? ? ? ?Part 1 Pronunciation

- So, uh, about that money you owe me,

when can you pay me back?

那么，呃，關(guān)于你欠我的錢(qián)，你打算什么

時(shí)候還呢?

- I have ten bucks on me now. That's

about what I owe you, right?

我現(xiàn)在有十塊錢(qián)，我差不多就欠你這些，

對(duì)吧?

That's just the tip of the iceberg, Tod.

You need to get your act together, man.

這只是冰山一角，Tod。你得加把勁了，兄弟。

- There is no need to make a big deal

out of this, Jack.

??沒(méi)什么大不了的，Jack。

-??How could I lend you money in the first

place?

??我當(dāng)初怎么會(huì)把錢(qián)借給你呢?

Part 2 Comprehension

1. So, uh, about that money you owe

me, when can you pay me back?

那么，呃，關(guān)于你欠我的錢(qián)，你打算什么

時(shí)候還呢?

I owe you (one).我欠你一個(gè)人情。

owe (v.)欠(債),??欠(賬)

owe sb +多少錢(qián)欠某人...錢(qián)

I owe you 50 bucks.

??????我欠你五十塊錢(qián)。

??????Here's an IOU for the fiver you lent me.

??????I'll pay you back on Monday.

??????這是你借給我五美元的借據(jù)，我周一就把錢(qián)還你。

??????IOU=I owe you借據(jù)，欠條

??????fiver (n.) = five bucks / dollars五美元

??????非正式說(shuō)法

??????優(yōu)雅委婉地提醒對(duì)方還錢(qián):

??????①暗示法:

??????How is your car now? Has the repair guy fixed it yet?

??????你的車(chē)現(xiàn)在怎么樣了?修理人員修好它了

??????嗎?

??????②哭窮法:

??????I don't have extra money now.

我現(xiàn)在沒(méi)有多余的錢(qián)。

③同情法:

I understand you're still struggling, but

do you think you could repay just part of

the money now?

我知道你現(xiàn)在很困難，不過(guò)你能不能現(xiàn)在

先還我一部分呢?

struggle? (v.)苦苦掙扎

repay? (v.)償還

2.I have ten bucks on me now. That's

about what I owe you, right?

我現(xiàn)在有十塊錢(qián)，我差不多就欠你這些，

對(duì)吧?

sb have / has sth on/with sb某人有/帶...

I have ten bucks with me.

??????我有十塊錢(qián)。

??????和金錢(qián)相關(guān)的表達(dá):

??????The formula in Hollywood is simple.

??????Money makes the mare go.

??????好萊塢的生存規(guī)則很簡(jiǎn)單，金錢(qián)萬(wàn)能。

formula (n.)慣例

??????Money makes the mare go.有錢(qián)能使鬼推磨。

??????mare (n.) (成年)母馬偏貶義

??????類(lèi)似表達(dá):

??????Money talks.

??????有錢(qián)能使鬼推磨。

??????I'd advise anyone to put aside a

??????proportion of their earnings. A penny

??????saved is a penny earned.

??????我建議人們把收入的一部分存起來(lái)，省一

??????分就賺一分。

??????put sth aside / put aside sth = save存錢(qián)

proportion? (n.)部分，份額

??????A penny saved is a penny earned.能省則省。

??????penny? (n.)分

??????I don't know what her job is but she

??????certainly seems to have money to burn.我不知道她做什么工作，不過(guò)看來(lái)她的錢(qián)多得花不完。

??????have money to burn揮霍金錢(qián)

??????3. That's just the tip of the iceberg, Tod.這只是冰山一角，Tod。

??????tip (n.) (尤指細(xì)長(zhǎng)物體的)末梢，末端，

??????尖

??????iceberg? (n.)冰山

??????tip of the iceberg冰山一~角比喻說(shuō)法

??????多指所暴露出來(lái)的只是事實(shí)的一小部分

??????The reported cases of food poisoning are only the tip of the iceberg.

??????那些已報(bào)道出來(lái)的食物中毒事件只是冰山一角。

??????4. You need to get your act together,

??????man.

??????你得加把勁了，兄弟。

??????get one's act together有條理地行事，合理安排

??????She's so disorganized. I wish she'd get

??????her act together.

??????她做事很沒(méi)有條理，我希望她能夠做到有條不紊。

??????5. There is no need to make a big deal

??????out of this, Jack.

??????沒(méi)什么大不了的，Jack。

??????make a big deal out of sth小題大做

deadbeat? (n.)賴(lài)賬者

deadbeat? (adj.) 賴(lài)賬的

??????a deadbeat landlord欠錢(qián)不還的房東

??????賒賬的四種表達(dá):

??????start sb a tab

??????run a tab

??????on credit

??????sb be in arrears

??????6. We can just start you a tab.我們可以給你賒賬。

??????tab? (n.) (待付的)賬單，賬款

??????run a tab賒賬，

They won't let me run a tab here.他們這里不讓我賒賬。

7. Any chance you could do it on credit?你們能賒賬嗎?

完整表達(dá):

Is there any chance you could do it on

credit?

你們能賒賬嗎?

credit (n.)賒購(gòu)，賒賬on credit賒購(gòu)，賒賬

8. I didn't pay my bills, So I'm in arrears.我沒(méi)錢(qián)付賬單，都賒賬了。

arrears? ?(n.)應(yīng)付的欠款

rent arrears 逾期未付的租金

in arrears拖欠，賒賬

??????sb be in arrears某人賒賬

??????9. How could I lend you money in the

??????first place?

??????我當(dāng)初怎么會(huì)把錢(qián)借給你呢?

??????put sb/ sth in the first place把某人/物放在第一-位

??????in the first place一開(kāi)始，起初

??????Part 3 The Big Bang Theory

??????1. Penny's in kind of a financial jam, and

??????the money that you owe her would go a

??????long way to solving her problem.

??????佩妮的經(jīng)濟(jì)出現(xiàn)了狀況，而你欠她的錢(qián),對(duì)于緩解危機(jī)相當(dāng)有幫助。

jam / traffic jam交通堵塞jam(n.)困境，窘境

a financial jam經(jīng)濟(jì)困難

sb be in a (financial) jam某人經(jīng)濟(jì)有困難

I'm in a jam. Could you lend me some

money till next week?

我手頭有點(diǎn)兒緊，你能借我點(diǎn)錢(qián)到下周再

還嗎?

go a long way toward(s) doing sth= be very helpful，對(duì)...很有幫助

2. I, on the other hand, feel you should

honor your debt.

此外，我認(rèn)為欠債還錢(qián)，天經(jīng)地義。

on the other hand另一方面

常用于給出不同的觀點(diǎn)

honor? ?(v.)信守，執(zhí)行，兌現(xiàn)(承

諾或協(xié)議)

debt? (n.)借款，欠款

honor one's debt還錢(qián)