和老外聊天的地道口語第134期:黃金週你打算做什麼?

G: hey, there!

M: hey, George! You look great! What's the occasion?

G: yes. I just got my ticket to go home.

M: oh, reAlly. That's wonderful.

G: I tried the ticket office but they were sold out. I ended up getting it from a scalper.

M: how much was it?

G: not too bad. Just 20 yuan more than the regular price.

M: good for you.

G: are you gonna take a trip during the Golden Week?

M: I wanted to, but I'm afraid most places will be overcrowded.

G: that's right. You'll find crowds of people on the train, at the shopping malls or even in the street, almost everywhere.

M: so I'll just relax and maybe do some shopping.

G: look! Hualian Store is celebrating the National Day holiday. Everything is on sale.

M: yeah. Look! It reads" 80 off any purchase of 200".

G: they always have great sales during the holiday. Why don't we go to take a look?

M: good idea!

嗨,你好!
你好,喬治.你看上去心情很好啊,有什麼好消息嗎?
是啊,我剛剛買到了回家的火車票.
是嗎?那太好了.
我去售票處問了一下,說票已經賣完了,最後我在一個票販子那裏買的.
多少錢啊?
還行,多付了20塊錢.
太幸運了.
你黃金週出去玩嗎?
想去,但是擔心到處都是人.
是啊.哪兒都是人,火車上,商場裏,就連大街上也是擠滿了人.
所以我打算休息一下,可能會逛逛街吧.
看,華聯商場迎國慶打折呢!
是啊,看啊!買200減80啊!
假期華聯經常打折.我們進去看看吧!
好主意!

sell out;be sold out: (of tickets for a concert, football game, etc. 音樂會、足球賽等的門票) to be all sold 售完

The tickets sold out within hours. 幾小時內票就賣光了.
This week's performances are completely sold out. 本週的演出門票全部售完.

Scalper: a person who buys tickets for concerts, sports events, etc. and then sells them to other people at a higher price (音樂會、體育比賽等的)賣高價票的人,票販子

Overcrowded: (of a place 地方) with too many people or things in it 過於擁擠的

overcrowded cities/prisons 擁擠不堪的城市／監獄
Too many poor people are living in overcrowded conditions. 有太多的貧民生活在十分擁擠的條件下.

On sale: being offered at a reduced price 折價銷售;減價出售

All video equipment is on sale today and tomorrow. 所有錄像設備今明兩天降價出售.