新概念英语第一册第2版37-01

Lesson 111 The most expensive model



[词汇]（6）

model['] n. 型号，式样

afford[':] v. 付得起

deposit['] n. 预付定金

instalment[':] n. 分期付款

price[] n. 价格

millionaire['] n. 百万富翁

★afford v. 付得起（钱）；腾出时间

① v. 买得起；付得起（钱）

I like this model, but I can't afford it.

We are not rich enough to afford a car.

② v. 担负得起（时间等）

I feel I can't afford any more time on this project.

We can't afford such enormous fees. 我们无法负担如此巨额的费用。

Can you afford two days for me? 你能够为我腾两天时间吗?

★deposit n. 预付定金

① n. 预付定金；押金；保证金

He put down a deposit on the house yesterday. 昨天他付了房子的定金。

pay a deposite of 付……钱定金

You must pay deposit of 100 and then 20 a month for three years.

You'll have to pay a deposit of $60 to reserve the room.

要预定这个房间，你需交付60美金的押金。

② v. 存放；存储

We were advised to deposit our valuables in the bank safe.[ '[]]

别人建议我们将自己的贵重物品存放在银行的保险箱里。

③ v. 付（保证金）；预付（定金）

I deposited $1500 on a new car.

★instalment n. 分期付款

buy sth. on instalments 分期付款买……

I want to buy a house on instalments this year.

★price n. 价格

price 物体或人内在的价值

a good price 物美价廉

standard market price 标准的市场价[']

priceless adj. 无价的，极贵重的

value['] 根据用途来判断的价值

worth 物质的真正价值

[语法]

形容词的平级比较级：

形容词的比较形式有三种：较高比较级（more expensive，the most expensive）；较低比较级（less expensive，the least expensive）；平级比较级（as expensive as）。

as…as 像……一样

The green apple is as sweet as the red one.

not as…as（not so…as）不像……一样，可以用来进行比较，意思是放在前面的人或物在程度上低于后面的人或物。

I don't know as many people as you do.

It's not as good as the expensive one 它不如那种价格高的好

[课文]

MR. FRITH: I like television very much.

How much does it cost?

ASSISTANT: It's the most expensive model in the shop.

It costs five hundred pounds.

MR. FRITH: That's too expensive for us.

We can't afford all that money.

ASSISTANT: This model's less expensive than that one.

It's only three hundred pounds.

But, of course, it's not as good as the expensive one.

MR. FRITH: I don't like the model.

The other model's more expensive, but it's worth the money.

MR. FRITH: Can we buy it on instalments?

ASSISTANT: Of course.

You can pay a deposit of thirty pounds, and then fourteen pounds a month for three years.

MR. FRITH: Do you like it, dear?

MRS. FRITH: I certainly do, but I don't like the price.

You always want the best, but we can't afford it.

Sometimes you think you're a millionaire!

MR. FRITH: Millionaires don't buy things on instalments!