| 19D | 20C | 21B | 22A | 23A | 24C | 25D |
| 26A | 27B | 28A | 29C | 30B |
Ken: I am at the store. Here is what they have for the class party.
| SUN MART · Wednesday Sale |
|---|
| Noodles, box of 30 540 |
| Buns, pack of 10 180 |
| Water, box of 24 240 |
| Free bag if you spend over 1,000 |
| Christmas cards and contact lens water also on sale |
May: We have 1,000 in total. Thirty students, so we need enough for everyone.
Ken: One box of noodles and one box of water is 780. That leaves 220 for buns.
May: One pack of buns is only ten. Get two packs and we go over 1,000 by 140.
Ken: Then one pack. Not everyone eats buns anyway.
肯：我在店裡。這是他們有的班級派對用品。
| 陽光超市 · 星期三特賣 |
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| 麵 30 入一箱 540 |
| 包子 10 入一包 180 |
| 水 24 入一箱 240 |
| 消費滿 1,000 送購物袋 |
| 聖誕卡與隱形眼鏡藥水同時特價 |
梅：我們總共有一千元。三十個學生，所以要夠每個人。
肯：一箱麵加一箱水是 780。剩 220 買包子。
梅：一包包子只有十個。買兩包就超過一千元 140。
肯：那就一包。反正不是每個人都吃包子。
Saturday · 9:00 to 15:00 · On the playground
Each class will run one shop. You may sell food you made at home, things you no longer need, or a service such as washing a bicycle. In general, think ahead about what people will want. All money goes to the library.
Please do not shout to bring people to your table. A sign is enough. If it rains, the fair moves to the hall, and each class gets a smaller space, so pack only what you need.
星期六 · 9:00 至 15:00 · 於操場
每班經營一個攤位。你們可以賣自製的食物、不再需要的東西，或是像洗腳踏車這樣的服務。一般來說，要先想好大家會想要什麼。所有收入都歸圖書館。
請不要大聲吆喝招攬客人，一張告示就夠了。若下雨，園遊會移至禮堂，每班空間會變小，所以只帶必要的東西。
Dear Sir,
On March 2 I made an order on your page for two sweaters, order number 44812. The money left my bank the same day, but nothing has come. That was three weeks ago.
I wrote to your shop twice and got the same short answer both times: the pack has been sent. If it has been sent, could you tell me the day and the name of the company carrying it? With that, I can look for it myself.
If the order was never packed, I would like my money back this week. I have bought from you before without any trouble, so I hope we can fix this quickly.
Sincerely, Hu Ling
敬啟者：
三月二日我在貴網頁下單購買兩件毛衣，訂單編號 44812。款項當天就從我銀行扣除，但東西一直沒到。那已經是三個星期前的事了。
我寫信給貴店兩次，兩次都得到同樣簡短的回覆：包裹已寄出。如果已經寄出，能否告訴我寄出日期與承運公司的名稱？有了這些，我可以自己去追查。
如果訂單根本沒有打包，我希望本週退款。我以前向你們買過東西都沒有問題，所以希望這次能盡快解決。
敬上，胡玲
A shirt for 199 dollars looks like a win. Somebody, however, has already paid the difference.
To sell at that price, a shop must buy at a lower one. The maker then pays less for the material, gives the worker less time for each piece, and sends the shirt across the sea in a way that costs little. None of this appears on the sign in the window.
This does not actually mean a cheap thing is wrong. It means the price you see is only the part of the story that reaches you. When we ask how a shop can sell so low, we are not being difficult. We are asking the one question the sign was made to stop.
一件一百九十九元的襯衫看起來像是賺到了。然而已經有人替那個差額付了帳。
要用那個價格賣出，商店就必須用更低的價格買進。製造者於是在材料上少花錢、給工人處理每一件的時間更少，並用成本極低的方式把襯衫運過海洋。這些都不會出現在櫥窗的標示上。
這其實不表示便宜的東西是錯的。它表示你看到的價格，只是這個故事中傳到你面前的那一部分。當我們問一家店怎麼能賣這麼低時，我們並不是在找麻煩。我們問的，正是那張標示被設計來阻止我們問的問題。