Talking about money?聊聊錢

A: I love your new sunglasses. Where did you get them?

B: I bought them in Venice last week. I was there on a business trip for 3 weeks.

A: Wow. I’ve never been to Venice. How much were they?

B: 1,500 Euros.? I didn’t want to buy them at first because I thought they were too expensive, but the salesgirl kept saying how good they looked on me. God she was persuasive.

A; Yeah. I think it’s highway robbery.? I would never spend that kind of money on a pair of sunglasses.? You must be doing very well, you know, given that you could afford something this pricey.?

B：I wouldn’t go that far.? I mean, I did get a raise on my salary last month, but I’ve got bills and rent to pay. It’s just I like to live in the moment, you know, like do something crazy every once in a while.

A: Yeah, speaking of crazy, you remember your ex-boyfriend Tommy? Word is he’s making a killing now. He just bought a house worth half a million dollars.

B: What?? I never saw that coming!!!

A: Me neither, but he really is filthy rich now!

關(guān)鍵詞：

1. sunglasses? 墨鏡；美國人也喜歡用shades; 但都是復(fù)數(shù)；

2. Venice 威尼斯； Venetian 威尼斯人；

3. Euro 歐元

4. Expensive 昂貴的；同義詞：pricey.

5. Salesgirl 女店員；年紀(jì)稍大的可以用saleswoman

6. Persuasive 很有說服力的；

7. Afford 買得起；例句：I can’t afford this.我買不起這個(gè)。

8. Bills 賬單；如water bill水費(fèi)；cable bill 有線電視費(fèi)；electric bill電費(fèi)

9.?Rent 房租；pay the rent 付房租

關(guān)鍵短語：

1. get something = buy something 可以表示‘買’；例句：My mom got me a car for my birthday. 我生日我媽給我買了輛汽車。

2.?business trip 出差； 動(dòng)詞短語為go on a business trip或take a business trip 去出差；狀態(tài)短語為be on a business trip 在出差；例句：I need to take a business trip to New York next week.我下周要去紐約出差。

3.?at first 剛開始；例句：I didn’t like her at first. 剛開始我并不喜歡她。

4.?keep doing 一直做..;?keep talking 繼續(xù)說下去

5.?look good on me 在我身上很好看；例句：This t-shirt looks good on you.這件體恤穿在你身上很好看。

6.?highway robbery 東西極其昂貴。

7. spend money on… 在…上面花錢；I spent 50 dollars on this book.這本書我花了五十塊錢；同義短語 (1)cost someone money: This book cost me 50 dollars.; (2) buy something for money: I bought this book for 50 dollars;? (3) pay money for ..: I paid 50 dollars for this book.

8. That kind of money 那么多錢；例句：I don’t have that kind of money. 我沒那么多錢。

9.?A pair of…一對／一雙／一副；a pair of pants 一條褲子；2 pairs of shoes 兩雙鞋（注意復(fù)數(shù)變化）；

10. Do very well 混得很好；例句：I heard that John’s doing very well in Shanghai.我聽說John在上?；斓煤芎谩?/span>

11.?This + adj 這么得….; this happy? 這么開心； He’s this short.他有這么矮。

12.?Go that far 走那么遠(yuǎn)；做那么過分；想那么遠(yuǎn)；說那么嚴(yán)重；

13. Get a raise on my salary 漲工資

14. Live in the moment 活在當(dāng)下

15. Every once in a while 每隔一段時(shí)間就…; 例句：I go to China every once in a while.我每隔一段時(shí)間就去趟中國。

16.?Make a killing 賺很多的錢；例句：I made a killing last month.我上個(gè)月賺了很多錢。

17. Worth + money 值多少錢；例句：This car is worth nothing.這輛車一文不值；My bike is worth 1000 dollars.我的自行車值1000塊錢。

18.?See something coming 預(yù)料到某事；例句：They got married? I didn’t see that coming. 他倆結(jié)婚了？我還真沒想到。

19.?Me neither 我也不；我也沒；

20. Filthy rich 非常有錢

關(guān)鍵句型：

1.I love your …. 見面夸獎(jiǎng)對方；例句：I love your new shoes. 我很喜歡你新買的鞋。

2.I’ve never been to.. 我從來沒去過..;例句：I’ve never been to her office. 我從沒去過她的辦公室。

3.How much …多少錢；例句：How much is this jacket? 這件外套多少錢？

4.God + 形容詞表示‘非?！?；例句：God it’s hot. 太熱了；God your sister is tall! 你姐姐真高。

5.I would never…我永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)；例句：I would never betray you.我永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)背叛你的； She would never do something她永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)做出這種事情的。

6.You must + 此處表示肯定猜測，你一定…;例句：You must be tired.我一定累了吧??；You must like her.你肯定喜歡她！

7.given that… 考慮到；例句：Given that she’s not feeling well, we’re going to cancel the meeting.考慮到她不是很舒服，我們決定取消會(huì)議。

8.I wouldn’t ….我倒不會(huì)…用來委婉禮貌的表示不贊同；例句：I wouldn’t say so.我倒不會(huì)這樣說（我覺得你說的是錯(cuò)的）；

9. I did get a raise ..我確實(shí)…; 例句：I did call her. 我確實(shí)打電話給她了。

10. speaking of … 說到。。。；例句：Speaking of America, I haven’t gone there in a while.說到美國，我倒是有段時(shí)間沒去了。

11.Word is … 聽說…; 例句： Word is you are quitting soon.聽說你很快要辭職了。

對話參考翻譯：

A: 我太喜歡你的新墨鏡了，你在哪買的？

B: 上個(gè)禮拜在威尼斯買的。我在那出差待了三個(gè)月。

A：哇塞。我從來沒去過威尼斯。這眼鏡多少錢？

B：1500歐元。一開始我不想買，我覺得太貴了，但是女店員一直跟我說我戴這幅眼鏡多好看多好看的，她太有說服力了。

A：是啊。我覺得跟搶錢差不多太貴了。我肯定不會(huì)花那么多錢買一副墨鏡。你肯定混得很好了，買得起這么貴的東西。

B：沒那么夸張。我是說，我確實(shí)上個(gè)月漲工資了，但我也有很多費(fèi)用和房租要付啊，我只是喜歡活在當(dāng)下，比如說隔段時(shí)間就做點(diǎn)瘋狂的事情。

A：嗯，說到瘋狂，你還記得你前男友Tommy嗎？聽說他現(xiàn)在賺了很多錢，剛剛買了五十萬美金的房子。

B：不會(huì)吧！我還真沒想到會(huì)這樣！

A：我也沒想到，但是他現(xiàn)在真的是有錢的不要不要的。

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