A Small Trick 一个小花招

All I wanted was to pay for some batteries, but none of the clerks in the electronics store seemed interested in helping me. I got an idea, and pulled a tape measure out of my pocket. I stepped over to one of the giant plasma-screen TVs and started to measure it. Faster than you can say high definition, a young man came running over. “May I help you?” he asked breathlessly. “Yes,” I said. “I'd like to buy these batteries.”

我只是要付钱买电池。但是电器店里的职员似乎没有一个对此感兴趣。我有了一个主意。我从口袋里掏出一条软尺，走到一个巨大的等离子电视机前，开始量尺寸。比你说出“高清晰度”这几个字还要快，一个年轻人跑过来，上气不接下气地说：“我能为你做什么?”我说：“我要买这几节电池。”