时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2015年ESL之旅行交通购物


英语课

Bidding on Online Auctions 2 


Jermaine: Wait! You shouldn?t bid on that auction 1 right now. Wait until the last minute. 


Bethany: This auction has a buy-it-now price of $25 and free shipping 3


Jermaine: Don?t pay the buy- it-now price. The minimum bid on this item is $10 and the current bid is only $12.50. There?s no reserve, so if you wait to bid, you may snag it for a much lower price than $25. 


Bethany: Okay, I guess I can wait, but why can?t I place a bid of $15 right now? 


Jermaine: First of all, the bidding on this auction goes up by increments 4 of 50-cents, so the next bid would be $13.00. You could place a maximum bid of $15.00, but someone might outbid you at any time. 


Bethany: But couldn?t that happen anyway? Even if I wait until the last minute someone could sneak 5 in and bid a higher price. 


Jermaine: You mean they could snipe you? They could, but not if you snipe them back. It?s all in the timing 6


Bethany: You seem to know a lot about online auctions. 


Jermaine: That item you?re bidding on, guess who listed it? 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 auction
n.拍卖;拍卖会;vt.拍卖
  • They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
  • They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
2 auctions
n.拍卖,拍卖方式( auction的名词复数 )
  • They picked up most of the furniture at auctions in country towns. 他们大部分的家具都是在乡村镇上的拍卖处买的。 来自辞典例句
  • Our dealers didn't want these cars, so we had to dump them at auctions. 我们的承销商都不要这些车子,因此我们只好贱价拍卖。 来自辞典例句
3 shipping
n.船运(发货,运输,乘船)
  • We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
  • There's a shipping charge of £5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。
4 increments
n.增长( increment的名词复数 );增量;增额;定期的加薪
  • These increments were mixed and looked into the 5.56mm catridge case. 将各种药粒进行混和,装在5.56毫米的弹壳中。 来自辞典例句
  • The Rankine scale has scale increments equal to the FahrenheIt'scale. 兰氏温标的温度间距与华氏温标的相同。 来自辞典例句
5 sneak
vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝);偷偷摸摸做;n.潜行;adj.暗中进行
  • He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
  • I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。
6 timing
n.时间安排,时间选择
  • The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
  • The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。
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Electronic Data Discovery
exogenate
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fly-ash collector
Foglia, Fiume
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hero image
high level description language
Holalkere
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iboa
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industrial freehand sketching
integrated acceleration
intertitle
iodolium
isolating tool
Leaside
living-quarter
loadhighs
lose sleep over
low-level languages
Mangoni
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mosfet simulations
multiple-valued attribute
natural spline function
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optical projection instrument
perianeurysmal
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