雪梅：香蕉怎么卖？
商贩：10块钱3斤。
雪梅：这么贵，10块多钱一斤。
商贩：哪儿啊，是3斤10块钱。
表姐：就是3块多一斤。
雪梅：噢，这种说法还挺有意思的，买点儿香蕉吧。
表姐：与其买香蕉，不如买苹果，香蕉不太新鲜，吃不完，就坏了。
雪梅：这苹果是不错，挺水灵的，甜不甜？
商贩：又甜又脆，这是富士苹果。
表姐：（拿起/指着另一种苹果）那这种苹果呢？
商贩：这种是面的，不脆，不过也好吃着呢。
表姐：那我们买几个富士苹果吧。
商贩：五块钱两斤
表姐：这么贵啊！
商贩：一分钱一分货嘛。
雪梅：咱们挑几个吧。
商贩：两斤多，再加一个吧，加一个就三斤了。
表姐：（称完苹果，指着柿子）你看，现在柿子都上市了，北京的柿子别提多甜了。我记得人豪以前很喜欢吃柿子。
雪梅：这柿子这么软，买回去立马就能吃了。
表姐：柿子怎么卖？
商贩：两块一斤。
雪梅：你这儿的柿子就这么几个？我想挑点儿。
商贩：这柿子好，早上上了三筐都卖了。你包了了，我给你便宜点儿。
表姐：我们包圆了，多少钱？
商贩：一块五一斤。
表姐：行，你给我秤秤吧。
商贩：加上苹果，一共十块5毛，得，你就给十块钱吧。再买点儿别的吧。
雪梅：不要了。
Translation
Xue Mei: How much are the bananas?
Vendor: 10 yuan for 3 jin.
Xue Mei: So expensive. Over 10 yuan for one jin.
Vendor: No. It’s 10 yuan for 3 jin.
Cousin: So that’s over three yuan per jin.
Xue Mei: Oh, that’s an interesting way of putting it. How about we get some bananas?
Cousin: You should buy apples rather bananas. The bananas are not that fresh. If you don’t eat them, they’ll go off.
Xue Mei: These apples are nice, pretty fresh. Are they sweet?
Vendor: Sweet and crunchy. These are Fuji apples.
Cousin: （picks up/points to another type of apple）What about these apples?
Vendor: These are soft, not crunchy. But they’re tasty too.
Cousin: Then we’ll get some Fuji apples.
Vendor: Five yuan for two jin
Cousin: So expensive！
Vendor: You get what you pay for.
Xue Mei: Let’s choose a few.
Vendor: More than two jin，add one more and make it three jin.
Cousin: （after weighing apples，points to persimmons）Look. Now persimmons are in season. Beijing’s persimmons are just the sweetest. I remember Renhao used to love persimmons.
Xue Mei: These persimmons are so soft. We can eat them right away when we go back..
Cousin: How much for the persimmons?
Vendor: Two yuan per jin.
Xue Mei: You only have these persimmons here? I’d like to choose some.
Vendor: These persimmons are nice. We had three crates in the morning and they’re all gone. If you take it all, I’ll give you a discount.
Cousin: How much is it if we take it all?
Vendor: 1.5 yuan per jin .
Cousin: Alright. Weigh it up for me.
Vendor: With the apples，that comes to a total of 10 yuan fifty. Just give me 10 yuan. How about something else?
Xue Mei: No thanks.
Bookmarks
1）立马right away
（例）我一说他立马就明白了。
As soon as I spoke, he understood right away.
（例）接到妈妈的电话，他立马就回家了。
As soon as he received the phone call from his mother, he immediately went home.
Substitution and Extension
1）与其A，不如B instead of doing A, you should choose B
（例）天气这么好，与其在家看电视，不如去外边玩儿。
You should go out and play instead of watching TV at home.
2）形容词＋着呢 really
（例）现在来这里旅游的人多着呢。
Lots of people are coming here to travel.
3）别提多……了 a way of emphasizing
（例）那儿的水果别提多新鲜了。
The fruit there is really really fresh.