时间:2019-09-02 15:21:12
来源:平和英语村 作者:Myron Chen
生活实用英语口语为我们的日常生活打开了一扇门,大家学起来,掌握一些基本的英语口语,为新世纪的伟大祖国更好地服务。
什么时候到期? When is this due? *due“必须支付”、“支付期限到了”。
日常生活中常使用带有due的表达方式。
Here's the phone bill. (这是电话费通知单。)
When is this due? (交费截止到什么时候?)
When is the rent due? (房租截止到几号?)
When is the paper due? (交论文的时间截止到几号?)
When is the last day I can pay for this? How long is the pay period?
When do I have to pay this by? When does this have to be finished by?
交费日期截止到30号。 It's due on the thirtieth.
能帮我换一下零钱吗? Could you give me change?
* change 也有“零钱”的意思。
Can you change this? Could I have change? 能帮我换开100元吗?
Do you have change for one hundred yuan? *change 除了“交换,兑换”的意思之外,还有“零钱,破开的钱”。
Do you have change for one hundred yuan? (能帮我换开100元吗?) Sure. (可以。)
Can you change this? (能帮我破一下吗?)
Can you break a one-hundred-yuan bill? (能帮我破开100元吗?)
Can you break a hundred? I'd like to change a hundred-yuan note. (我想破开100元。)
Here's one hundred . Could I have change? (这是100元,能帮我破开吗?)
我要存5000元(在我的账户上. - I need to deposit five thousand yuan (in my savings account).
I need to put ¥5,000 into the bank.
*deposit“在银行存钱”。
savings account “账户,户头”。
I need to withdraw ¥5,000 (from my savings account).我要取5000元(从我的账户上)。
*withdraw“(从存款中)取出,拿出”。
I need to take out ¥5,000 from the bank.
我是自己掏的腰包。I paid out of my own pocket. 直译是“从自己的口袋里拿出钱来支付。”是“自己掏腰包”的固定说法。我没带现金。
I'm out of cash. 我现在没有多少现金。 I don't have much money on me now. May I borrow some money? (能借点儿钱吗?)
I don't have much money on me now. (我现在没有多少现金。) I didn't bring very much money with me. (我身上没带多少现金。)
I'm a little short of money now. (我现在钱不够用。) 身无分文。
I'm broke. May I borrow ten dollars? (能借给我10美元吗?)
Sorry, I'm broke. (对不起,我现在身无分文。)
I have no money.
I'm out of money.
I'm flat broke. * 强调的说法。
现在我有很多现金。I have a lot of money on me now. I brought a lot of money with me. (我带来了许多现金。)
I'm rich now. (我现在很有钱。) I'm rolling in it. I have lots of cash on me.
I can't afford to be lazy. *afford“有钱,有时间,有力量”、“有富余”。
I can't afford to be idle. I don't have time to be lazy. 我可没有时间闲呆着。
What a waste! *waste “浪费,荒废,徒劳”。 How wasteful !
他因为还不上债而躲了起来。 He didn't pay the debt and disappeared.
*debt“借债,负债,有欠债的状态”。 He skipped town without paying his debt.