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day 120bargain hunters

unit 18 · money & shopping

    bargain hunters

    Haggle at a stall, talk about sales, freebies and bank accounts, and use verb + 下 for “take, set down, keep” (買下, 寫下, 留下).

    today’s words

    • 揮 huī · wave
    • 撿 jiǎn · pick up (from the ground)
    • 攤位 tānwèi · stall, booth
    • 小販 xiǎofàn · street vendor, hawker
    • 港幣 gǎngbì · Hong Kong dollar
    • 開戶 kāihù · open an (bank) account
    • 鈕扣 niǔkòu · button
    • 球鞋 qiúxié · trainers, sports shoes
    • 殺價 shājià · haggle, bargain
    • 式樣 shìyàng · style, design
    • 售 shòu · sell (written)
    • 算帳 suànzhàng · do the accounts; settle up
    • 銷路 xiāolù · market, sales (for goods)
    • 贈品 zèngpǐn · free gift
    • 規律 guīlǜ · pattern, regularity; regular
    • 具備 jùbèi · have, possess (conditions)
    • 連忙 liánmáng · hurriedly, at once

    sentences

    • 請把你的電話寫下。 · Please write down your number.
    • 這雙球鞋我買下了。 · I’ve bought these trainers.
    • 他留下一張紙條就走了。 · He left a note and went.
    • 這種球鞋已經售完了。 · These trainers are sold out.
    • 他的生活很規律,每天十點睡覺。 · He lives a very regular life: bed at ten every night.