實(shí)戰(zhàn)口語(yǔ)情景對(duì)話：Pricey Places 物價(jià)高的地方

Jess: So, Tom, I was reading in the newspaper this morning, and I noticed a story which said that Tokyo and Osaka are now the most expensive cities to live in. I remember you told me you used to live in Tokyo. Was that your experience of living there?

杰西：湯姆，我今天早上看報(bào)紙時(shí)注意到一篇新聞報(bào)道，報(bào)道中說(shuō)東京和大阪是現(xiàn)在最昂貴的居住地。我記得你說(shuō)過(guò)，你曾在東京居住過(guò)。你住在那里時(shí)有這種感覺(jué)嗎?

Tom: That's right. Tokyo was really expensive. I am so pleased that now I live in Bangkok. Living here is fantastic. My apartment — I have this lovely beautiful big apartment and the rent is a good deal. Thai food is famous all over the world and actually when you come to Thailand, you realize how cheap the food is and how available it is. You can buy food — every kind of food from any shop or restaurant — even on the street. They have street stalls where people cooking. They have people walking up and down the street pushing carts full of food and it's all really cheap and delicious. I like to go shopping in Bangkok. There's a lot of clothes and shoes and bags. The prices are really low and it's this lovely feeling being able to walk around and afford things. Did you know in Tokyo the most surprising expensive thing was getting a hair cut. I don't go much for expensive hair cuts and it used to kill me how much I had to pay just to get someone to chop off my scruffy locks. I know you've lived in Europe mostly. What was your experience? What was the most expensive place in Europe?

湯姆：沒(méi)錯(cuò)。東京物價(jià)非常貴。我很高興我現(xiàn)在生活在曼谷。住在這里太棒了。我在這里租了間又漂亮又大的公寓，而且租金很便宜。泰國(guó)美食聞名世界，來(lái)到泰國(guó)以后，你就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)這里的食物有多便宜，有多易獲得?？梢詮娜魏我患疑痰?、餐廳、甚至是街上買(mǎi)到各種食物。泰國(guó)有烹飪食物的路邊攤。還有商販推著裝滿食物的推車(chē)沿街販賣(mài)，而且這些食物又美味又便宜。我喜歡在曼谷購(gòu)物。有很多可以買(mǎi)衣服、鞋和包的地方。而且價(jià)格低廉，逛街時(shí)看到有很多可以買(mǎi)得起的東西，這種感覺(jué)真好。你知道嗎，東京最令人意想不到的昂貴東西是，理發(fā)的價(jià)格非常高。我一般不太常去貴的地方剪發(fā)，只是剪掉雜亂的頭發(fā)就花掉一大筆錢(qián)，讓我感覺(jué)非常不爽。我知道你大部分時(shí)間都住在歐洲。你的感覺(jué)呢?歐洲最昂貴的地方是哪里?

Jess: Well, I've lived in three European cities: Budapest, Madrid and Paris and of the three Paris was definitely the most expensive. The things that stands out in my mind as being the most expensive were beauty services. Things like hair cuts, hair coloring, facials, waxing. I actually had to save and budget every month to make sure I was able to afford in Paris the the things I was used to getting without thinking about back home in Britain, but not every thing was expensive there. Beauty services were and rent was but the wine, brilliant French wine, was really cheap and there was a huge variety, so in that way, I guess it balanced itself out.

杰西：我在布達(dá)佩斯、馬德里和巴黎這三座歐洲城市生活過(guò)，其中最昂貴的地方肯定是巴黎。我現(xiàn)在記得最清楚的是巴黎最貴的是美容服務(wù)。包括剪發(fā)、染發(fā)、面部護(hù)理、脫毛這些。我每個(gè)月都要精打細(xì)算，這樣才能保證我在巴黎負(fù)得起那些我在祖國(guó)英國(guó)不用考慮就能得到的服務(wù)，不過(guò)巴黎并不是所有東西都貴。巴黎的美容服務(wù)和租金很貴，但是上好的葡萄酒非常便宜，而且種類非常多，這樣來(lái)看可以互相抵銷。