Lesson 111 The most expensive model昂貴的型號
Listen to the tape then answer this question. Can Mr. Frith buy the television on instalments? How does it work?
聽錄音，然后回答問題。弗里斯先生可以用分期付款方式購買電視機嗎？如何操作呢？
MR.FRITH：I like this television very much. How much does it cost?
弗里斯先生：我非常喜歡這臺電視機。請問它多少錢？
ASSISTANT：It's the most expensive model in the shop. It costs five hundred pounds.
店 員：這是店里貴的型號。它的售價是500英鎊。
MRS. FRITH：That's too expensive for us. We can't afford all that money.
弗里斯夫人：這對我們來說是太貴了。我們花不起那么多錢。
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.
店 員：這種型號的比那種要便宜些。它只要300英鎊。但是，它當然沒有價錢高的那種好。
MR. FRITH: I don't like the model. The other model's more expensive, but it's worth the money.
弗里斯先生：我不喜歡這種型號。那一種型號價格是貴一些，但它值這么多錢。
MR. FRITH: Can we buy it on instalments?
弗里斯先生：我們可以用分期付款的方式購買嗎？
ASSISTANT：Of course. You can pay a deposit of thirty pounds, and then fourteen pounds a month for three years.
店 員：當然可以。您可以先付30英鎊定金，然后每月14鎊，3年付清。
MR. FRITH：Do you like it, dear?
弗里斯先生：你喜歡嗎，親愛的？
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!
弗里斯夫人：我當然喜歡， 但是我不喜歡這個價錢。你總是要買好的，可我們買不起。有時候你認為自己是個百萬富翁！
MR.FRITH：Millionaires don't buy things on instalments!
弗里斯先生：百萬富翁是不會分期付款買東西的！
New words and Expressions生詞和短語
model
n. 模型
afford
v. 付得起（錢）
deposit
n. 預付定金
instalment
n. 分期付款
price
n. 價格
millionaire
n. 百萬富翁
Notes on the text課文注釋
1 大多數(shù)兩個以上音節(jié)的形容詞可與more/less連用構(gòu)成其比較級形式，與most/least連用構(gòu)成其高級形式，如本課中的幾個例子:This model's less expensive than that one; The other model's more expensive; It's the most expensive model in the shop.
2 it's not as good as the expensive one，它不如那種價格高的好。not as...as... 可以用來進行比較，意思是，放在前面的人或物在程度上低于后面的人或物。
3 buy...on instalments，以分期付款的方式購買。