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  5. day 116

day 116discounts and brands

unit 18 · money & shopping

    discounts and brands

    Shop for a suit and tie, read a shop’s offers, talk about brands and discounts, and sum up with 以上 (the above, that’s all).

    today’s words

    • 寶 bǎo · treasure
    • 折扣 zhékòu · discount
    • 名牌 míngpái · famous brand, designer label
    • 退 tuì · return (goods); move back
    • 西裝 xīzhuāng · suit (Western-style)
    • 節省 jiéshěng · save, cut down on
    • 挑選 tiāoxuǎn · choose, pick out
    • 光臨 guānglín · visit (a shop; polite)
    • 消費 xiāofèi · consumption; spend, consume
    • 包裝 bāozhuāng · packaging; wrap, pack
    • 領帶 lǐngdài · tie, necktie
    • 優惠 yōuhuì · special offer; discounted
    • 廣 guǎng · wide, broad
    • 過度 guòdù · excessive; over-
    • 回頭 huítóu · turn round; later, come back
    • 屆 jiè · (measure word: session, year)
    • 巨大 jùdà · huge, enormous
    • 立即 lìjí · immediately, at once

    sentences

    • 以上就是我的意見。 · That’s all I have to say.
    • 由以上可知,他是對的。 · From all this, we can see he was right.
    • 這家店的折扣很大。 · This shop has big discounts.
    • 買名牌不一定比較好。 · Brand names aren’t necessarily better.
    • 歡迎光臨! · Welcome! (what shop staff say as you come in)