“高档货”和“便宜货”英语怎么说

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收藏 2012-08-04

Jessica在北京学中文，她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教她。今天是方方要问的：保质期。
FF: Jessica, 你过来帮我看看，这个牛奶是不是过期了呀?
Jessica: Let me see...Hmm, I'm not sure. When did you get this?
FF: 两周前吧! 那时候牛奶大减价，我就一口气买了4瓶! 贪便宜, 可是忘了看保质期...

Jessica: Milk normally has a shelf life of a week. Shelf is spelled s-h-e-l-f, 是货架的意思。shelf life 能够放在货架上的日子，也就是保质期!
FF: 原来是这样! 那我都买两个礼拜了，我看这牛奶肯定过期了....
Jessica: I bet you're right. I think this milk is past-date. You'd better throw it away!
FF: Past-date, 这里的date就是盒子上标识的生产日期。past-date也就是过期了的意思! 真可惜，这可是最好的牛奶，这些牛都是只吃鲜草，听古典音乐长大的!
Jessica: That sounds like a top shelf product to me! 高档商品!
FF: Top shelf, 在货架上最高的地方，就是指高档货! 那相对来说，价格便宜的产品又要怎么说呢?
Jessica: It's the opposite of that. We call it a bottom shelf product. Basically less expensive stuff is put on the bottom shelf.
FF: Top shelf product, 高档货，bottom shelf product, 便宜货! 我记住了。
Jessica: 好！那你说说看，What have you learned today?
FF: 今天我们学到的内容包括:
第一，保质期是shelf life;
第二，过了保质期可以用 past-date;
第三，高级货叫做top shelf product, 便宜货叫做bottom shelf product!

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reduce_fat

2012-8-5 00:37:43

The above conversation makes sense. Higher quality goods should be put on the top of the shelves and relatively lower quality goods should be put on the lower level of the shelves. Otherwise, customers would not buy low-quality goods but search for high-quality goods by themselves.