英语口语练习小对话 第833期:漫天要价
2015-06-25来源:和谐英语
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Subject : That is highway robbery.
第一, 迷你对话
A: Two hundred dollars for a bunch of flowers? That’s a highway robbery.
200美元买一束花,这件事是漫天要价。
B: Those flowers are imported from Brazil.
这些话是从巴西进口的。
第二, 地道表达
highway robbery
1. 解词释义
highway robbery的字面意思是“拦路抢劫”,引申为“漫天喊价”的意思,表示很便宜的东西给卖家喊出来的价格太高了,这样东西不值这个价格。
2. 拓展范例
e.g. Fifty dollars for a meal like this ? That's simply highway robbery!
这样一客饭要五十块钱? 简直跟强盗抢钱一样!
e.g. Two hundred dollars for one night in a hotel? That's highway robbery!
在旅馆住一晚上要200美元?简直是漫天要价!