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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absolvent
angle reading
auto removal
bacteriostasis agent
basya r.
baynes
BEMBROPIDAE
biesty
body skin
cedared
cemented armour plate
central pain
certificate of license and enrollment
characteristic series
chloroplatinates
Claude Bernard-Horner syndrome
clearance loading gage
conical function
cybersciences
cyclical peak
definition design
delage
desmethyl
diachronicities
dual-wavelength led
electronic microscopy
Eudyptes
extenter
feeder holder
follow the dictates of
fracture below yield
generic module
governesshood
grade separating rate of solid control equipment
guard grating
Gwinnett County
hairline crack
hammer carrier
hole depth indicator
hoochie
howelson
hydraulic regulator
indivisibility
inter civilization
jet air pump
Klyuchevskiy
linear sufficiency
Lyderslev
mabels
macroeubria luei
Markovnikov's rule
masculine psychology
medical ultrasonic holography system
miaoued
micey
miscapitalise
modal shade
morbid vaginal discharge
oberea shimomurai
ophthalmoencephalomyelopathy
optical-wheel abrasive
ornithophobes
Orteguaza, R.
pan-head
parus varius
pipe radiator
post-reforms
pseudo-code listing
PXGLMNH2
quasirape
roughing-down rolls
rubella virus
sales demonstrator
sarkit
save someone's bacon
Schwarzenholz
security for the costs of the arbitration proceedings
shutdown time
siphonula
sliding-scale basis
soda tar
stamp-collecting
standoff jammer
steeping
Sten guns
steve
stick movement per g
tertiary alkyl
thoumi
timbersome
time-sharing method
tonsillar moniliasis
top entry
total probability theorem
towngate
treatment of crack in rotor
unfavorable condition for car rolling
vaglum
Vena anastomotica superior
Vergae
wireless Ethernet
xenomorphic crystal