Lesson 111 The most expensive model 最昂贵的型号
一.Listen then answer this question.Can Mr.Frith buy the television on installments?How does it work?
听录音,然后回答问题。弗里思先生可以用分期付款的方式购买电视机吗?如何操作呢?
1.Mr.Frith:I like this television very much.How much does it cost?
Assistant:It’s the most expensive model in the shop.It costs five hundred pounds.
2.Mrs.Frith:That’s too expensive for us.We can’t afford all that money.
3.Assistant:This model’s less expensive than that one.It’s only three hundred pound s.But,of course,it’s not as good as the expensive one.
4.Mr.Frith:I don’t like this model.The other model’s more expensive,but it’s worth the money.
5.Mr.Frith:Can we buy it on instalments?
Assistant:Of course.You can pay a deposit of thirty pounds,and then fourteen pounds a month for three years.
6.Mr.Frith:Do you like it,dear?
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!
Mr.Frith:Millionaires don’t buy things on installments!
二.New words and expressions 生词和短语
1.model型号,式样
2.afford付得起(钱)
3.deposit预付订金
4.installment分期付款
5.price 价格
6.millionaire百万富翁
三.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连用构成其最高级形式,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 installments,以分期付款的方式购买。
四.参考译文
1.弗里思先生:我非常喜欢这台电视机。请问它多少钱?
店员:这是店里最贵的型号。它的售价是500英镑。
2.弗里思夫人:这对我们来说太贵了。我们花不起那么多钱。
3.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。
4.弗里思先生:我不喜欢这种型号。那一种型号价格是贵一些,但它值这么些钱。
5.弗里思先生:我们可以用分期付款的方式购买吗?
店员:当然可以。您可以先付30英镑订金,然后每月14镑,3年付清。
6.弗里思先生:你喜欢吗,亲爱的?
弗里思夫人:我当然喜欢,但是我不喜欢这个价钱。你总是要买最好的,可我们买不起。有时候你以为自己是个百万富翁!
弗里思先生:百万富翁是不会分期付款买东西的!
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