美語會話 146 聽來是個有風險的交易

Three days later, in the office lounge

Nate:Guess what, Gilly? I won both bids.

Gilly:Good for you. Did you use PayPal?

Nate:Yeah. It was so easy and super-fast, once I figured it out.

Gilly:That's the beauty of it, and the danger.

Nate:I should get the items within a week. But in the meantime I'm bidding on a digital video camera.

Gilly:How much?

Nate:Thirty U.S. dollars...and it's only been used for six months.

Gilly:Hmmm, sounds like risky business. Good luck.

lounge

(飯店、旅館、公司等的)休息室，會客廳

A: Let's meet at five in the office lounge.

我們五點在公司大廳見。

B: OK, see you there.

好，到時見。

figure out

理解，想明白

I can never figure out how to play this video game.

我永遠都搞不懂怎么玩這款電動游戲。

in the meantime

在此之際，在這段時間里

A: When will you be back from work?

你下班回來是幾點?

B: At six. In the meantime, you can do the laundry.

六點。在此同時你可以洗衣服。

digital video camera

數(shù)字攝影機

I just bought a digital video camera.

我剛買了一臺數(shù)字攝影機。

三天后，在辦公室的休息區(qū)

奈特：你猜怎樣著，吉莉?我兩個拍賣都得標了。

吉莉：真有你的。你是用PayPal付款嗎?

奈特：有啊。我一搞清楚后，就發(fā)現(xiàn)它真是簡單又迅速。

吉莉：這就是它的美好之處，也是危險的地方。

奈特：我應該會在一個星期內(nèi)收到東西。但在此同時，我正在標一臺數(shù)字攝影機。

吉莉：多少錢?

奈特：三十塊美金……而且只用過六個月。

吉莉：嗯，聽來是個有風險的交易。祝好運啦。