Eztalk美語【138】chatting on the phone 在電話上聊天
Gilly and Nate are chatting on the phone
Gilly: Did you like the Chanel bag that I got?
Nate: You must have a rich boyfriend because that bag is so expensive!
Gilly: I bought it on eBay. It was only one-tenth of the original price. And the purchase was so easy.
Nate: No kidding! Then how do you know the bag's real?
Gilly: Well, it came with a certificate, and it looks real. But auctioning on eBay is risky.
Nate: A risk I would never take...
Gilly: Then you haven't browsed eBay before...get online. Don't hang up!
purchase (n.)
購買
A: Hi! Thank you for calling Fred's Furniture Warehouse.
嗨!感謝您來電費德家具大賣場。
B: Hello. I'm calling to make a sofa purchase.
哈啰。我打電話來要買沙發(fā)。
auction (v.)
拍賣
A: Where did you get your computer so cheap?
你計算機在哪里買的，這么便宜?
B: I got it through an online auction.
我在網(wǎng)絡(luò)拍賣上買的。
hang up
掛斷電話
Don't hang up on me! I'm not finished.
別掛我電話!我還沒說完。
one-tenth (a.)
十分之一的
I have only one-tenth the money that you have.
我的錢只有你的十分之一。
certificate (n.)
證明書
A: Are you an English teacher?
你是英文老師嗎?
B: Yes. I even have my TESOL certificate.
對。我甚至有TESOL認(rèn)證。
browse (v.)
(上網(wǎng))瀏覽
I like browsing CNN.com.
我喜歡瀏覽CNN的網(wǎng)站。
吉莉和奈特在電話上聊天
吉莉：你喜歡我買的那個香奈兒包包嗎?
奈特：你一定是交了個有錢男友，因為那個袋子超貴的!
吉莉：我在eBay上面買的。它只有原價的十分之一。而且很容易就買到了。
奈特：真的假的!那你怎么知道包包是真貨?
吉莉：呃，有附一個證明書，而且看起來是真的。不過在eBay上面拍賣是要冒險的。
奈特：一個我絕對不想冒的險……
吉莉：那是你沒上eBay看過才會這么說……去上網(wǎng)。別掛斷電話!
