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2.4.4: Bargaining (模块四- 讨价还价)

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    Module IV: Bargaining

    模块四:讨价还价

    Scenario 4.1: Li Ming bargains with a used-book seller.

    LM:

    SP:

    LM:

    SP:

    这本小说多少钱?

    十五块。

    有点儿贵,十块吧。

    行。

    běn

    [M] for books

    小说

    xiǎoshuō

    novel

    有点儿

    yǒudiǎn’er

    a little too

    guì

    expensive

    ba

    (particle)

    xíng

    Okay, all right

    Note:

    有点儿an adverb phrase, usually implies a negative meaning. For example,

    这双鞋有点儿大。

    ( lit. “These shoes are a little too big.”)

    吧 a particle, is used at the end of sentences to express wishes or offer suggestions. 吧 softens the wish or suggestion.

    行 means “Okay”; 不行 means “not Okay.”

    Scenario 4.2: An Dawei is shopping for shoes in a shopping mall.

    AD:

    SP:

    这双鞋两百块,卖不卖?

    对不起,我们商场不可以讲价。

    mài

    to sell

    对不起

    duìbùqǐ

    sorry

    商场

    shāngchǎng

    mall

    讲价

    jiǎngjià

    to bargain


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