第三课 秀水街购物 Lesson Three Shopping at Silk Street (3)

Stephy: Let' s put our tips and phrases to the text. Here we have Julianna and Toby. Anyone here a first-time silk market shopper? 

Julianna: I am. 

Stephy: You are? Any particular strategies you are going to try out? 

Julianna: I think if I speak a little Chinese, I can get a good price. 

Stephy: OK. And you?

Toby: Just gonna bargain hard and use a lot of patience.

Stephy: Ah, lots of patience. Well right now we have a little bit of bargaining competition. I' m going to give you each 500 kuai, that' s equivalent to about 75 US dollars. With this, you are going to try to bargain for this Qipao (旗袍).

Toby: For me?

Stephy to Toby: Yes, well, for your girlfriend maybe.

Stephy: The rules, one, bargain for the lowest price possible. Two, use the Chinese phrases we’ve learned today. And three, you have ten minutes. Beginning now! Ready? Set? Go!

Saleswoman: Hello sir, do you want Qipao? 

Toby: 这个多少钱？ 
Customer: 这个旗袍三百五十块。
Toby: 好贵啊，便宜点。
Customer: 多少钱你要买？ 
Toby: 最高给你一百五。
Saleswoman: 一百五十块钱不可以，给你最低最低二百三十块钱。
Toby: 还是不行。
Saleswoman: 你最高给我多少钱？
Toby: 二百元好吗？
Saleswoman: 好的，两百块钱。

Julianna: 你好。
Saleswoman: 您需要什么？ 
Jullianna: 这个多少钱？
Saleswoman: 这个四百块。
Jullianna: 四百块，太贵了。
Saleswoman: 那你最高多少钱？
Jullianna: 两百。 
Saleswoman: 两百太低了，三百好吗？
Jullianna: 便宜点。
Saleswoman: 那你最高多少钱？
Jullianna: 两百二。
Saleswoman: 好吧。

Stephy: Time is up. Let' s see how our shoppers did. Wow, beautiful! How much? 

Jullianna: 220. Cheaper than anything I got here.

Stephy: 220? You can' t beat it. 

Toby: Yes, you can.

Stephy: You can? How much? 200? We have some expert shoppers here today. Tell you what, you get to keep the money you didn' t spend. 

Toby: Oh, that' s great. But what about the Qipao? 

Stephy: Of course you can keep the Qipao.

Stephy to Jullianna: And you get to keep the Qipao. 

Stephy to both: Thank you so much for playing and using our Chinese phrases.

Stephy: The Silk Market is a bartering experience not to be missed. Just remember便宜点。We are Living Chinese. I’m Stephy Chung.