| 19C | 20A | 21B | 22C | 23C | 24B | 25C |
| 26B | 27D | 28D | 29C | 30A |
Lin: I just paid for the class trip things. Here is the paper from the shop.
| SOUTH MARKET · Sunny Hall |
|---|
| 20 bottles of juice 400 |
| 4 boxes of bread 360 |
| 1 first aid box 240 |
| Total 1,000 |
| Paid by Lin |
Ann: Thanks! There are twenty of us, so each person must pay fifty dollars.
Lin: Right. Please bring the money on Tuesday, not Monday. I will be at the doctor's on Monday because of my throat.
Ann: I will tell everybody tonight.
林：我剛付了班遊要用的東西。這是店裡給的單據。
| 南方市場 · 陽光大廳 |
|---|
| 果汁 20 瓶 400 |
| 麵包 4 盒 360 |
| 急救箱 1 個 240 |
| 合計 1,000 |
| 由林支付 |
安：謝謝！我們有二十個人，所以每人要出五十元。
林：對。請星期二帶錢來，不要星期一。我星期一要看醫生，因為喉嚨的問題。
安：我今晚會告訴大家。
Two days only · Saturday and Sunday
Our market works with small farms, not with large companies, and we sell what they produce that same week. Each week we choose one farm and print its story on the wall near the basement stairs. This week the farm belongs to a family that has grown tea for four generations.
Please bring your own bag, and do not rush at the door when we open. Bags are no longer supplied free, and the money we save goes to the farms. Parking is free for one hour if you spend over three hundred dollars.
限兩天 · 星期六與星期日
本市場與小農合作，不與大公司往來，並在當週就賣出他們生產的東西。我們每週選出一家農場，把它的故事印在地下室樓梯旁的牆上。本週這家農場屬於一個種茶已四代的家庭。
請自備購物袋，開店時請勿在門口推擠。我們不再免費提供袋子，省下的錢會回饋給農場。消費滿三百元可享一小時免費停車。
Dear Sir,
I saw your advertisement in yesterday's paper. It says that any customer who buys a fan this month gets a free meter of tape. I went to your shop on South Road this morning, but the worker told me that the deal ended last week.
I do not think this is fair. The paper came out yesterday, and the advertisement did not say that the deal was over. I bought the fan anyway because I needed it, and I still have the paper with me.
Could you tell me whether the deal is still good? If it is not, please change the advertisement so that other people are not brought in the same way.
Sincerely, Chen Mei
敬啟者：
我看到貴店刊在昨天報紙上的廣告。廣告說本月購買電扇的顧客可獲贈一公尺的膠帶。我今天早上到您位於南路的店裡，但店員告訴我這個優惠上星期就結束了。
我認為這不公平。報紙是昨天出的，廣告上也沒有寫優惠已經結束。我還是買了電扇，因為我需要它，而我手上仍留著那份報紙。
能否告訴我這個優惠是否仍然有效？如果沒有，請修改廣告，以免其他人也被同樣的方式吸引過來。
敬上，陳美
Two shops on the same street may sell the same shirt at different prices. Many people think one shop is simply trying to take more money, but the reason is often less simple.
A large firm buys ten thousand shirts at one time, so each shirt costs it less. A small shop buys fifty, and it also pays rent, which can cost it an arm and a leg, power, and the pay of the person who puts them on the shelf. The price card itself carries all of that.
This does not mean the higher price is always fair. It does mean that a price is a story about supply, not just a choice made by one owner who wants more money. Before you decide, it may help to ask what you are really paying for.
同一條街上的兩家店，可能用不同的價格賣同一件襯衫。很多人認為其中一家只是想多賺錢，但原因通常沒那麼單純。
大公司一次買一萬件襯衫，所以每件的成本較低。小店一次買五十件，還要付高昂的房租、電費，以及把衣服上架那個人的薪水。價格牌本身承載了這一切。
這不代表比較高的價格一定合理。但這確實表示，價格是一個關於供應的故事，而不只是某個想多賺錢的老闆的決定。在你決定之前，問問自己真正付的是什麼，或許會有幫助。