Benjamin: Okay, honey, we already have two. There is no more space for a third one!
Shirley: But it's so elegant.
Benjamin: Honey, maybe something else, just no more microwave oven, okay?
Shirley: All right. Then what about a MD player? For May to learn English with.
Benjamin: Better.
Shirley: Do you have any MD players?
Sales person: Yes, various. Here are the samples. What about this one?
Shirley: What are its features?
Sales person: Well, it has a lithium battery which lasts for 20 hours. With MP3 mode, you can download about 9 hours of music or English audio texts. It's especially popular with students for their English study!
Shirley: What else?
Sales person: Maybe you should just have it operated then you would know how well it works.
Shirley: Oh,“My heart will go on”, I love the song.
Benjamin: Nothing can stop her from buying it now, I suppose.
Sales person: Just think about the advantage you are going to get.
Benjamin: Women are shopping animals. At least, my wife really is. She would always say something is two-pence colored. She would just keep on buying stuff without thinking whether we need it or not. Things are gonna to be worse if there were a discount. So I don't like discount stores very much.
生词小结
pennyn. 便士
playern. 唱机
samplen. 样品
featuren. 特色
lithium battery锂电池
downloadvt. 下载
advantagen. 优点
注释
1. It's really two-pence colored.
pence 是penny 的复数形式,color 的意思是染色,文中的意思为,它真的是物美价廉。
2. My heart will go on:经典电影“Titanic”(《泰坦尼克号》)的主题曲,中文名字是《我心永恒》。