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Unit2

Dialogue:BuyingaLaptop

Alice：Isthereanydiscount[1]onthislaptop[2]?

Clerk：Itsalreadyverycheap.Letsmakeit6000Yuan[3].Thatsascheapasitcan

get.

Alice：Alright,Illbuythisone.CanIpayusingacreditcard?

Clerk：Sorry,youcanonlypaycash.Wellalsoincludealaptopbagandamousefor

you.

Alice：Howlongisthewarrantygoodfor?

Clerk：Oneyear.Themaintenancestorelocationandtelephonenumbersareonthe

warrantycard.

Wordsandexpressions:

[1]discount[diskaunt]n.v.折扣,打折扣,贴现,不重视,低估

[2]laptop[læptɔp]n.笔记本电脑

[3]Letsmakeit6000Yuan.这样吧，六千元。

makeit是美国俚语，是一个用途极广的多义性习语，在书刊中俯首即是，

在日常交谈中随时可听得到，常与can，let，want等词连用，可用来表示达到预

定目标；办成，做到；胜利等。例如：

Hewantstomakeitasawriter.

他想作为作家而一举成名。

Canyoumakeittomorrow?

明天行吗？

TellhimIwanttoseehimtonight,atmyhouseifhecanmakeit.

告知他今晚我要见他，行的话就在我家。

Practice：

I.Answerthefollowingquestionsbasedonthedialogue:

1.Isthereany_____________onthislaptop?

2.That’s_____________itcanget.

3.CanIpayusinga_____________?

4.We’llalso_____________alaptopbagandamouseforyou.

II.Fillintheblankswiththeproperformsofthefollowingwordsand

expressions:

A.cheapB.includeC.discountD.paycash

1.Thatstore_____________allitsslow-sellinggoods.

2.Iwasveryluckytogetthebookso_____________.

3.Willyou_____________orchargethepurchase?

4.Theprice_____________bothhouseandfurniture.

Text：ThePriceSystem

Everythinghasaprice—eachcommodityandeachservice.Thedifferentkinds

ofhumanlaborhaveprices,usuallycalled“wages”.Everybodyreceives[1]moneyfor

whathesellsandusesthismoneytobuywhathewishes.

Ifmoreiswantedofanyonecommodity，say，shoes—afloodofneworders

willbegive