Question 85
MediumOriginal questionCustomer: How much for the mangoes?
: For you, sister, a hundred and twenty a kilo.
Customer: A hundred and twenty! Are they grown in gold?
Vendor: In the finest in Ratnagiri. Smell one. Go on.
Customer: I can smell it from here. The shop at the corner sells them for ninety.
Vendor: Then the shop at the corner must be selling very small, very sad mangoes. Look at the colour on these.
Customer: The colour is very nice. The price is less nice. A hundred.
Vendor: A hundred and ten, and I'll give you the best ones myself.
Customer: A hundred, and I'll come back every Sunday.
Vendor: (sighs) Every Sunday?
Customer: Every Sunday until the ends.
Vendor: My children will go hungry, but all right. A hundred. For a customer who keeps her promises.
Customer: You haven't seen me keep it yet.
Vendor: I have seen your face. That is enough.
The tone of the conversation is best described as
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: A
Explanation
Both speakers exaggerate for fun: mangoes "grown in gold", "very sad mangoes", "My children will go hungry".
They bargain hard but warmly, and end on a friendly note.
Worth noting
"My children will go hungry" is not a real complaint. It is part of the good-humoured bargaining.
- Concept
- Identifying the tone of a dialogue
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