美語情景對話 第1338期:Price Range for Clothes 衣服的價格範圍(1)

Todd: Okay, so I'm here with Jen and we're tAlking about clothing. Now, Jen, I'm a bit older than you, so I probably don't really care about what I wear so much. I always kind of pay the same price for my clothing. So I'm wondering, what's it like for a younger person? How much are you willing to pay? What is your price range?

託德：我和珍要來談談衣服。珍，我的年齡比你大一些，我可能不太在乎穿什麼。我的衣服都是花同樣的價錢買的。我想知道年輕人是什麼情況？你願意花多少錢買衣服？你能接受的價格範圍是多少？

Jen: It depends upon like what you're buying. For example, if it's a pair of jeans then I would pay around 4,000 yen, that's Japanese yen. $40?

珍：這要取決於買什麼衣服。舉例來說，如果是牛仔褲，那4000日元左右我可以接受。大概40美元？

Todd: Oh really? That's still relatively cheap. Like some people pay like $100, right? Or $200.

託德：哦，真的嗎？那相當便宜了。有些人願意花100美元，對吧？或者200美元。

Jen: I don't think I would ever pay that much because I'm a student right now, so paying more than that would be something I wouldn't do.

珍：我認爲我不會花那麼多錢，因爲我現在還是學生，我不會花超過40美元的價格買牛仔褲，我接受不了。

Todd: Well what about in your home country of Nepal? How much would people pay for pants there?

託德：嗯，那你的祖國尼泊爾呢？尼泊爾人會花多少錢買褲子？

Jen: In Nepal, like compared to Japan, it's really cheap there. You can actually get a really decent pant in 1,500 yen.

珍：和日本相比，尼泊爾的商品價格非常便宜。1500日元就能買一條相當不錯的褲子。

Todd: That's like $15.

託德：大概15美元。

Jen: Yes.

珍：對。

Todd: Around. Oh that's good. What's the cheapest you would pay? I mean, I guess you could get stuff for free, but what's the lowest you pay for clothes? Or for pants? For pants?

託德：15美元左右。哦，那真不錯。你買的最便宜的衣服多少錢？我猜你可能能得到免費商品，不過你買的最便宜的衣服是多少錢？或者說褲子，最便宜的褲子花了多少錢？

Jen: Okay, so sometimes when there's a sale and especially if there's shorts then you can just get it for like 500 yen.

珍：好，有時有折扣，尤其是短褲非常便宜，500日元就能買一條短褲。

Todd: Oh wow. Five bucks.

託德：哇哦。那大概是5美元。

Jen: Like five bucks, yeah.

珍：5美元左右，對。

Todd: That's good. Now what about shoes? Do you have a lot of shoes?

託德：不錯。那鞋呢？你的鞋多嗎？

Jen: Yes I do.

珍：很多。

Todd: Okay, for some people like shoes they spend a lot of money on shoes. I have a rule, unless it's dress shoes for work, I don't like to spend anything over $100. If it's athletic shoes, like sneakers, never more than $50. Ever.

託德：好，有些人很喜歡鞋子，他們會花很多錢買鞋。我有個原則，除非是上班要穿的鞋，否則我不會花超過100美元買鞋。如果是運動鞋，那從來沒有超過50美元。從來沒有。

Jen: Okay.

珍：好。

Todd: Like how much do you on average pay for shoes?

託德：你平均花多少錢買鞋？

Jen: I think it's different for girls, because our shoes range from $10 to, you know, a lot of money.

珍：我想女孩的情況不太一樣，因爲我們買的鞋價格可能最低只有10美元，但也可能會很貴。

Todd: What's the most you've ever paid for a pair of shoes?

託德：你最貴的一雙鞋多少錢？

Jen: $100.

珍：100美元。

Todd: Oh really? That's not too bad.

託德：真的嗎？那不算太貴。

Jen: Yeah, it's not bad at all.

珍：對，一點兒也不貴。

Todd: Yeah, no, that's good. Kind of good range. How about the cheapest? Five bucks?

託德：對，不貴。算是合理的價格。那最便宜的鞋呢？5美元嗎？

Jen: Not five bucks, maybe 10 bucks, yeah.

珍：不是5美元，可能10美元吧。

Todd: 10 bucks, yeah. All right. I don't even know if I could find shoes for five dollars. They'd fall apart, right?

託德：10美元。好。我甚至不知道能不能找到5美元的鞋。那麼便宜的鞋會裂開的，是吧？

Jen: You can, though.

珍：可以買到。

Todd: Oh yeah?

託德：是嗎？

Jen: Yeah. On sale you can even get it in like three bucks.

珍：對，打折時甚至3美元就能買到一雙鞋。

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重點講解：
1. be willing to do sth. 樂意的；願意的；
例句：He's quite willing to pay the price I ask.
他很願意照我的要價付錢。
2. depend upon 取決(於)；有賴(於)；
例句：The Company's response to misconduct will depend upon a number of factors including whether the improper behavior involved illegal conduct.
公司對不當行爲的反應將取決於若干因素，包括該不當行爲是否違法。
3. for free 義務地；無償地；免費地；
例句：You can use the Internet in your room for free.
你可以免費使用房間裏的互聯網。
4. fall apart 散架；垮掉；摔碎；
例句：The rope bridge breaks in the middle and both halves fall apart.
索橋從中間斷了，兩頭塌了下去。