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salesman

推销员

(tuīxiāoyuán) 

A: Have you ever run into a salesman?  

你有没有遇到过推销员？

(nǐ yǒuméiyǒu yùdào ɡuò tuīxiāoyuán?) 

B: Nope. It seems that it's very rare for people to come over and sell their products.                       

没有,感觉现在很少有人会上门推销商品。

(méiyǒu, ɡǎnjué xiànzài hěnshǎo yǒurén huì shànɡmén tuīxiāo shānɡpǐn.) 

A: While I was waiting at the train station yesterday, two young people came over to me and tried to sell me some cleaning fluid.                   

昨天我在火车站等车的时候,有两个年轻人过来推销他们的清洁剂。

(zuótiān wǒzài huǒchēzhàn děnɡchē de shíhòu, yǒu liǎnɡɡè niánqīnɡrén ɡuòlái tuīxiāo tāmén de qīnɡjiéjì.)  

B: They probably saw that you are easy to talk to and so decided to sell you something. Did you buy any?                  

他们一定是看你好说话才找你推销,你最后买了吗？

(tāmén yīdìnɡ shì kànnǐ hǎoshuōhuà cái zhǎonǐ tuīxiāo, nǐ zuìhòu mǎi le ma?)

A: It was really hot at the time and I felt bad for them, so I bought two bottles. At least it works pretty well.                  

当时天气很热,我看他们两个也很辛苦,我就买了两个,不过还挺好用的。

(dānɡshí tiānqì hěnrè, wǒ kàn tāmén liǎnɡɡè yě hěn xīnkǔ, wǒ jiù mǎi le liǎnɡɡè, búɡuò hái tǐnɡhǎoyònɡ de.)

Illustration: Xia Qing/GT