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Nǚ hái: Xiān shēng, nín yào diănr shén me?
女孩： 先生，您要点儿什么？
Girl: What can I do for you, sir?
女孩： 先生，您要点儿什么？
Girl: What can I do for you, sir?
mài kè: Pú táo duō shăo qián yī jīn?
麦克： 葡萄多少钱一斤？
Mike: What's the price of grapes per jin?
Nǚ hái: Yī kuài bā máo qián yī jīn.
女孩： 一块八毛钱一斤。
Girl: One yuan and eight mao per jin.
mài kè: Tài guì le, pián yi diănr xíng ma?
麦克： 太贵了，便宜点儿行吗？
Mike: That's too expensive. Can you make it a bit cheaper?
Nǚ hái: Zuì duō yī jīn pián yi wŭ fēn.
女孩： 最多一斤便宜五分。
Girl: The most I could come down is five fen.
mài kè: Yī kuài liù máo qian yī jīn kĕ yĭ ma?
麦克： 一块六毛钱一斤可以吗？
Mike: How about one yuan and six mao per jin?
Nǚ hái: Duō măi kĕ yĭ.
女孩： 多买可以。
Girl: If you buy a lot, that'll be okay.
mài kè: Nà me wŏ măi wŭ jīn ba.
麦克： 那么我买五斤吧。
Mike: Then I'll buy five jin.
麦克： 葡萄多少钱一斤？
Mike: What's the price of grapes per jin?
Nǚ hái: Yī kuài bā máo qián yī jīn.
女孩： 一块八毛钱一斤。
Girl: One yuan and eight mao per jin.
mài kè: Tài guì le, pián yi diănr xíng ma?
麦克： 太贵了，便宜点儿行吗？
Mike: That's too expensive. Can you make it a bit cheaper?
Nǚ hái: Zuì duō yī jīn pián yi wŭ fēn.
女孩： 最多一斤便宜五分。
Girl: The most I could come down is five fen.
mài kè: Yī kuài liù máo qian yī jīn kĕ yĭ ma?
麦克： 一块六毛钱一斤可以吗？
Mike: How about one yuan and six mao per jin?
Nǚ hái: Duō măi kĕ yĭ.
女孩： 多买可以。
Girl: If you buy a lot, that'll be okay.
mài kè: Nà me wŏ măi wŭ jīn ba.
麦克： 那么我买五斤吧。
Mike: Then I'll buy five jin.
Background
北京的农贸市场品种多样，价格灵活，购买时可随挑选，还可以讨价还价。麦克来到这里买一些葡萄。
In Beijing agricultural products markets offer a varied assortment, at reasonable and negotiable prices. Mike is going to buy some grapes here.
New Words
1. 自由市场 zì yóu shì chăng: free market
2. 斤 jīn: jīn (Chinese unit of weight)
3. 贵 guì: expensive
4. 便宜 pián yi: cheap
5. 最 zuì: most
6. 多 duō: a lot
7. 葡萄 pú táo: grape
8. 那么 nà me: then
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