地道美語聽力播客913： 颶風(fēng)來襲，趕上敲竹杠的好時(shí)機(jī)？

Pedro: Why are you changing the prices on all of those items in the store?

　　佩德羅:為什么要改店里貨的價(jià)格?

　　Elisa: Haven’t you heard? There’s a hurricane coming. People will be stocking up on basic necessities.

　　艾麗莎:沒聽說嗎?颶風(fēng)要來了，人們一定會(huì)囤一些必需品。

　　Pedro: I know that, but that still doesn’t explain why you’ve decided to jack up prices.

　　佩德羅：我聽說了，可是我還是不明白你為什么要抬高價(jià)格。

　　Elisa: There’s nothing wrong with taking advantage of a spike in demand during emergency situations. We’re in business to make money.

　　艾麗莎:在危急時(shí)刻，需求上漲，抓住機(jī)遇賺錢也沒錯(cuò)啊。我們是商人，當(dāng)然要賺錢了。

　　Pedro: That’s price gouging and you know it. There are laws against that. And plus, we shouldn’t be exploiting people’s fear.

　　佩德羅 ：這是敲竹杠，你知道的。法律是禁止的。再說，我們不應(yīng)該引發(fā)人們恐慌。

　　Elisa: I’m not responsible for that hurricane and I didn’t tell people to hoard. I’m not hiking prices so high that people can’t afford it. I’m just increasing them to discourage hoarding, that’s all.

　　艾麗莎:又不是我讓颶風(fēng)來的。我沒讓人們囤貨，再說我又沒抬到天價(jià)，讓人們都買不起。我只是抬高價(jià)格，讓人們別囤貨了，就這樣。

　　Pedro: I don’t know. It still doesn’t feel right. It feels like we’re profiteering.

　　佩德羅 ：我不知道，我還是感覺不太對(duì)。覺得我們是那種惟利是圖的人。

　　Elisa: No, we’re not. We’re making a sound business decision. Hey, where are you going with those?

　　艾麗莎:不，我們不是。我們采取了明智的商業(yè)決策，嘿，那些東西你要做什么?

　　Pedro: I’m putting some of these items in the back to reserve for people who can’t afford your new prices, the poorest and the most vulnerable in our community.

　　佩德羅 ：我把一些東西放到后面儲(chǔ)存起來，要是有人按你的新價(jià)格買不起這些東西，我就把這些東西留給咱們社區(qū)里最窮苦和最易受影響的人。

　　Elisa: You’re not suggesting we give those items away!

　　艾麗莎:你不是說你要把那些東西送人吧!

　　Pedro: You’ll thank me later for helping you to assuage your guilty conscience.

　　佩德羅 ：你待會(huì)兒得謝謝我?guī)湍銣p輕你的罪惡感。

　　Elisa: Hmph!

　　艾麗莎:哼!