作者： 360abc

Nate decides to try eBay and calls Gilly

Nate:I decided to give it a go!
Gilly:Good for you. What items did you bid on?
Nate:A DKNY shirt and one of Serena Williams’ used tennis rackets!
Gilly:Your idol! Wow! You’re even better at finding stuff than me!
Nate:Yep. I placed a bid for the shirt. The minimum was ten so I bet fifty!
Gilly:That’s not how this game works.
Nate:Well, there was a sign that said “Buy now for seventy.”
Gilly:How many bids had been placed before you?

give it a go
试试看
I’d like to give race car driving a go!
我想要试试看驾驶赛车的滋味！

Good for you.
了不起喔。
You got a hundred on the test? Good for you!
你这场考试考一百分？了不起喔！

racket (n.)
（网球、羽毛球等的）球拍。Serena Williams是美国知名网球选手「小威廉斯」，她和姊姊「大威廉斯」Venus Williams都是纵横国际网坛的女将
A: Oh no, I just broke my racket!
糟糕，我把我的球拍弄坏了！
B: It’s a good thing that racket was so cheap!
还好那球拍很便宜！

minimum (n.)
最低额度。此处对话里的金额皆是美金
What’s the minimum price for this car?
这辆车最低的价码是多少？

奈特决定试着用eBay，并打电话给吉莉

奈特：我决定试试看了！
吉莉：真有你的。你竞标了什么东西？
奈特：一件DKNY的衬衫和一支小威廉斯用过的网球拍！
吉莉：你的偶像！哇！你比我还会找东西！
奈特：对呀。我在那件衬衫上投了一个标。最低要十块，所以我押了五十块！
吉莉：游戏的规则不是这样。
奈特：呃，有一个标志写「七十元马上买到」。
吉莉：在你出价之前，有多少人投标？

Nate starts to worry

Nate:But what if I don’t win what I bid on?
Gilly:Then it wasn’t meant to be. Some people have put up a hard fight for some items I bid on. But I was the sole bidder for this bag and got it dirt-cheap.
Nate:It seems that you can e-mail the seller and ask questions.
Gilly:Sure. I’ve even e-mailed some people who had bought from the person who sold this bag.
Nate:And people are honest?
Gilly:They said he was an honest and professional businessman. But that’s the exciting part. It’s kind of like gambling….

bid (v.,n.)
喊标，出价。bidding (n.)（拍卖的）出价。bidder (n.) 投标人
How much did you bid for that new car?
你给那辆新车标了多少？

sole (a.)
单独的，唯一的
I was the sole person to see the accident.
我是唯一看到那场车祸的人。

dirt-cheap (a.)
非常便宜的
A: Was that computer expensive?
那部计算机昂贵吗？
B: No! I got it dirt-cheap.
不会！我买得非常便宜。

gambling (n.)
赌博。动词是gamble
My father was a gambling man.
我爸之前是个赌徒。

奈特开始担心起来

奈特：不过万一我没竞标到呢？
吉莉：注定无缘那就算了。有些人想尽办法要标我要的东西。不过我是这包包唯一的投标者，所以很便宜就到手了。
奈特：似乎可以寄电子邮件问卖家问题。
吉莉：当然了。我甚至寄电子邮件给几位跟卖这个包包的人交易过的对象。
奈特：那大家都很诚实吗？
吉莉：他们说他是个诚信又专业的生意人。但那就是刺激所在。这有点像在赌博……

Nate starts to browse eBay

Nate: OK. I just saw a Versace for thirty dollars. This stuff can’t be real!
Gilly: Most of it is. You should sign up.
Nate:I’m not sure I’d want to give these people my credit card number.
Gilly:Didn’t you read about PayPal and Bidpay? They are very safe.
Nate:Sure, but it’s so complicated. They asked for my credit card authorization number.
Gilly:That’s the last three or four numbers on the back of your credit card where your signature is.
Nate:I have trouble understanding all these forms…but I’m sure I’ll get it.

sign up
立约加入。此指在网络上填表加入该网站会员
I just signed up for a new credit card.
我才刚申请加入一张新的信用卡。

PayPal (n.)
PayPal是当今使用最广泛的信用卡收付款银行，只要在www.paypal.com网站注册信用卡资料，就可以透过该网站直接付钱给卖家，而且卖家不会得知买家的信用卡资料。而Bidpay则是透过信用卡买国际汇票，寄给卖家
PayPal is a great way to pay for things online.
PayPal是种网上付货款很棒的方式。

authorization (n.)
授权
Do you have your parents’ authorization to be here?
你有你父母的许可，让你来这里吗？

signature (n.)
签名
I can write my mom’s signature.
我可以写出我妈的签名。

奈特开始看eBay网页

奈特：好。我看到一件凡赛斯才三十块。这东西不可能是真的！
吉莉：大部分都是真的。你该注册加入的。
奈特：我不确定我是不是要给这些人我的信用卡号码。
吉莉：你没看PayPal和Bidpay的介绍吗？它们都很安全的。
奈特：看了，不过太复杂了。它们还要我的信用卡授权码。
吉莉：那是你信用卡背面号码的末三或四码，就在你签名的地方。
奈特：我看不懂这堆表格……但我想我会弄清楚的。