To bargain, you can say ‘Can you make it cheaper？’, ‘Can you give me a discount？’, ‘Can you knock $10 off？’, ‘ How about ….Yuan？’.

A、Can you make it cheaper？

B、I will take it if you knock $50 off.

C、We can offer you a 50% off.

D、Can you give me a discount？

right there. But a "Hmmm" response could increase it, and just 50 cents an hour more will earn you $1,000 extra in a year of 40-hour weeks.

The same goes for all other levels, too. A simple "Hmmm" instead of "OK" can change a $25,000 salary into $28,000 and finance your new computer system. $45,000 can be pushed to $30,000, affording you that much-needed two-week vacation.

Anybody can negotiate a better salary. An extra $0.50, $1, or even a $3—5 an hour increase seldom exceeds a company's phone bill! From your perspective it's a ten-to fifty-percent raise. From their perspective, an extra fifty cents an hour costs them only as much as an extra hour of long-distance calls a week—something most businesses do without a second thought.

Don't worry that the employer will change his or her mind about hiring you just because you ask for more. Going through the whole recruiting-interviewing-hiring process again will cost a company much more than $1,000—5,000 anyway in the long run. Odds(可能性) are, you'll get that little extra, and the employer will still consider it a good bargain to avoid that hassle(麻烦).

What will happen if you give a "Hmmm" response when your boss says, "$4.65 an hour"？

A．Your boss will be angry.

B．You may be fired.

C．Your wage may be frozen.

D．You may get some extra money.

A.Shall I make an offer？

B.I’ll take it.

C.Can you give me a little deal on this？

D.Can you give me a break？

A.Shall I make an offer？

B.I’ll take it.

C.Can you give me a little deal on this？

D.Can you give me a break？

A.再说一遍

B.讨价还价

C.称重量

D.成交

A、Can you make it smaller？

B、Can you give me a discount？

C、Can you give me a lower price？

D、Can you come down a little？

A、What are your opening hours？

B、I like this style, but I don’t care for the color.

C、Can you give me a better deal？

D、I’d like to change this for a different size.

A、How much does it cost？

B、Can you make it cheaper？

C、How can I pay？

D、What size do you wear？

ly shown on the goods. There is nothing out of the ordinary in haggling; some shopkeepers expect you to and will be surprised if you accept their prices immediately. We know that the prices in some stores are a bit higher than those in Change Alley, but we also realize that to keep a store like Robinson's is by no means cheap. Besides, in such places we shop in air-conditioned (空调) com-fort. For all these, we pay a little extra.

It is not always true to say that things in Change Alley cost less. I once bought a Czechoslo-vakian glass butter-dish from Robinson's for a little under two dollars. I then went on to Change Al-ley and just by chance saw an article of the same shape, design and size, in one of the shops. I then asked about its price, and was surprised when the man demanded more than four dollars for it. "How much can you offer？" he shouted at me. I offered him exactly the same price I paid for the article and his reply was shockingly rude (粗鲁). I opened my bag, showed him my receipt, stared at him and walked out of his shop.

A buyer in England expects to find the price of goods clearly shown, or, to be told exactly what the price is. He knows this is the lowest price that will be accepted. If he thinks the price is be- yond what he can afford, he shrugs (耸耸) his shoulders and walks away. He does not attempt to bargain with the shopkeeper. Even if he showed annoyance or surprise, he would expect to be told that if the price was unacceptable, he should try elsewhere.

The underlined word "haggling" (line 2, para. 1 ) in the text most probably means______.

A．accepting the prices immediately

B．fixing the right cost for some goods

C．arguing about the price of something

D．paying extra for comfortable shopping