Listen to the tape then answer this question.

Can Mr. Frith buy the television on instalments? How does it work?

听录音，然后回答问题。弗里斯先生可以用分期付款的方式购买电视机吗？如何操作呢？

MR.FRITH：I like this television very much.

How much does it cost?

ASSISTANT：It's the most expensive model in the shop.

It costs five hundred pounds.

MRS. FRITH：That's too expensive for us.

We can't afford all that money.

ASSISTANT：This model's less expensive than that one.

It's only three hundred pounds.

But, of course,

it's not as good as the expensive one.

MR. FRITH：I don't like this model.

The other model's more expensive,

but it's worth the money.

MR.FRITH：Can we buy it on instalments?

ASSISTANT：Of course.

You can pay a deposit of thirty pounds,

and then fourteen pounds a month

for three years.

MR. FRITH：Do you like it, dear?

MRS. FRITH：I certainly do,

but I don't like the price.

You always want the best,

but we can't afford it.

Sometimes you think

you're a millionaire!

MR.FRITH：Millionlaires don't buy things

on instalments!

New words and expressions生词和短语

model /'modl/ n.型号，式样

afford /+'f&:d/ v.付得起（钱）

deposit /di'p&zit/ n.预付定金

instalment /in'st&:lm+nt/ n.分期付款

price /prais/ n.价格

millionaire /?milj+'ne+/ n.百万富翁

Notes on the text课文注释

1 大多数两个以上音节的形容词可与more/less连用构成其比较级形式，与most/least连用构成其最高级形式，如本课中的几个例子：This model's less expensive than that one; The other model's more expensive; It's the most expensive model in the shop.

2 it's not as good as the expensive one，它不如那种价格高的好。not as…as…可以用来进行比较，意思是，放在前面的人或物在程度上低于后面的人或物。

3 buy…on instalments,以分期付款的方式购买。

参考译文

弗里斯先生：我非常喜欢这台电视机。请问它多少钱？

店      员：这是店里最贵的型号。它的售价是500英镑。

弗里斯夫人：这对我们来说是太贵了。我们花不起那么多钱。

店      员：这种型号的比那种要便宜些。它只要300英镑。但是，它当然没有价钱高的那种好。

弗里斯先生：我不喜欢这种型号。那一种型号价格是贵一些，但它值这么多钱。

弗里斯先生：我们可以用分期付款的方式购买吗？

店      员：当然可以。您可以先付30英镑定金，然后每月14镑，3年付清。

弗里斯先生：你喜欢吗，亲爱的？

弗里斯夫人：我当然喜欢，但是我不喜欢这个价钱。你总是要买最好的，可我们买不起。有时候你认为自己是个百万富翁！

弗里斯先生：百万富翁是不会分期付款买东西的！