地道美語聽力播客631:銷售二手車

Mario: Do you want to go with me to test drive a car I’m thinking of buying?

馬里奧：你想和我一起去試駕我想買的那輛車嗎?

Danica: Sure. Which dealership are we going to?

達(dá)妮卡：當(dāng)然，我們要去哪家經(jīng)銷商那買呢?

Mario: I’m not buying a used car from a dealership. I’m buying it from a private party. Dealerships rip you off.

馬里奧：我不打算從經(jīng)銷商那里買二手車，我打算在一個私人派對上買，經(jīng)銷商肯定會敲詐你的。

Danica: Are you sure about that? My sister bought a certified used car from a dealership and she even got a one-year warranty. She’s very happy with it.

達(dá)妮卡：你確定嗎?我姐姐從一個經(jīng)銷商那里買了一輛有保障的二手車，甚至還保修一年呢，她很滿意。

Mario: Dealerships jack up the price. Buying from a private party means getting a better deal.

馬里奧：商品經(jīng)銷商就會哄抬價格，從私人派對上買會更便宜。

Danica: If you say so. What kind of car is it, and how much is the owner asking for it?

達(dá)妮卡：如果你這么說，那是什么車呢，然后車主向你要多少錢呢?

Mario: It’s a McQ Racer and the owner is asking $12,000, $3,000 below blue book value.

馬里奧：是McQ跑車，車主要價一萬二千美元，比藍(lán)皮書上的標(biāo)價少三千美元。

Danica: That is a good price. In fact, that’s too good a price. Doesn’t that raise some red flags?

達(dá)妮卡：這價格很便宜，事實上，這太便宜了，難道這不意味著里面有問題嗎?

Mario: Like what?

馬里奧：比如?

Danica: Well, the car could be have been totaled and is now considered salvage. Its odometer could have been rolled back. It could have major mechanical problems...

達(dá)妮卡：嗯，車可能已經(jīng)毀壞了，需要修理，它的里程表可能會回滾，可能存在重大機(jī)械問題……

Mario: You can be skeptical, but I’m not looking a gift horse in the mouth. If this guy wants to sell his car for much less than its value, who am I to ask questions?

馬里奧：這只是你的猜測而已，我不會對別人給出的優(yōu)惠再吹毛求疵。如果這家伙真想以低價甩賣，我去問誰?

Danica: You’ll do a title search and ask to see the pink slip before you buy it, right?

達(dá)妮卡：你可以再調(diào)查調(diào)查，買之前要求看一下執(zhí)照，對吧?

Mario: I think you’d better stay here. With you along, I see this great deal going up in smoke!

馬里奧：我看你還是呆在這，別去了。有你在這，這么好的交易肯定要泡湯。