n. 模型
afford
v. 付得起(钱)
deposit
n. 预付定金
instalment
n. 分期付款
price
n. 价格
millionaire
n. 百万富翁
Notes on the text课文注释
1 大多数两个以上音节的形容词可与more/less连用构成其比较级形式,与most/least连用构成其级形式,如本课中的几个例子:This model's less expensive than that one; The other model's more expensive; It's the most expensive model in the shop.
2 it's not as good as the expensive one,它不如那种价格高的好。not as...as... 可以用来进行比较,意思是,放在前面的人或物在程度上低于后面的人或物。
3 buy...on instalments,以分期付款的方式购买。