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第 15 课: You should sign up. 你该注册加入的。

B: OK. I just saw a Versace for thirty dollars. This stuff can't be real! 好。我看到一件凡赛斯才三十块。这东西不可能是真的!

A: Most of it is. You should sign up. 大部分都是真的。你该注册加入的。

B: I'm not sure I'd want to give these people my credit card number. 我不确定我是不是要给这些人我的信用卡号码。

A: Didn't you read about PayPal and Bidpay? They are very safe. 你没看PayPal和Bidpay的介绍吗?它们都很安全的。

B: Sure, but it's so complicated. They asked for my credit card authorization number. 看了,不过太复杂了。它们还要我的信用卡授权码。

A: That's the last three or four numbers on the back of your credit card where your signature is. 那是你信用卡背面号码的末三或四码,就在你签名的地方。

B: I have trouble understanding all these forms...but I'm sure I'll get it. 我看不懂这堆表格……但我想我会弄清楚的。

B: But what if I don't win what I bid on? 不过万一我没竞标到呢?

A: Then it wasn't meant to be. Some people have put up a hard fight for some items I bid on. But I was the sole bidder for this bag and got it dirt-cheap. 注定无缘那就算了。有些人想尽办法要标我要的东西。不过我是这包包唯一的投标者,所以很便宜就到手了。

B: It seems that you can e-mail the seller and ask questions.似乎可以寄电子邮件问卖家问题。

A: Sure. I've even e-mailed some people who had bought from the person who sold this bag. 当然了。我甚至寄电子邮件给几位跟卖这个包包的人交易过的对象。

B: And people are honest? 那大家都很诚实吗?

A: They said he was an honest and professional businessman. But that's the exciting part. It's kind of like gambling.... 他们说他是个诚信又专业的生意人。但那就是刺激所在。这有点像在赌博……