…[Break a Bill]
A:Hello,Modern English,Drew speaking.
你好,洋话连篇,我是Drew.
B:Hello,Drew,It's Marco again.I have some questions to ask you.
你好,我是Marco.我有几个问题要问你
A:Yes,go ahead.
说吧。
B:How do you say that when you have a large bill,but you need some change?
当你想破钱时用英语怎么说?
A:Well,that's easy,We say Can you break a large bill?ie:If you have a 100 bill,you just say :Can you break a 100 bill?
很简单,你就说你能打开这张大票吗?比如说,你有一张一百的大票要破,你就说您能打开一百的吗?
B:And what do you call those machines from which you buy cokes and some other snacks?
那么那种卖可乐和零食的机器怎么说呢?
A:You mean a vending machine?
你是说自动售货机吧?
B:What's a vending machine?
Vending machine是什么?
A:That's the stuff you just said.
就是刚才你说的东西。
B:My last question could be funny,but I really want to know that.
最后一个问题可能有点滑稽,可我确实很想知道。
A:No problem,just go ahead.
没问题,说吧
B:How do you say men's underwear?
男士的内裤用英语怎么说?
A:[chuckles]That's briefs or boxers.
[笑]那叫briefs或是boxers
B;what's the difference?
有什么区别吗?
A:A brief is shorter and tight,while a boxer is like a square,you know the stuff that a boxing man wears .
Brief是指三角裤,boxer是四角裤,就是那种四方型的,你知道拳击运动员穿的那种东西。
B:Oh,I got it,Thank you so much.
哦,我知道了,谢谢你了
A:You are welcome.Anything else?
不用谢,还有吗?
B;I guess no,Ok,Got to go .Byebye,
我想没了,我得走了,再见
A;Bye.
再见
Attention Please…特别提醒
[你可以请外教反复帮你模仿/训练下面的句子/词组的正宗美式发音]
[1]can you break a bill?你能打开这张钱吗?break在这里可不是打碎的意思。另一种换零钱的方法是Can you make change?还有一个关于break的用法是give me a break.让我喘口气儿吧。也很常用。当你正专心的想写点什么东西时,别人却不停的打扰你,你就可以说这句话。[2]vending machine就是我们常说的自动售货机。有些机器只收硬币[coin],有些也收纸币[bill],用英语讲就是Does this machine accept bills?这台机器收纸币吗?
Related Words…相关词汇
以下这些词并未给出汉语意思,你可以试着用我们学到的英语问问外教它们的意思
[Ie:What does "***"mean ? "***"是什么意思?或是How do you use "***"?"***"怎么用啊?]
shake it off hang over get yourself together