Sales Tax英语短文配音mp3带翻译

 　　Sales Tax销售税

　　John had been saving his allowance for three weeks so that he could buy a telescope he had seen advertised in the newspaper. According to the advertisement, the telescope cost $94,99. John also did some odd jobs around the neighborhood where he lived. He mowed the neighbor's lawn and took another neighbor's dog for a walk. Finally he had 95 dollars.

　　他已经节省了三个星期的零用钱，用来买一个在报纸上登广告的望远镜。据广告上说，望远镜需要94,99美元。他在家门口找了份兼职，给一个邻居家草坪除草，另一个邻居家的狗散步，最后他赚了95美元。

　　One Saturday John walked to the store. He had brought with him the advertisement, which he had cut out from the newspaper. He asked a salesperson in the store where he could find the telescope advertised. He pulled out the newspaper ad and showed it to the salesperson to make sure they took him to the right one. The salesperson showed John where the telescopes were and together they looked for the one he wanted. It was called the Vega 600.

　　一个星期六他去了商店。他带了一个广告，这是他从报纸上剪下的广告。他问商店里的售货员，在哪里他可以找到那家广告上的东西。他拿出报纸上的广告，把它展示给售货员，让他们把他带到那里去。售货员跟他说了他想要的望远镜的位置，然后带他一起看找那个。它叫织女星600。

　　"I found it!" John told the salesperson. The salesperson confirmed that the Vega 600 cost $94.99 and brought the box to the cash register so that John could pay for it. John was so excited. He felt like jumping up and down. He had worked so hard to get this.

　　“我找到了！”售货员对约翰说。销售人员证实织女星600要94.99美元，带着这个盒子到收银台去登记，然后付钱就可以了。约翰非常的激动，他好想跳起来，为了买到这个他辛苦的工作了好久。

　　"That will be $104.01," the salesperson told John. "Did you advertise it as $94.99?" John asked angrily. He thought the salesperson was trying to take advantage of him. "Yes, it is, but we have to add sales tax. It's the law. In California the sales tax is 9.5 percent, "the salesperson explained. "Why don't you just put the final price on advertisements and price tags then?" John asked. "Then everything seems more expensive and people won't come into the store to buy," the salesperson explained. "Everything is more expensive!" John said angrily, walking out of the store without the telescope.

　　“这是104.01美元。”销售人员告诉翰。“可你们广告是94.99美元呀？”他愤怒地问。他认为销售员在占他便宜。”是的，但我们必须增加销售税，这是法律规定的，在加利福尼亚的销售税是百分之9.5。“销售人员解释说。”你为什么不把最后的价格在广告上登出来呢？”约翰问。“如果是这样，那所有东西都涨价了，人们就不会进入商店购买了。“销售人员解释说。”所有的东西都那么贵！”翰生气地说，丢下了望远镜走出了商店。