(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
Pedro: Why are you changing the prices on all of those items in the store?
佩德罗：你为什么要改变店里所有商品的价格?
Elisa: Haven’t you heard? There’s a hurricane coming. People will be stocking up on basic necessities.
艾尔莎：你没听说吗？一场飓风马上就来了。届时，人们会囤积基本的必需品。
Pedro: I know that, but that still doesn’t explain why you’ve decided to jack up prices.
佩德罗：我知道，但这跟你决定抬高商品价格有什么关系。
Elisa: There’s nothing wrong with taking advantage of a spike in demand during emergency situations. We’re in business to make money.
艾尔莎：在紧急情况下利用一下激增的需求无可厚非。我们做生意不就是为了赚钱。
Pedro: That’s price gouging and you know it. There are laws against that. And plus, we shouldn’t be exploiting people’s fear.
佩德罗：你知道的，这是哄抬物价。这种行为是法律明令禁止的。再说了，我们不应该利用人们的恐慌心理。
Elisa: I’m not responsible for that hurricane and I didn’t tell people to hoard. I’m not hiking prices so high that people can’t afford it. I’m just increasing them to discourage hoarding, that’s all.
艾尔莎：飓风又不是我召唤来的，我也没指使大伙囤货。我也没有把价格定到大家都消费不起。我只是抬高物价避免民众囤货罢了，就是这样。
Pedro: I don’t know. It still doesn’t feel right. It feels like we’re profiteering.
佩德罗：我不知道。我还是觉得不对劲。感觉我们在牟取暴利。
Elisa: No, we’re not. We’re making a sound business decision. Hey, where are you going with those?
艾尔莎：不，不是的。我们只是在做明智的商业决定而已。嘿，你拿着那些商品打算上哪儿？
Pedro: I’m putting some of these items in the back to reserve for people who can’t afford your new prices, the poorest and the most vulnerable in our community.
佩德罗：我把这些商品放在后面存着，给那些负担不起新价格的人，还有咱们社区里最不富裕和最弱势的群体。
Elisa: You’re not suggesting we give those items away!
艾尔莎：你该不会打算直接送人吧！
Pedro: You’ll thank me later for helping you to assuage your guilty conscience.
佩德罗：日后你会感谢我帮你减轻这种负疚感的。
Elisa: Hmph!
艾尔莎：哼！
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重点讲解
1.stocking up 置办；储存
例句:New Yorkers have been stocking up with bottled water.
纽约人一直在贮备瓶装水。
2.guilty conscience 内疚感
例句:His answer evidenced a guilty conscience.
他的回答证明他良心有愧。
3.jack up 提高
例句:Under the new rules, credit-card companies can't jack up interest rates on a whim.
在新法案规定下，信用卡公司不能凭着心血来潮随意提高贷款利率。
4.taking advantage of 利用
例句:There have been reports of youths taking advantage of the general confusion to loot and steal.
有报道说一些年轻人乘局势一片混乱之际抢劫盗窃。
