Unit 18  I’ll Take It

第十八单元  这个我要了

导    读

购物时要想省钱有许多方法，本课的短文介绍了其中几种，但是最为有效的是对话I’ll give you $25 和 Oh, that’s too much.中向你展示的讨价还价法。我们学的文章难度逐渐加大，句子也越来越长，今天我要在passage的讲解中教同学们学习分析长句的结构；上一课语法我们讨论了序数词的用法，这课我们开始了解基数词的用法。

译    文

对话一  我付你￥25

    赖斯太太是一家杂货店的老板，张小姐到这家杂货店来买花瓶。

              张小姐：这个花瓶你要多少钱？

    赖斯太太：$40。

              张小姐：$40？太贵了。

    赖斯太太：不贵呀。这个花瓶值$50，我只要$40因为这是最后一个了。

              张小姐：可是这个已经旧不太好了。看，这里有点破了。我觉得不值$40，我给你$25。

    赖斯太太：$25？拜托！我告诉你，我要$35，给$35拿走。

              张小姐：不，还是太贵了。说实话，$35我买不起。

    赖斯太太：对不起，$35是最低价了。

              张小姐：得了，咱们折中一下，$30。

    赖斯太太：$30？好吧，就卖你30了。

对话二  哟，太贵了

约翰逊一家要搬到一个新公寓去。在他们住的公寓前，他们在出售一些旧家具，这叫做门前大甩卖。胡先生来看看是否能买点什么。

约翰逊太太：早晨好！想买些什么？

胡先生：我想买你的长沙发和双人沙发，多少钱？

约翰逊太太：双人沙发$35，长沙发$65。

胡先生：呦，太贵了。双人沙发$25，长沙发$45怎么样？

约翰逊太太：不行，这可不够，你瞧，两个沙发都很新的。

胡先生：可是不管怎么说也是二手货，我们折中一下吧！

约翰逊太太：行，两个沙发一共$85，双人沙发$30，长沙发$55。

胡先生：好，那我买了。

短文  你可以少花钱

购物时要想少花钱你主要得记住三点。

第一、尽量多看商店广告，这样，你就能清楚地知道到什么地方能买到最便宜的东西。如果运气好，你会买到物美价廉的东西，价格比你预料的还要低。

    第二、收集一些打折券，用这些打折券你可以少花钱。

    第三、记住，不同时候和不同商店的价格变化很大。在露天市场、跳蚤市场或门前旧物摊，有些东西是可以还价的。你总是可以讨价还价买到便宜的商品。

去买东西时记住这几点，你就可以省钱。

Main points of the text

Dialogue A

1. How much do you want for it?  40$.

问价格都用how much。40$ 读作forty dollars  $ 美元

2. It’s too much: It’s too expensive.

3. It’s worth $50.

worth: prep. 介词；n.（U）不可数名词

eg. I paid only ¥50,000 for this used / second-hand flat and it’s worth much more.

这套旧/二手房我才花5万, 太值了。（worth: prep.）

How much is it worth? 这个值多少钱？

This writer’s books is worth reading. 这位作家的书值得一读。（worth: prep.）

I bought 20 yuan’s worth of fruits to her daughter for her.

我替她给她女儿买了20块钱的水果。（worth: n.）

4. 注意这几句口语常用表达：

   Come on.得了吧。I tell you what说实在的。To tell you the truth 说实话。还有Dialogue B里的：you see 你看，你想  anyway 不管怎么说

Dialogue B

1. The Johnsons are going to move to a new apartment

the + last name（姓氏）指这对夫妇或这一家人。

这句话用的是一般将来时。

apartment（AmE美国英语）和flat（BE英国英语）都是“公寓单元”的意思。美国英语现在用的很普遍，但我们首先要掌握英国英语。

2. 注意介词for在购物用语中的表达：

How much do you want for it?

I only ask for $40 because…

You can have them for a total of $85.

          I paid $30 for the love seat and $55 for the couch.

Passage

1. When you go shopping, // there are mainly three points ( you should remember ) in order to save money.

   购物时要想少花钱你主要得记住三点。

这是一个由主句加when引导的时间状语从句构成的主从复合句。主句中又包括一个定语从句( you should remember )和目的状语in order to save money。划线部分是这个句子里最重要的部分。

2. First, read as many shopping ads as you can.

    尽量多看商店广告。

    as…as…象…一样…（在否定句里常以so代替第一个as。 eg. It’s not so difficult as I expected. 实际并不象我预料的那么难。）

eg. as many/soon as possible 尽可能多/快  run as fast as you can尽可能快跑

3. In this way, you’ll have a clear picture of where to buy things at the lowest prices.      

    这样，你就能清楚地知道到什么地方能买到最便宜的东西。

    have a clear picture of “弄清楚” 这显然是从字面意思引申的比喻，各民族的语言都有丰富生动的喻意表达，英文也是如此。在把这些表达法译成中文时能直译则直译，因文化背景的差异不能顾名思义的就意译。

     put sb. on the short list 优先考虑某人    

     fish in the air 水中捞月

4. If you are lucky, // you’ll get good buys at even lower prices than you expected.

    如果运气好，你会买到物美价廉的东西，价格比你预料的还要低。

     这是一个由主句加if引导的是条件状语从句构成的主从复合句。

a good buy: a bargain 买得便宜的东西  buy 在这里是名词。

at a price 注意介词at 的用法。

even lower“更低的”，是在比较的基础上再细化比较的程度。

5. Third, you must remember ( that prices vary considerably from store to store and from time to time ) .

    记住，不同时候和不同商店的价格变化很大。

    这是一个由主句you must remember加that引导的是宾语从句构成的主从复合句。

6. There are always chances ( that you can get good buys by bargaining or asking for discounts ) .

    你总是可以讨价还价买到便宜的商品。

    这是一个由主句加that引导的是定语从句构成的主从复合句。

by是介词，故后面的动词变成了动名词。

More practice of the text

1 Make a dialogue or tell a story describing a shopping experience (描述一次购物体验)that you get a good buy by by bargaining or asking for discounts.

