接下来我们继续来看第111课的“每课一词”：

Lesson 111 The most expensive model

I like this television very much. How much does it cost?

It's the most expensive model in the shop. It costs five hundred pounds.

That's too expensive for us. We can't afford all that money.

This model's less expensive than that one. It's only three hundred pounds. But, of course, it's not as good as the expensive one.

I don't like this model. The other model's more expensive, but it's worth the money.

Can we buy it on instalments?

Of course. You can pay a deposit of thirty pounds, and then fourteen pounds a week for three years.

Do you like it, dear?

I certainly do, but I don't like the price. You always want the best, but we can't afford it. Sometimes you think you're a millionaire!

Millionaires don't buy things on instalments!

——选自《新概念英语》第一册，外语教学与研究出版社，1997年10月第1版

二、每课一词

price

【源】

十三世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的pris，意为“价格，价值，工资，奖赏”；最初源自古典拉丁语的pretium，意为“奖赏”。

【音】

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【义】

price用作名词时，主要表示“价格；代价”。如：

It is too costly; I don't want to pay such a high price.这太贵了，我不愿付这么高的价钱。No price is too high for winning their support.为了获得他们的支持，任何代价均在所不惜。

price也常用作动词，表示“定价”。如：

All our goods are clearly priced.我们所有的货物都标明了价格。

三、更多拓展

这三个词都可以表示“价格”。其区别为：

1、price

指商品在市场出售的价格，尤指卖方对商品所提出的单价。比喻意义指付出的代价。如：

I wonder why the company keeps its price so low.我奇怪那个公司为什么把他们的价格压得那么低。

2、cost

指生产某东西的成本，也泛指商品的价格，可与price换用。如：

Rising costs made it hard to carry on the business.成本提高了，生意就很难做下去。

3、value

指人们估计的一件东西的价值或其交换价值，还可以引申表示“用处；重要性”，指某物有一定的价值，值得人们去珍视。如：

This book will be of great value to him in his study.这本书将对他的研究有很大价值。