【在生活中學習語言】The Pick-Up Date 取件日期
2008年08月28日蘋果日報
對話
Customer：Should I pay now or later?
顧客：我要現在付錢還是之後再付？
Clerk：You can pay when you pick them up. Are you in a rush to get them back?
店員：您可以取件的時候再付錢。您有急著要拿照片回去嗎？
Customer：No, not at all.
顧客：一點也不急。
Clerk：Then they’ll be ready for you tomorrow afternoon. How does that sound?
店員：那麼明天下午為您準備好，可以嗎？
Customer：That sounds great. Thank you.
顧客：沒問題，謝謝。

「句」細靡遺
◎You can pay when you pick them up.
（您可以取件的時候再付錢。）
當顧客詢問何時該付錢時，要怎麼用英文回答才好呢？以下為您介紹其他幾種可能的回答方式：
◎You don’t have to pay until you pick them up.
（等您要取件時再付錢就可以了。）
＊ not...until...直到……才……
另外，若有需要先付定金的情況時，您可以這樣說：
◎Please pay a deposit first and the rest can be paid when you pick them up.
（請先付定金，餘額在取件時付清即可。）
＊deposit n. 定金；保證金

字字珠璣
◎pick-up n. 領取
pick up.../pick...up領取某物；接某人；拾取……；購買……；（非正式地）習得∕學會……
例: Susan stopped by the laundromat to pick up her dry cleaning.
（蘇珊在洗衣店停下來取她乾洗的衣物。）
例: Tom picks his wife up from work every day.
（湯姆每天都去接他老婆下班。）
◎in a rush 匆忙地
例: Rachel is always in a rush to get to work on time.
（瑞秋總是匆匆忙忙地趕去上班。）
◎How does that sound? 聽起來如何？∕這樣可以嗎？
例: Andy: I will meet you at six after work. How does that sound?
（安迪：我跟妳約下班後6點碰面，可以嗎？）
Beth: Sounds good. See you then.
（貝絲：好呀，到時候見。）

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