地道美语听力播客851: 网上拍卖投标

Jermaine: Wait! You shouldn’t bid on that auction right now. Wait until the last minute.

杰曼：等等!你不应该现在就投标，要等到最后一刻再投。

Bethany: This auction has a buy-it-now price of $25 and free shipping.

达尼：这件拍卖品是即买即卖，现价25美元，并且还免邮。

Jermaine: Don’t pay the buy- it-now price. The minimum bid on this item is $10 and the current bid is only $12.50. There’s no reserve, so if you wait to bid, you may snag it for a much lower price than $25.

杰曼：不要支付那些即买即卖的价格。这件拍卖品最少的标价是10美元，而现在的标价才12.5美元，并且没有预留，如果你乐意等一会在投标，你有可能以低于25美元的价格中标。

Bethany: Okay, I guess I can wait, but why can’t I place a bid of $15 right now?

达尼：OK，那我就等一等，但是我为什么现在不投标15美元呢?

Jermaine: First of all, the bidding on this auction goes up by increments of 50-cents, so the next bid would be $13.00. You could place a maximum bid of $15.00, but someone might outbid you at any time.

杰曼：首先，这次拍卖会上的拍卖品以50美分的速度增长，因此下一个投标将是13美元。你可以投最高标15美元，但是别人可以随时超过你。

Bethany: But couldn’t that happen anyway? Even if I wait until the last minute someone could sneak in and bid a higher price.

达尼：但是这是不可避免的。即使我等到了最后一刻，别人还是能趁机溜入，给出更高的投标。

Jermaine: You mean they could snipe you? They could, but not if you snipe them back. It’s all in the timing.

杰曼：你的意思是别人会趁你之危?他们可以这么做，但是如果你投出更高的价，他们不会这样做的。只是时间的问题。

Bethany: You seem to know a lot about online auctions.

达尼：你好像对于网上拍卖很精通啊

Jermaine: That item you’re bidding on, guess who listed it?

杰曼：你知道你所投标的这件拍卖品，是谁放上去的吗?