新职业英语第二版基础篇Unit6.ppt

L-4-Script Task 4 Script Listening Speaking 声音 Next L-4-Script Listening Speaking L-Task 5-1 Task 5 Listen to the passage twice and fill in the blanks with what you hear. Listening Speaking In the late 1960s, a large department store in America had a special sale on electric knives. Although they were priced very low, surprisingly, few knives sold. The store then raised the price a little, and the knives quickly sold out. It is clearly different from what __________________________ says. What could explain this strange phenomenon? The most likely explanation for this event is that people often make judgments about __________________ based on their prices. the demand and supply theory the quality of items 声音 L-Task 5-2 Listening Speaking Usually, high-quality items are expensive and low-quality items are cheap. Thus, when people see an item that appears unusually cheap, they suspect that the item has low quality. In the knives example, people must have thought that something was wrong with the knives because the price was so low. When the store raised the price a bit, people no longer thought that the deal was ___________________. too good to be true L-Task 5-3 Listening Speaking It is true that sometimes quality depends on price. For example, consider how parents would act if they had won _____________ and had to hire someone to watch their baby. Would they seek out the cheapest babysitter available? If they love their baby, they won’t act this way. Those who are willing to work for very little indicate that they are unable to get higher wages. They will probably provide low-quality child care. People know what is fair, and often _______________________________________________. a free vacation work less if paid less and work harder if paid more 2. A: What measures do you adopt to ensure the quality? B: ________________________________ ____________________________