專題口語(yǔ)——各種錢(qián)的叫法
1. 1美元(a dollar)還叫做a single, a buck, a bill.
5美元的說(shuō)法有five dollars, a fiver, a five spot, five bucks.
10美元的說(shuō)法有a ten, ten bucks, a ten spot, a sawbuck, a teener.
2. 5分:nickel, jitney/jit
10分是dime,賣便宜東西的店叫dime store,也叫five-and-dime,five-and-ten-cent store,ten-cent store
25分=quarter,50分=half dollar=half-buck
3. 表示錢(qián)的詞還有bread
He earns his bread by writing.
他通過(guò)寫(xiě)作賺錢(qián)。
4. dough:(生面團(tuán))錢(qián)或現(xiàn)金
in the dough: 興旺,有錢(qián)
5. green back:因鈔票背面為綠色,因而得名“美鈔”
treasury bond:國(guó)庫(kù)券
6. a dime a dozen: 太普通了,不值錢(qián),太多了。
Do you think I should buy this now and bring it with us?
你覺(jué)得我現(xiàn)在就應(yīng)該買(mǎi)下帶著嗎?
Don’t bother; those are a dime a dozen where we are going.
不用這么麻煩;我們走的過(guò)程中就會(huì)碰到許多。
Look what I found!
看我找到了什么!
That’s nothing special; those are a dime a dozen!
沒(méi)什么特別的;這些不值錢(qián)。
I don’t need friends like him; they are a dime a dozen.
我不需要像他那樣的朋友;他們都太普通了。
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