美語情景對話 第701期:Used Computer 二手電腦
Todd:Hey, Mark, I heard that you mightbe interested inbuying a computer.
託德：嘿 ，馬克，我聽說你想買臺電腦。Mark:That's right. Yeah, I'minterested inbuying a Mac computer because I've never used Mac before.
馬克：對。我想買臺蘋果Mac，我以前沒用過Mac電腦。Todd:Well, that is actually perfect because I have two MacIntosh laptops and I'm selling one of them.
託德：那太好了，我有兩臺MacIntosh筆記本電腦，我打算賣掉一臺。
Mark:You're kidding.
馬克：你開玩笑的吧。Todd:Yeah.
託德：真的。Mark:How much?
馬克：你打算賣多少錢？Todd:Well, I'll sell it to you for 20,000 Japanese yen, so that's almost 200 dollars. That's a pretty good deal. But there's a problem with it.
託德：我可以2萬日元賣給你，大概200美元。這其實相當划算了。不過那臺電腦有點問題。Mark:What's the problem?
馬克：什麼問題？Todd:The problem is the disc drive is broken, so sometimes if you put a DVD into the disc drive it doesn't work.
託德：光驅壞了，有時放入DVD光盤以後，光驅沒有反應。Mark:OK.
馬克：知道了。Todd:Sometimes it works, but sometimes it doesn't work.
託德：有時可以正常讀取，有時就沒有反應。Mark:Well, that's not too bad because I have another computer that I can watch DVD's on.
馬克：嗯，那不算太壞，我還有臺電腦，我可以在那臺電腦上看DVD光盤。Todd:OK.
託德：好。Mark:How long have you had it?
馬克：你用了多長時間了？Todd:I've had it for about three years, and it works great, like it's great for the internet. It's great for lots of things. I just unfortunately accidentally broke the DVD because I had a problem. I couldn't get a DVD out and I foolishly tried to get it out the wrong way, so but it still works. There is one other problem. It has a power cord and I lost the original power cord for it.
託德：我用了大概三年，這臺電腦用起來很棒，上網也很便利。很多功能都很棒。只是因爲我的失誤，很不幸地把光驅弄壞了。因爲有張DVD拿不出來，我用了錯誤的方法去拿，所以不小心弄壞了光驅，不過還是可以使用的。這臺電腦還有一個問題，就是電源線，我把原裝的電源線弄丟了。Mark:Right, OK, so I need to buy a new power cord.
馬克：好，就是說我要買個新的電源線。Todd:You need to buy a new one.
託德：你得買個新的。Mark:And how much will thatsetmeback?
馬克：那要花多少錢？Todd:That will probably cost you about 6,000 yen.
託德：大概6000日元。Mark:6,000 yen.
馬克：6000日元。Todd:Yeah, so it's not too bad.
託德：對，不是太壞。Mark:So that new Mac that you got over there, how much was that new?
馬克：你新買的那臺Mac電腦多少錢？Todd:If you buy it new, well this is an older edition, but now they're about 100,000 yen. They're actually quite a good deal. That's why I'm selling it so cheap because you can buy a new Mac for pretty cheap.
託德：這是舊版，新的大概要10萬美元。非常划算。所以我纔會賣這麼便宜，因爲可以買到划算的新Mac電腦。Mark:Right. OK. Sounds a good deal. Can I build websites on that one?
馬克：好。聽起來是很划算。我能用那臺電腦建網站嗎？Todd:Yeah. You can pretty much do anything. It has a lot of capabilities. It's very easy, and if you like the TV show the Sopranos, I'llthrow ina bunch of DVD's as well.
託德：可以。你可以做很多事情。那臺電腦有很多功能。而且操作便捷，如果你喜歡《黑道家族》這部電視劇，我還可以送你幾張DVD。Mark:Really.
馬克：真的嗎？Todd:So you can watch themfor free.
託德：你可以免費看。Mark:Right, so 20,000 yen and how many DVD's?
馬克：好，2萬日元，你送多少張DVD？Todd:Well, there is a set of four so there's probably, I don't know, there's four DVD's but there's probably 18 episodes of the show the Sopranos.
託德：一套是四張，不過我不太清楚，應該是四張DVD，可能有18集《黑道家族》。Mark:Right.
馬克：好。Todd:It's a good show.
託德：那部劇很棒。Mark:OK. That sounds like we may have a deal.
馬克：聽起來我們可以成交了。Todd:Cool.
託德：真酷。Mark:Yeah. Let me talk to the girlfriend about it. See if she wants to buy a Mac because it's her money, too. Maybe I need to borrow some money off her.
馬克：好，我要先跟我女朋友談談。看看她是不是希望我買Mac電腦，因爲那也是她的錢。我可能要跟她借點錢。Todd:OK.
託德：好。Mark:And then we can do the deal.
馬克：然後我們就可以交易了。Todd:OK, sounds good. Alright, thanks Mark.
託德：好，聽起來不錯。好，謝謝你，馬克。
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重點講解：
1. be interested in 感興趣的；有興趣的；關心的；
例句：Heismoreinterested inthe turf than in working.
他對賽馬比對工作更有興趣。
2. set back 使花費；使破費；
例句：In 1981 dinner for two in New York wouldsetyouback￡5.
1981年的時候，在紐約兩個人吃一頓飯要花費5英鎊。
3. for free 義務地；無償地；免費地；
例句：You can hardly expect her to do itfor free.
你不可能指望她無償地做這事。
4. throw in 免費贈送；額外奉送；
例句：They were offering me a weekend break in Paris — with free beerthrown in.
他們讓我去巴黎休息一個週末——外加免費啤酒。
