自考阅读 II Lecture XI_图文-课件PPT（精）.ppt

Unit 8 Text 22 Bargains?Questions:?1. What is the more recent definition of bargain? What does the author think of those who are extorted money from their pockets??2. When does a company start to reduce the price of a product? Why?Vocabulary?1. … a bargain is a dirty trick to extortmoney from the pockets of silly and innocent people.?A. obtain trickily B. cheat?C. take out D. rob?2. … but the attraction of novelty soon fades.?A. disappears B. loses color?C. decreases D. loses freshness?3. When I was in Hungary a man was accused of murdering someone …and pleaded guilty.?A. denied his guilt ?B. asked for his guilt?C. admitted his guilt ?D. begged his guilt?4. The judge was outraged…?A. tempered B. out of anger?C. hurt greatly D. greatly offended?5. Perhaps she may add vaguely that she has been a trifle extravagant …?A. a little B. greatly C. minorly D. too?6. Some people buy in bulk because it is cheaper.?A. in cash B. in large amounts?C. by check D. on a large scaleTrue or False statement?1. The author is not clear about the definition of the word “bargain”.?2. The author describes how a new product is sold in such a detail because he is familiar with the field.?3. The cost of a new product is usually much lower than fair ?4. When a new product has lost its attraction of novelty, a bargain by 5p OFF or even 1p OFF can attract people, so sales rise.?5. The author holds that a bargain is so attractive that it mustn't be missed even if it is only 1p OFF.?6. The man in Hungary murdered a person just for one pengo, because he thought a pengo was the beginning of a large sum of ?7. The author thinks it all right that people buy some necessary things like washing powder or soap just for a bargain.?8. In the author’s eyes it is foolish of the man who bought an electric circular saw as a bargain and cut off two