The analogy I like to give is if you’re an author and Oprah Winfrey calls, you don’t say, “How much are you going to pay me to go on your show and give away all the ideas in my book?”

我想给的比喻是，如果您是作家，奥普拉·温弗瑞来电话，你不会说“你打算给我多少报酬让我上你的节目并把我书中所有的想法讲出来？

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Patient: I think that this will be very expensive. How would you like me to pay my bill? May I pay my bill over a period of time?

病人：恐怕这样很贵吧。您这里的病人付款是怎么付的，我可以把付款时间拉长一些吗？

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"Do you recall," he asked pleasantly, "how a year ago, I ate just such a repast here and then, because I couldn't pay for it, you had me thrown into the gutter like a bum?"

然后他对服务生领班说：“你还记得一年前我也在这里吃了这样一餐，因为付不起钱，你是如何把我像流浪汉一样扔到臭水沟里的吗？”他很悠闲地问道。

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