时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:英语早间课堂


英语课
Luming : I have been dying for a new laptop. Mine is a piece of junk.
 
我早就想买一台新的笔记本电脑了。我的那台是个垃圾货。
 
Alice : You should not your money like this. Money doesn't grow on trees.
 
你不应该如此挥霍。钱又不是从树上长出来的。
 
Luming : What? Money doesn't grow on trees, of course.
 
什么?当然钱是不会从树上掉下来的呀。
 
Alice : "Money doesn't grow on trees."means "earning money is not easy". Moreover, you are staying at home and between job.
 
我说的意思是钱是来之不易。再说你现在失业了,呆在家中。
 
Luming : I'll work and make money soon.
 
我很快就有工作了,可以挣钱了。
 
陆明被搞晕的就是这句话——Money doesn't grow on trees. 这句话的意思是:树不是在树上长的,摘下来就可以花,而是辛辛苦苦一分一分挣来的。因此这句话的意思就是用来说明钱来之不易,挣钱不容易。告诫我们花钱要慎重,不要随意挥霍。这句话多用来教育孩子。
 
我们再来看一个母子间的对话:
 
Richard: Mum, I want to buy a pair of new shoes.
 
妈妈,我想买一双新鞋子。
 
Cathy: No, darling, money doesn't grow on trees, you know.
 
不行,宝贝,钱可不是从树上长出来的。
 
附赠:学习笔记
 
1. Dying for 渴望,切望
 
Eg. The busy employee was dying for a vacation. 忙碌的雇员渴望有个假期。
 
Eg. I am dying for something to drink right now. 我现在渴望能有些东西可以喝。
 
2. junk 垃圾, 废旧杂物
 
Eg. She likes to pick up some interesting junk in junk shops. 她喜欢在旧货店买些有趣的旧货。
 
Eg. It is folly 1 to buy such a junk at $100. 花一百美元买这样的旧货是愚蠢的。
 
3. a piece of junk 一堆废物
 
Eg. My car turned out to be a piece of junk. 我的车变成一堆废物了。
 
Eg. 200 bucks 2 for a piece of junk like that? That's a rip-off! 200块钱买了个破电视?你被人宰了吧!
 
Eg. All you came up with was this piece of junk? 而你给我们的就是这堆垃圾?
 
3. make money 挣钱,赚钱
 
Eg. If you want to make money, buy cheap and sell dear. 要想赚钱就得贱买贵卖。
 
转自可可英语
 
 

1 folly
n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话
  • Learn wisdom by the folly of others.从别人的愚蠢行动中学到智慧。
  • Events proved the folly of such calculations.事情的进展证明了这种估计是愚蠢的。
2 bucks
n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 );钱;(英国十九世纪初的)花花公子;(用于某些表达方式)责任v.(马等)猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 );抵制;猛然震荡;马等尥起后蹄跳跃
  • They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
  • They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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air-raid alarm/warning
alternate derivative
appignani
auto-destruct
auxiliary float
backhand method
Barbosella
bas mitzvah, bas mizvah
bass boost
be contrary to law
bedding harrow
Belfast truss
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box drain
BS
case of the Mondays
character format memory
chartered institute of transport
colaterall
column formation
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count of monte cristo
cytherelloidea leroyi
dideoxyadenosine
direction-findings
disk system
domical architecture
double beader
draw ... attention to
Dry Bay
eburneus
emergency medical technician
epidemic strain
extract air shaft
flat chest
forming pliers
get into office
got around to
government activity
graduate certificate
group with operators
hear wintesses
historical linguisticss
image processing
interchangeable assembly
internal transistor characteristic quantity
Jefferson Heights
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Kimists
Lawrence-Seip syndrome
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magnetic equipotential surfaces
make sb do sth
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owens-hart
Pantanaw
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partially hydrogenated oil
polytypic aggregation
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power cord connector
propheromone
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reserved capacity
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search firm
selected area diffraction
shotfirer
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thank you all the same
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Turn.
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