【问】 (a) The price of a public school education was too high.
 (b) The total price of the holiday was ￡ 300...
 请问上面的句子是否正确?
 【答】 price是指(货物买卖的)“价格”(an amount of money for which sth. is (to be)sold or
 bought)。
 1. What is the price of this suit?
 这套西服多少钱?
 2. He sold the house at a good price.
 他以高价出售了那所房子。
 3. The price of this hat is ＄ 2. 95。
 这顶帽子的价格为2.95美元。
 4. That shop was always empty because the prices were too high.
 那家商店总是空荡荡的，因为那里的价格太高。
 而cost除了作“成本”解之外，还作“某事的费用”解(the expense of doing sth. or having sth.
 done)：
 1. In those years the cost of living rose by nearly 4 per cent.
 在那几年里生活费用几乎上涨了4%。
 2. The cost of keeping a person in prison for a year is enormous.
 把一个人关在监狱里一年所花的费用是巨大的。
 3. She just had to pay the cost of food.
 她必须付伙食费。
 4. Living costs are usually higher in cities than in the country.
 城市里的生活费用一般比农村高。
 5. I will be happy to pay for the cost of the postage.
 我很乐意付邮资。
 你所提问的两个句子里的price应改为cost，因为这里是指“费用”。