A: I would like to return some items.A: 我要把這些衣服退掉。B: Okay, do you have a receipt?B: 好的，麻煩您出示發票唷。A: Here you go.A: 給你。B: I’m sorry ma’am. We do not accept returns or offer exchanges on underwear.B: 非常抱歉女士，貼身衣物不接受退換貨唷。A: What? I want to speak to your manager!A: 什麼？叫你們店長出來！B: (Arghhh!!! Not another nutcase!)B: (啊！！！又是一個神經病。)
殺價
（X） kill the price（O）bargain
雖然「殺時間，打發時間」的英文會說 kill time，但「殺價」可不是 kill the price，而是要用 bargain /ˈbɑrgən/ 這個字，例如：bargain with sb. (和某人殺價)。
A: Did you go for a big shop?A: 你是去瘋狂大採購嗎？B: Yeah, I bought a lot of meat and vegetables at the wet market.B: 對啊，我去菜市場買了一堆肉跟蔬菜。A: I try to avoid wet markets. I hate the stench.A: 我不去菜市場，那裡的味道不太好聞。B: Really? I actually quite like the smell of all the fresh ingredients. Plus, you can always bargain with vendors.B: 真的嗎？我其實還蠻喜歡新鮮食材的味道。而且你還可以和攤販殺價。A: Alright! It does save money!A: 好吧！那確實可以省錢啦！
A: I got a great deal on this set of skincare products. It was a real bargain!A: 我買了一整組的護膚品，超划算的！B: Really? How much?B: 真假？多少錢啊？A: The salesperson said it’s 50 percent off! So it only cost me 22,000 NTD!A: 銷售員跟我說現在打五折！所以我只花了兩萬二！B: Wait… what brand is it and where did you buy it?B: 等等… 那是哪一牌？你在哪買的？A: It’s called Fountain of Youth. I bought it from the ABC pharmacy.A: 它叫「青春之泉」，我在 ABC 藥妝店買的。B: You were ripped off! That stuff isn’t even close to being worth 22,000 NTD!B: 你被坑了啊！那東西才沒有兩萬二的價值！
貨比三家
（X） compare stores（O） shop around
在街上看到喜歡的東西可別太快下手！小 V 就有好幾次買貴的經驗，所以記得一定要 shop around。around 意指「四處；周圍」，所以 shop around 就像是東看西看、「貨比三家」，好幫自己的荷包省點錢啊！
A: Nice dress! You look so gorgeous. A: 這洋裝真好看！你好正。B: Thanks, but I should have shopped around.B: 謝啦，但我應該要貨比三家的。A: Did you find a lower price?A: 妳有看到賣得更便宜的嗎？B: Yeah! Right after I bought it, I saw another store selling it for only 490 NTD!B: 對，我一付完錢，我就看到另一間店只賣 490 元！A: How much did you spend then?A: 那妳花多少錢？B: 990 NTD!B: 990 元！A: Well… I guess that lost 500 NTD will teach you to shop around next time.A: 至少那 500 元教會妳下次要貨比三家囉。
百貨公司、大賣場總是會有發傳單的人，雖然我們常常聽到人家說 DM，但 DM 其實是 direct mail 的縮寫，是指公司、組織的文宣廣告，常附在 email 裡面。實體的「傳單」可以說 flyer/leaflet，而「發傳單」可以說 distribute flyers 或 hand out flyers。補充：brochure 則是指三折頁的「小冊子」。
A: Hey, I got a part-time job!A: 嘿，我找到一份兼差了！B: Congratulations! What will you be doing?B: 恭喜耶！是哪一種工作？A: It’s a job that can stimulate the economy and grow our GDP.A: 這是一份可以刺激經濟，讓 GDP 成長的工作。B: Wow, sounds really meaningful!B: 哇，那很有意義耶！A: Yep. I’ll be handing out flyers in front of the ABC pharmacy every weekend.A: 沒錯，我每星期都會在 ABC 藥妝店前面發傳單喔。B: *facepalm*B: (傻眼)
A: How’s the new job?A: 你的新工作如何？B: Didn’t I tell you? I quit.B: 我沒跟你說嗎？我辭了啊。A: How come? I thought the pay was nice.A: 怎麼會？我以為薪水很不錯的。B: It did, but I couldn’t stand difficult customers anymore.B: 是很不錯，但我再也受不了奧客了。A: That’s why I decided to be an engineer. You rarely have to deal with customers.A: 所以我才選擇當工程師。很少需要應付客戶。B: Maybe I should change my career path.B: 或許我該轉換跑道了。
