中学二年级 · 阅读系列
Lesson 46 · The Price Tag Had a Story
文体：购物时的发现 · 朗读音轨 46
先听一遍
听一听，两件相似的球衣为什么价格不同。
展开英文短文，再悬停查词
I wanted a new basketball shirt because mine was getting old. At the shop, two shirts looked almost the same, but one was much cheaper.
My mother asked, "Why do you think the prices are different?"
I checked the tags. One shirt was made from recycled material. The other was made in a factory that paid workers fairly.
I could not see those stories at first. They were hidden behind the price tag.
Buying something is not only choosing a color or size. It can also be choosing what kind of work we support.
逐句跟读
点击任意一句听 Dicvo 的 Jenny 英语语音；开始连续播放前可选择每句播放次数。同一句的每遍之间、切换到下一句之前，都会留出约一遍句子时长供你跟读。原有整篇朗读仍可在上方播放。
请选择一句开始。
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I wanted a new basketball shirt because mine was getting old.
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At the shop, two shirts looked almost the same, but one was much cheaper.
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My mother asked, "Why do you think the prices are different?"
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I checked the tags.
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One shirt was made from recycled material.
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The other was made in a factory that paid workers fairly.
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I could not see those stories at first.
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They were hidden behind the price tag.
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Buying something is not only choosing a color or size.
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It can also be choosing what kind of work we support.
读懂了什么？
读完后，试着用一句话说出本文的主要意思，并从原文找出支持它的一句话。
查看中文译文
我的篮球衫旧了，想买件新的。商店里有两件看起来几乎一样的球衣，其中一件却便宜得多。
妈妈问：‘你觉得它们为什么价格不同？’
我查看了吊牌。一件采用回收材料制成；另一件来自一家公平支付工人工资的工厂。
起初我看不到这些背后的故事，它们藏在价格标签的另一面。
买东西不只是选颜色和尺寸，也可能是在选择自己支持怎样的生产方式。
本课重点词语
以下是本课重点词语的中文讲解；英文正文中有虚线的单词可悬停查看词义和发音。
- price tag
- 价格标签；引出价格背后的故事。
- get old
- 变旧；主人公的篮球衫穿久了。
- almost the same
- 几乎一样；两件衣服外观相近。
- cheaper
- 更便宜；其中一件价格低得多。
- tag
- 吊牌；上面有商品信息。
- recycled material
- 回收材料；其中一件衣服的原料。
- factory
- 工厂；另一件衣服的生产地点。
- fairly
- 公平地；这里指工人的工资待遇。
- support
- 支持；购物也会影响生产方式。
- be hidden behind
- 藏在……背后；比喻价格之外的信息不显眼。
背景知识
价格差异可能有多种原因，课文用材料来源和工人待遇引导学生阅读吊牌信息。它没有说只看价格就能判断一件商品是否负责；消费者还需要了解标注的具体含义。