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enough of it
受够了
It has got to be stopped, I've had enough of it.
我受够了，停止吧。
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Clerk: Good afternoon. Would you like a private hot springs room today?
Dan: How much do they cost?
Clerk: For three people, it will be one thousand dollars per hour.
Dan: Are there any discounts?
Clerk: Yes. It is two hundred dollars cheaper for each additional hour.
Dan: Hmm. I think we'll go with three people for the general hot spring area.
Clerk: OK. That will be nine hundred dollars, please.
(续上期，下期续)
到了温泉区
侍者：午安。今天要洗个人池吗？
阿丹：多少钱？
侍者：三个人，一小时一千元。
阿丹：有什么折扣吗？
侍者：有。每增加一小时优惠二百元。
阿丹：嗯。我想我们还是三个人都是大众池好了。
侍者：好。总共是九百元，谢谢。
重点解说：
★ discount (n.) 折扣
★ additional (a.) 另外的，附加的 | |
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Back in 1954, Ray Kroc was already in his 50s when he persuaded the McDonald brothers to let him be responsible for a franchising operation. He expanded their clean, efficient, assembly-line style of marketing hamburgers from one location to more than 200 in just seven years. When Kroc died a billionaire in 1984, McDonald's fast-food restaurants were found in all corners of the globe and Kroc was extolled as the “Father of Franchising.”
早在1954年，雷·克劳克说服麦当劳兄弟让他负责经营一家专卖店时，他已年过50。短短7年内，他便将麦当劳销售汉堡所采用的既卫生又高效率的生产线风格，从一处发展到200多处。1984年，克劳克去世时，他已成为亿万富翁，麦当劳快餐店已遍布世界各个角落，克劳克也被誉为“专卖店行业之父”。
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What a bargain!
对话
Jenny: Look what I've got.
Fay: Wow, that's the snazziest looking handbag I've ever seen .Where did you get it?
Jenny: I got it in Paris on my last trip.
Fay: I bet it cost a fortune?
Jenny: No it didn't, I got it for half price because the shop was having a clearance sale.
Fay: What a bargain! You'll have to take me with you next time.
珍妮：看我手上这东西。
费伊：哦，我从没见过这样漂亮时髦的手提包。你在哪里买的？
珍妮：我上次去巴黎时买的。
费伊：我想，一定十分昂贵吧？
珍妮：不贵，不贵。当时公司举行清仓大甩卖，这手提包是半价买的。
费伊：真便宜！下次你去巴黎，可得找我一起去。
Bargain除了解作‘交易’，还可解作‘便宜’或‘便宜货’，所以费伊认为珍妮的手提包买得便宜，就说：What a bargain! ‘她专买便宜货’可译做She always shops for bargains。Bargain还可作形容词，例如：The closing-down sale attracted a host of bargain hunters（停业大甩卖，吸引了大批要买便宜货的顾客）。这里所说‘便宜’可没有‘质劣’的意思。此外，俗语往往以buy（买）、steal（偷）二字作名词，指‘便宜’或 ‘便宜货’。除非说明是a bad buy（买得不合算），否则a buy是指a good buy（买得合算），例如：(1) "I got this antique vase for only $300." "What a buy/steal!"（‘我只花三百元，就买到了这个古董花瓶。’‘真便宜！’(2) At $300, the chair was a bad buy. You could easily get it for $200 elsewhere（花三百元买这张椅子，太贵了。在别处二百元就可以买到）。
Value是‘价值’，good value或(good) value for (one's) money也有‘便宜’的意思，例如：(1) You got the handbag for half price? That's good value!（你以半价买到这只手提包？那真便宜！）(2) Trying to stay within a tight budget, she has to look for value for money when shopping（她可以支配的钱很少，为免超支，买东西得拣便宜的买）。Good value的反义词是poor value，例如：If you paid $150 for this pair of shoes, you got poor value (for money)（假如你以一百五十元买这双鞋，那真是不值）。
作者：古德明（香港）
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