A Word A Day——haggle-夜雨聆风

A Word A Day——haggle

𝒢𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔’𝒢𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑜𝑜𝓃’𝒢𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒢𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 ☻

⛵•翻译作业

生态文明建设取得新进步，地级及以上城市空气质量优良天数比例提高到89.3%，森林覆盖率提高到25%以上，成为全球森林资源增长最快最多的国家，构建起全球最大、发展最快的可再生能源体系。

Fresh progress was achieved in ecological conservation. In cities at and above the prefectural level, the proportion of days with good or excellent air quality rose to 89.3 percent. With our forest coverage rising past 25 percent, China achieved the world’s fastest and largest increase in forest resources. We also created the world’s largest and fastest-growing renewable energy system.

⛵•今日单词

haggle / ˈhæɡ(ə)l / (っ◔◡◔)っ ♡GRE♡TEM8♡

If you haggle, you argue about something before reaching an agreement, especially about the cost of something that you are buying. 争论 (尤指讨价还价)；争论；

◆Ella showed her the best places to go for a good buy, and taught her how to haggle with used furniture dealers.

埃拉告诉她买便宜货的最佳去处，还教她怎样与二手家具商讨价还价。

⛵•外刊例句

◆Carvana has eye-catching “car vending machines” in key cities and offers buyers a still-novel way to shop from home for a used car, without haggling.

Carvana 在关键城市拥有引人注目的 “汽车自动售货机”，为买家提供了一种仍然新颖的方式，让他们可以在家购买二手车，而无需讨价还价。——《市场观察》

◆They often must contact insurers, hospitals or doctors and may end up haggling over their correct share of the bill.

他们经常需要联系保险公司、医院或医生，最终可能会就账单的正确份额进行讨价还价。——《纽约时报》

◆The deal with the EU seeks to smoothen frictions in trade, but there are a whole load of details and specifics, timeframes and costs still to be haggled over and sorted.

与欧盟的协议旨在平息贸易摩擦，但仍有大量细节、规格、时间框架和成本需要讨价还价和整理。——《BBC》

⛵•影视台词

《The Last Kingdom Season 3》（孤国春秋第三季）(2018)

— “May I sit? -Yes, of course.“

— “I do enjoy a haggle.“

— “You have no reason to be afraid of the palace or Winchester. It is my hope that we can find a happiness.“

— “I will give you no reason to fear me, if fear is the reason for your silence.“

— “I’m not afraid, Lord. But words are a torment at times.“

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[1] 上述台词截取有误，换一个能截的:-D no haggling

⛵•今日练习

C-E Translation Practice

10年来，在习近平主席和湄公河国家领导人共同引领下，中国同湄公河国家实现双边命运共同体建设全覆盖，贸易额突破5000亿美元，较10年前增长150％。“丰收澜湄”“甘泉行动”等上千个“小而美”的惠民项目落地见效。

——来源：@外交部发言人办公室

⛵•好语分享

中

古人有云√

人不同能，而任之以一事，不可责遍成

英

外文有言√

The steps you take don’t need to be big. They just need to take you in the right direction.

又

“又”来说说💭

如果今天过得不好的话，明天会不会可能好过一点呢

🥂

𝓼𝓮𝓮 𝔂𝓪 ඏ

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