Eztalk美语【158】Every little bit counts. 能省多少是多少。

Gill: That's really convenient. We were wondering if you could take a little off the rent, though.

LL: I can take two thousand off. That'll make the rent twenty-eight thousand.

Gill: That's great. Every little bit counts. And we don't need the parking space. I guess we could rent it out.

LL: Sure, for at least three thousand per month.

Gill: That'll bring the price down to twenty-five. That's the price we were shooting for.

LL: I'm glad. Now, there's a deposit fee of two month's rent.

take off

减除，减(价)

If you buy one hundred now, I can take off ten percent.

如果你现在用一百元买，我可以给你打九折。

bring the price down to...

把价钱压低到…

If you can bring the price down a bit, I may be able to afford it.

如果你可以降一点价，我可能就买得起了。

shoot for

设定…目标

Let's shoot for a Tuesday departure.

我们就决定星期二出发吧。

deposit fee

押金，保证金

I'll need a deposit fee before I can let you rent that jeep.

先给我押金，我才会把那部吉普车租给你。

吉尔：那样真方便。不过我们想知道你房租可不可以降一点。

房东：我可以减个两千元。那样就是二万八千元。

吉尔：太棒了。能省多少是多少。而且我们不需要车位。我想我们可以租出去。

房东：当然，租金至少可以定在一个月三千元。

吉尔：那样房租就压低到顶多两万五千元了。那正是我们原本设定的价格。

房东：我很高兴。还有，押金是两个月的房租。