名人教英文：蚀本招徕货
a loss leader 蚀本招徕货
cora: this new supermarket is really great. there's such a wide selection of things.
科拉﹕这家新超级市场真大，可供选择的货品种类真多。
simone: yes, it's much better than the one i usually go to.
西蒙娜﹕不错，比我常去的那家超市好得多了。
cora: and look at some of those prices. they're way below what i would normally pay in the other place.
科拉﹕还有，看看那些价钱，比我平日在另一处要付的价钱便宜不少。
simone: well that's not surprising. they're all loss leaders.
西蒙娜﹕嗯，这不奇怪。这些都是蚀本招徕货。
cora: what do you mean "loss leaders"?
科拉﹕你说什么，蚀本招徕货？
simone: the store is losing money on them. but they do that to attract people inside so that they'll buy a lot of other stuff at normal prices.
西蒙娜﹕这些货品，超市是蚀本出售的，目的是吸引顾客到来，多买其他货品，而这些其他货品当然不会减价。