地道美语听力播客631:销售二手车
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Mario: Do you want to go with me to test drive a car I’m thinking of buying?
马里奥：你想和我一起去试驾我想买的那辆车吗?
Danica: Sure. Which dealership are we going to?
达妮卡：当然，我们要去哪家经销商那买呢?
Mario: I’m not buying a used car from a dealership. I’m buying it from a private party. Dealerships rip you off.
马里奥：我不打算从经销商那里买二手车，我打算在一个私人派对上买，经销商肯定会敲诈你的。
Danica: Are you sure about that? My sister bought a certified used car from a dealership and she even got a one-year warranty. She’s very happy with it.
达妮卡：你确定吗?我姐姐从一个经销商那里买了一辆有保障的二手车，甚至还保修一年呢，她很满意。
Mario: Dealerships jack up the price. Buying from a private party means getting a better deal.
马里奥：商品经销商就会哄抬价格，从私人派对上买会更便宜。
Danica: If you say so. What kind of car is it, and how much is the owner asking for it?
达妮卡：如果你这么说，那是什么车呢，然后车主向你要多少钱呢?
Mario: It’s a McQ Racer and the owner is asking $12,000, $3,000 below blue book value.
马里奥：是McQ跑车，车主要价一万二千美元，比蓝皮书上的标价少三千美元。
Danica: That is a good price. In fact, that’s too good a price. Doesn’t that raise some red flags?
达妮卡：这价格很便宜，事实上，这太便宜了，难道这不意味着里面有问题吗?
Mario: Like what?
马里奥：比如?
Danica: Well, the car could be have been totaled and is now considered salvage. Its odometer could have been rolled back. It could have major mechanical problems...
达妮卡：嗯，车可能已经毁坏了，需要修理，它的里程表可能会回滚，可能存在重大机械问题……
Mario: You can be skeptical, but I’m not looking a gift horse in the mouth. If this guy wants to sell his car for much less than its value, who am I to ask questions?
马里奥：这只是你的猜测而已，我不会对别人给出的优惠再吹毛求疵。如果这家伙真想以低价甩卖，我去问谁?
Danica: You’ll do a title search and ask to see the pink slip before you buy it, right?
达妮卡：你可以再调查调查，买之前要求看一下执照，对吧?
Mario: I think you’d better stay here. With you along, I see this great deal going up in smoke!
马里奥：我看你还是呆在这，别去了。有你在这，这么好的交易肯定要泡汤。
Danica: Sure. Which dealership are we going to?
Mario: I’m not buying a used car from a dealership. I’m buying it from a private party. Dealerships rip you off.
Danica: Are you sure about that? My sister bought a certified used car from a dealership and she even got a one-year warranty. She’s very happy with it.
Mario: Dealerships jack up the price. Buying from a private party means getting a better deal.
Danica: If you say so. What kind of car is it, and how much is the owner asking for it?
Mario: It’s a McQ Racer and the owner is asking $12,000, $3,000 below blue book value.
Danica: That is a good price. In fact, that’s too good a price. Doesn’t that raise some red flags?
Mario: Like what?
Danica: Well, the car could be have been totaled and is now considered salvage. Its odometer could have been rolled back. It could have major mechanical problems...
Mario: You can be skeptical, but I’m not looking a gift horse in the mouth. If this guy wants to sell his car for much less than its value, who am I to ask questions?
Danica: You’ll do a title search and ask to see the pink slip before you buy it, right?
Mario: I think you’d better stay here. With you along, I see this great deal going up in smoke!
