Eztalk美语【146】听来是个有风险的交易

Three days later, in the office lounge

Nate:Guess what, Gilly? I won both bids.

Gilly:Good for you. Did you use PayPal?

Nate:Yeah. It was so easy and super-fast, once I figured it out.

Gilly:That's the beauty of it, and the danger.

Nate:I should get the items within a week. But in the meantime I'm bidding on a digital video camera.

Gilly:How much?

Nate:Thirty U.S. dollars...and it's only been used for six months.

Gilly:Hmmm, sounds like risky business. Good luck.

lounge

(饭店、旅馆、公司等的)休息室，会客厅

A: Let's meet at five in the office lounge.

我们五点在公司大厅见。

B: OK, see you there.

好，到时见。

figure out

理解，想明白

I can never figure out how to play this video game.

我永远都搞不懂怎么玩这款电动游戏。

in the meantime

在此之际，在这段时间里

A: When will you be back from work?

你下班回来是几点?

B: At six. In the meantime, you can do the laundry.

六点。在此同时你可以洗衣服。

digital video camera

数字摄影机

I just bought a digital video camera.

我刚买了一台数字摄影机。

三天后，在办公室的休息区

奈特：你猜怎样着，吉莉?我两个拍卖都得标了。

吉莉：真有你的。你是用PayPal付款吗?

奈特：有啊。我一搞清楚后，就发现它真是简单又迅速。

吉莉：这就是它的美好之处，也是危险的地方。

奈特：我应该会在一个星期内收到东西。但在此同时，我正在标一台数字摄影机。

吉莉：多少钱?

奈特：三十块美金……而且只用过六个月。

吉莉：嗯，听来是个有风险的交易。祝好运啦。