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第一段
1 .Listen to a conversation between a student and a bookstore employee.
听一段学生和书店店员之间的对话
第二段
1 .Hi. Can I help you?
hi,有什么我可以帮你吗
第三段
1 .Yeah. I need to sell back a textbook.
是的,我需要回售一本教科书。
2 .Are you the person I speak to about that?
我可以和你说这事儿吗?
第四段
1 .I am. But we can't buy textbooks back just yet, because the bookstore's buyback period isn't until next Thursday.
可以。但是,我们现在还不能回购教科书,回收下周四才开始。
第五段
1 .I thought it started this week.
我还以为是这个星期开始呢。
第六段
1 .It is only in the last week of the semester after classes are over.
只在这学期的最后一周等课程都结束了之后才开始回购。
第七段
1 .Oh. Well, can you tell me if this book will be on the buyback list.
哦,好吧,你能告诉我,我这本书是否在回购名单上吗?
第八段
1 .I can look. But we are still putting the list together.
我可以看看。但是,我们仍然在收集回购名单的过程中,
2 .Professors have to tell us what books they'll definitely need again next semester, and the deadline for them to let us know isn't for a couple of days.
教授们告诉我们什么书使他们肯定会在下学期用到的,但是收集这个回购名单没有确切的限期。
3 .So the list I have here is not really complete.
因此现在我手里的回购名单并不完整。
4 .Um... what class was the book for?
嗯...这本书是哪门课的?
第九段
1 .Intro to economics, with Professor Murphy.
初级经济学,墨菲教授教的课。
第十段
1 .Professor Murphy.
墨菲教授
2 .OK. I checked earlier and I know she hasn't gotten back to us on that class yet.
行。我刚才查了下,她还没有给我们反馈。
3 .So we don't know if she'll use the same book next time.
所以,我们不知道她下学期是否会使用相同的教科书。
4 .Usually if an updated edition of a textbook is available, professors will go for that one.
通常如果一本教科书有更新版本可用,教授会用新版的。
第十一段
1 .So if this book doesn't end up on the buyback list, what can I do?
嗯...所以,如果这本书没在最终的回购名单上,我该怎么办?
2 .I spent over a hundred dollars for it, and I want to get something back.
我花了一百多美元买的,我多少想卖点儿钱。
第十二段
1 .Well, if a professor didn't assign it for a class here, we could buy back for a wholesaler who would distribute it for sale for another university bookstore.
那么,如果教授没把它放在回购名单里,我们可以回购给一家批发商,他们会在别的大学书店里降价处理。
第十三段
1 .OK.
好的,在同一地区,哈萨克斯坦北部的人们之后开始养绵羊和牛。
2 .Anyway, if professor Murphy does put it on the list, it is important that you come in as early as possible next Thursday.
反正......如果墨菲教授把它放在名单上,你下周四早点儿来。
3 .There's only a limited number of books we would buy back.
我们回购的书数量有限,
4 .Once we get the number of books we need for next semester, we would stop buying them.
一旦我们为下学期回购的书数量够了,我们将停止购买。
第十四段
1 .OK. So how much money will I get for the book?
行。所以,我这本书能卖多少钱?
第十五段
1 .Well, if it's on the buyback list, we'll pay fifty percent of what the new price was.
好吧,如果在回购名单上,我们将以全价的50%购回。
2 .But that also depends on what condition the book is in, so it needs to be cleaned up as much as possible.
但是,这也要看这本书的新旧状况,所以最好尽可能把它清理干净。
第十六段
1 .Cleaned up?
清理干净?
第十七段
1 .Because used books show wear and tear, you know, water stains, scruffy covers, yellow highlighting.
由于二手书有的会有磨损,你知道的,水渍,破旧的封面,标注的重点
2 .You really need to make sure there are no pencil marks on the book.
你要确保书上没有铅笔痕迹。
3 .The price you can get for a text depends on the shape it's in.
价钱取决于这本书的状况。
第十八段
1 .You mean I have to erase all the pencil marks?
你的意思是我必须清除所有铅笔痕迹?
第一十九段
1 .If you want the best price for it.
如果你想卖个好价钱的话。
第二十段
1 .And what if you decide the book is too beat-up and don't buy it back.
如果这本书版本太旧你们不回购的话?
2 .That does happen.
这确实可能发生。
3 .Well, one more thing you can try is to place an ad in the student newspaper to see if you can sell it directly to another student.
嗯......你可以尝试在学校报纸上做广告,看是否可以直接把它卖给另一名同学。