时间:2019-01-20 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

今天我们要讲的两个习惯用语都是跟钱有关系的。钱在英文里有各种说法。一个用得最普遍的就是:Money. 我们首先要给大家介绍的一个习惯用语恐怕是许多人都很欢迎的。这个习惯用语是:Easy money. Easy就是容易,money就是钱。Easy money有两种不同的意思。Easy money可以指用花招或欺骗手段得来的不义之财。但是,easy money一般是指没有花什么功夫而得来的钱财。我们来举一个例子。这是一个人做了一笔很好的房地产生意。他说:


例句1: I heard about this house the owner had to sell in a hurry, so I got it at a very cheap price. A week later I sold it for a 20,000 dollar profit. Talk about your easy money!


这个好运气的人说:我听说这栋房子的房主急于要出售这房子,所以我以很便宜的价格买进了。一个星期后,我把它卖掉,从中赚了两万美元。这真是轻而易举得来的钱。


请大家不要以为在美国赚钱都是那么容易。像这种机会是不多的。相反地,美国商店亏本倒闭的也不少,特别是在经济不景气的时候。


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想轻而易举地得到钱是可以理解的,但是重要的问题是用什么手段,通过什么途径。美国是一个物质丰富的国家,有些年轻人对于物质享受已经习以为常,以为什么东西都很容易得到。在无法得到的时候,有些人就采用犯罪手段。这也是美国年轻人当中犯罪的原因之一。下面我们来给大家举一个例子。这是一个老师在对学生讲话。


例句2: I know you all want to be successful in the future. But the best way to do that is to get a good education. If I were you, I'd study hard and not spend a lot of time in figuring out how to make easy money.


这位老师说:我知道你们都希望将来很成功。可是,要达到这个目的的最好方法就是受到良好的教育。要是我是你们的话,我就努力学习,而不是化好多时间去想怎么样才能轻而易举地得到钱。


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钱在英文里有好几种说法。Money只是其中最普遍的一个字。另外,你可以说:Dollar. Dollar就是美金,或美元。那当然是钱。我们下面要给大家介绍的一个习惯用语就是和dollar这个字有关。To bet 1 one's bottom dollar. To bet就是打赌。One's bottom dollar就是一个人把钱都花完了,只剩下口袋底里最后一张钞票。当某人用自己最后剩下的钱去打赌的时候,这个人一定很自信,认为自己在某个问题上完全准确,因此愿意冒一切风险来证实这一点。


下面是一个例子。通过这个例子我们可以看到在日常生活中这个习惯用语是怎么用的。


例句3: You know, Senator 2 Clark keeps telling the press that he won't run for president in 1996. But I'd bet my bottom dollar that two years from now he'll announce he's a candidate 3.


这个人说:你知道,克拉克参议员不断地对新闻界说,他在1996年不会参加总统竞选。但是,我可以跟你打赌,两年以后,他会宣布他参加竞选的。


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下面又是一个例子。这是一个人在说他的同事。


例句4: Our company was to deliver the ordered products to our clients 5 before four in the afternoon. However, Larry forgot the whole thing and the client 4 was mad as a wet hen. But I bet my bottom dollar that Larry will blame somebody else for his mistake.


这个人说:我们公司应该在下午四点以前把客户的定货送到客户那里去。可是,拉里完全忘了这件事,把我们的客户都快气疯了。不过,拉里肯定会把他的错误的责任推给别人的,我可以跟你打赌。



v.打赌,以(与)...打赌;n.赌注,赌金;打赌
  • I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说,你解决不了这个难题。
  • I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。
n.参议员,评议员
  • The senator urged against the adoption of the measure.那参议员极力反对采取这项措施。
  • The senator's speech hit at government spending.参议员的讲话批评了政府的开支。
n.候选人;候补者;投考者,申请求职者
  • Voters like a candidate who has the common touch. 投票者喜欢那些平易近人的候选人。
  • The local newspapers dressed up the candidate as a boxer.当地报纸把那个候选人描绘成一个拳击手。
n.委托人,当事人,顾客
  • She can't come to the telephone;she's serving a client.她不能来接电话,她正在接待一位顾客。
  • The lawyer produced a clever defence of his client.律师机智地为委托人辩护。
n.顾客( client的名词复数 );当事人;诉讼委托人;[计算机]客户端
  • a lawyer with many famous clients 拥有许多著名委托人的律师
  • She understood the importance of establishing a close rapport with clients. 她懂得与客户建立密切和谐的关系的重要性。
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