生活英語情景口語:離開時尚雜誌你還能活?!

G: have you seen the new Cosmo magazine that I was reading this morning?

W: I think I may have seen it on the kitchen table.

G: you're right, thanks. There's an interesting interview with a top director about his latest film that I want to finish.

W: who's the director?

G: it's Martin Scorsese. You liked his film, The Departed, didn't you?

W: yes, it was fantastic! Can I read the article when you're finished?

G: sure. You know it has an online edition, too. You should go online to read if you want to read it now.

W: that's ok. I'll wait until you're finished. Just out of curiosity, do you have a subscription for that maganize?

G: no. I don't buy it regularly enough for it to be worthwhile.

W: how much does the maganize cost?

G: it's almost three pounds now, and I think they're going to put the price up to four pounds soon.

W: that's quite expensive. Who is their target audience(目標讀者,觀衆)?

G: Cosmo mainly has a middle-class readership, but I think circulation will fall dramatically(大幅下跌) if the price goes up anymore.

W: I bet you'll still buy it, though. You wouldn't be able to live without your fashion magazine!

你看見我今天早上在看的那期新的大都市雜誌了嗎?
我好像在廚房桌子上看見過.
你說的沒錯,謝謝.這期上有一個大導演的專訪,談他的新片的,寫得很有意思.我想把它看完.
哪個導演?
馬丁斯科塞斯.你喜歡他拍的無間道風雲,對吧?
是啊,拍的太棒了!你看完後讓我看看好嗎?
沒問題.網上還有在線閱讀的版本呢.如果你現在就想看,可以在網上看.
沒關係.我等你看完吧.出於好奇聞一聞,你訂了這本雜誌嗎?
沒有.它不值得我每期都買.
這本雜誌多少錢?
現在幾乎都3英鎊了,而且我相信馬上會漲到4英鎊的.
太貴了.它的目標讀者羣是什麼人?
大都市的讀者羣主要是中產階級,不過我覺得它的售價再漲下去的話發行量就會大幅下跌的.
不過我敢打賭你還是會買的.你離開你的那些時尚雜誌就活不了!

Curiosity: a strong desire to know about something 好奇心;知欲 uncountable singular ~ (about sth) ~ (to do sth)
Children show curiosity about everything. 兒童對一切事物都顯露出好奇心.
a certain curiosity to see what would happen next 有點想知道下一步會發生什麼事的好奇心
The letter wasn't addressed to me but I opened it out of curiosity. 那封信不是寫給我的,而我卻出於好奇把它拆開了.
His answer did not satisfy my curiosity at all. 他的答覆絲毫沒有滿足我的好奇心.
Sophie's curiosity was aroused by the mysterious phone call. 那個神祕的電話引起了索菲的好奇心.
intellectual curiosity 求知慾
'Why do you ask?' 'Oh, just idle curiosity.'(= no particular reason) “你爲什麼要問？”“哦,好奇而已.”

Subscription: an amount of money you pay, usually once a year, to receive regular copies of a newspaper or magazine, etc.; the act of paying this money (報刊等的)訂閱費,訂購款,訂閱,訂購 ~ (to/for sth) countable uncountable
to take out an annual subscription to ‘Newsweek’ 訂一年的《新聞週刊》
to cancel/renew your subscription 取消訂閱;續訂
Copies are available by subscription. 此刊物供訂購.

Circulation: the usual number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold each day, week, etc. (報刊)發行量,銷售量 countable usually singular
a daily circulation of more than one million 日發行量超過一百萬份

go up: if the price of something, the temperature, up, it becomes higher (價格、溫度等)上漲,上升
The price of cigarettes is going up. 香菸價格在上漲.
Cigarettes are going up in price. 香菸在漲價.