2 Tell me what you think we can do to save our money while (当...时)shopping.

Key:

1.(open)

2.(open)

Helping you with the exercises

1 Give brief answers to the following questions according to the dialogues.

Key:

1. $ 40

2. It\'s worth $ 50

3 No, there is a small broken part(一小块破的地方).

4. $ 25

5. They split the difference(各让一步). Miss Zhang pays $ 30 for the vase.

6. A yard sale is selling one\'s own old furniture or household items(家居用品) in front of one\'s house.

7. $ 35 for the love seat and $ 65 for the couch

8. $ 85 for the two pieces of furniture

2 Are the following statements true (T) or false (F) according to the passage?

Key:

1.T      2.F some     3.T       4.T       5.F   save

3 Read the following patterns and expressions for talking about price and try to remember them by heart.

1. It’s really worth the price.

2. Can you give me any discount?

The best discount (I can offer) is 10%.

3. No, that’s still too much for me. What about 50 yuan?

4. I can’t afford that much! Can you make it cheaper?

150 yuan? Come on. My last word is 180 yuan.

4 Complete the following dialogues by translating the Chinese into English.

参考对话和上一题中的表达法

Key:

1. How much do you want for it?

2. worth that price.

3. It\'s too much / expensive. What about 220 yuan?

4. It\'s still too much for me.

5. split the difference.

6. Can you give me a 20% discount?

7. The best I can offer is a 10% discount.

5 Suppose you are going to buy a typewriter. Ask one of your classmates to be the seller. Complete the following dialogue by using the expressions you’ve learned.

Key:

1. How much do you want for it / does it cost

2. That\'s too much / expensive

3. that price /380 yuan.

4. give me any discount/ made it cheaper?

5. discount I can offer / give is

6. my last word

7. too much / expensive for me

8. split the difference

9. can have it

10. take it

6 Match the words and phrases with their meanings

Key:

1.e    2.c    3.h     4.g（短袜）   5.b     6.f    7.d     8.a

7 Translate the following sentences into English

Key:

1. How much do you want for this vase?

2. This typewriter is worth 300 yuan .

3. You can get good buys by bargaining.

4. Oh, it\'s too expensive. I\'ll give you 35 yuan .

5. No, That\'s no t enough, 50 yuan . This is my last word .

6. Let’s split the difference. 40 yuan.

7. All right. You can have it.

8 Read the following passage and choose the best answer to complete each sentences of the statements that follow.

Key:

1.d       2.b       3.d        4.c      5.b

Grammar Focus

  基数词的用法（１）

Practice your grammar

1 Complete the sentences by putting the Chinese into English. (注意名词单复数)

Key:

1. page twenty              2. three hundred sixty-eight pages

3. hundreds of students       4. thirties           5. Sixties

2 Read out the following numbers in English and write them down(写下来).

Key:

1. thirty-two

2. six hundred and twenty- five

3. one thousand two hundred and five

4. twenty-four thousand five hundred and seventy-eight.

5. three hundred and three thousand four hundred and sixty-four

6. ninety-two million five hundred twenty thousand seven hundred and twenty-six

7. in the sixties

8. in the fifties

9. in the nineties

10. five hundred million

11. one thousand one hundred and one

12. two thousand two hundred and one

3 Put the following sentences into English.

Key:

1. He has more than eighty records

2. Miss Zhang can sing thirteen English songs.

3. The workers are building a tower. It is fifty meters high.

4.The boy looks like in his twenties.

5. Chinese has a history of thousands of years.

Marry Learning

内容详见多媒体配套光盘。

Listening In and Speaking Out

1 Conversations

Listen to the conversations and choose the best answers to complete the statements.

1. The man would buy the pot if it costs ____.

a. $4      b.$6      c.$40      d. $50

2. Mrs. Blake loves ____.

a. singing     b. seeing films    c. dancing    d. watching TV

3. The man’s car broke down when he went to ____.

a. the shopping center    b. the repair shop   c. his office   d. the apartment

4. Jack comes to ____.

  a. give the woman a present     b. ask the woman for money

  c. have something made for him  d. get a present from the woman

5. The woman will buy a model ____.

  a. plate     b. pot     c. bowl     d. plane

2    Passage

Listen to the passage and then decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

(  )1. Nancy wants to buy a pair of shoes.

(  )2. All the shoes are on sale today.

(  )3. Nancy buys a pair of red shoes.

(  )4. The original price of the brown shoes is $70.

(  )5. The pair of shoes she’s brought is a bargain.

3    Spot Dictation

Listen to the short passage and fill in the blanks with the missing words.

There are some shops two ____ away from my house. Today, I’d like to do some shopping there. I want some ____. My sister wants ____ for her camera, and my mother would like a newspaper. My little brother would like a ____and a ____ of chocolate.

4    Picture Identification

Listen to the eight statements and identify which ones describe the first picture and which ones describe the second.

1.    2.    3.    4.    5.    6.    7.    8.