I tried to convey the two types of light the production employed: the bland yellow light of the American basement, and the light of theater, performance, and rock and roll.

我也试着将这部作品中运用的两种光——美国式地下室中的温和黄色灯光和剧场、表演、摇滚的闪光——传达出来。

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THE term “bargain basement” was supposedly coined to describe the first outlet of Filene’s Basement, an American discount shopping chain whose bags scream “I just got a bargain!” in large red letters.

“廉价地下商店”这个概念恐怕是用来描述第一家法林地下商店的，这是一家美国折扣连锁商店，在其的纸袋上醒目的用大红色写着“我只要廉价的”。

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All the hype about Christmas sales over the last few weeks masked the fact that American consumers demanded bargain-basement prices.

过去几个星期对圣诞狂购的炒作掩盖了一个事实，那就是美国消费者们需要的是低廉的价格。

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