2016年ESL之商务英语 03 Price Gouging
时间：2018-12-04 作者：英语课 分类：2016年ESL之商务英语
ESL Podcast 1180 – Price Gouging 1
Pedro: Why are you changing the prices on all of those items in the store?
Elisa: Haven’t you heard? There’s a hurricane coming. People will be stocking up on basic necessities.
Pedro: I know that, but that still doesn’t explain why you’ve decided 2 to jack 3 up prices.
Elisa: There’s nothing wrong with taking advantage of a spike 4 in demand during emergency situations. We’re in business to make money.
Pedro: That’s price gouging and you know it. There are laws against that. And plus, we shouldn’t be exploiting people’s fear.
Elisa: I’m not responsible for that hurricane and I didn’t tell people to hoard 5. I’m not hiking prices so high that people can’t afford it. I’m just increasing them to discourage hoarding 6, that’s all.
Pedro: I don’t know. It still doesn’t feel right. It feels like we’re profiteering.
Elisa: No, we’re not. We’re making a sound business decision. Hey, where are you going with those?
Pedro: I’m putting some of these items in the back to reserve for people who can’t afford your new prices, the poorest and the most vulnerable in our community.
Elisa: You’re not suggesting we give those items away!
Pedro: You’ll thank me later for helping 7 you to assuage 8 your guilty conscience.
Elisa: Hmph!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- Banks and credit-card companies have been accused of gouging their customers. 银行和信用卡公司被指控欺诈顾客。 来自辞典例句
- If back-gouging is applied, grinding to bright metal is required. 如果采用火焰气刨，则应将其打磨至可见光亮的金属表面。 来自互联网
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
- He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
- The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
- They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。
- They have a hoard of food in the basement.地下室里有他们贮藏的食物。
- How many curios do you hoard in your study?你在你书房里聚藏了多少古玩？
- After the war, they were shot for hoarding. 战后他们因囤积而被枪决。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Actually he had two unused ones which he was hoarding up. 其实他还藏了两片没有用呢。 来自英汉文学