6800元一个苹果 两个月未售出

近期，南京新街口一超市推出的天价苹果，该苹果直径约20厘米，比普通苹果大出不少，差不多有足球那么大，表皮上面还印有一个观音像，吸引了许多市民的眼球，但近两个月以来无人问津。

A gigantic apple bearing a Buddhist icon sells for 6,800 yuan ($1,106) at a supermarket in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. The 1.2-kilogram fruit is packaged in plastic bearing an image of the Buddhist goddess Guanyin. According to the supermarket employees, the apple was imported from Japan and has been on sale for two months.

1.苹果（HSK1）

Pinyin: pín guǒ

Meaning: apple

Sentence: I want an apple.我想要一个苹果。

2.超市（HSK3）

Pinyin: chāo shì

Meaning: supermarket

Sentence: I always get lost in the supermarket.我总在超市里走丢。

3. 成本（HSK6）

Pinyin: chéng běn

Meaning: cost

Sentence: The company admits its costs are still too high.该公司承认其成本仍然过高。

4.图案（HSK6）

Pinyin: tú àn

Meaning: design

Sentence: They drew up the design for the house in a week.他们在一周内就画出了房子的图案。

                                                                            

(★ means that vocabulary beyond the HSK outlines)