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新單詞 buck n. 元 greenback n. 美鈔 dough n. (美俚)錢 assistant n. 售貨員 change n. 找頭，零錢 sovereign adj. 獨(dú)立自主的 uncountable adj. 不可數(shù)的 mare n. 母馬，牝驢 Phrases & Expressions 短語(yǔ) public money 公款 tax money 稅款 A:Now let's talk about paper money. A：現(xiàn)在我們來(lái)談?wù)劶垘虐伞?B:Yes, paper money can be folded into a wallet. Every country produces its own. B：好，紙幣可以折疊放進(jìn)錢包。每個(gè)國(guó)家都印制紙幣。 A:Another term for paper money is 'note' or 'banknote', we say a five-yuan note, A：紙幣的另一種叫法是鈔票，我們一般講一張五元的鈔票， a twenty-cent note. In American English, 'bill' is another term. 一張兩角的鈔票。美國(guó)英語(yǔ)把鈔票叫Bill。美國(guó)俚語(yǔ)中叫鈔票的詞更多， In American slang you may hear 'a hundred dollar bill' or 'a buck' as 'ten bucks' or 'greenback' or 'long green(folding green)' or 'folding money'. 我們到聽(tīng)到一百元美鈔，一元，十元，以及greenback ，long green（folding green ），folding money等鈔票的各種說(shuō)法。 B:How complex it is! B：多復(fù)雜??！ A:Yes, we'd better understand these terms when we deal with Americans. A：是很復(fù)雜，我們?cè)谕绹?guó)人交往中還是要知道這些叫法。 B:What's cash? B：什么是現(xiàn)金？ A:Cash is really a common term including everything - currency, coins, paper money. A：現(xiàn)金是對(duì)流通貨幣，硬幣，鈔票的共同叫法。 American people may also say 'dough' for cash. When you use one dollar to buy something worth less than one dollar, 美國(guó)人民把錢，現(xiàn)鈔也叫做dough。當(dāng)你去買小東西不到一美元時(shí)， the assistant will give you change. We always say a dollar note (banknote), 售貨員還將給你攏頭。我們還經(jīng)常說(shuō)：一張一美元的鈔票， a fivepound note, a ten-yuan note. 一張五英鎊的鈔票，一張十元的鈔票。 B:Is every country's monetary unit different? B：每一國(guó)家的貨幣單位是否不一樣？ A:In general, each sovereign state has its own money. A：一般來(lái)說(shuō)，每一個(gè)獨(dú)立自主的國(guó)家都有自己的貨幣。 B:Does your family have many money? B：你家是否很有錢？ A:The word 'money' is uncountable, so you'd say 'much money'. My family is the same as yours, A：“money”這個(gè)詞屬不可數(shù)名詞，所以得說(shuō)“much money”表示很有錢。我家同你家一樣， We are living on salaries, our deposits in the bank are limited. 我們都靠工薪生活，我們?cè)阢y行的存款也很有限。 B:Is the word money used in other ways? B:money這個(gè)詞是否還有其他用法？ A:Yes,in many conditions we still use money to show things, 在很多情況下我們?nèi)匀挥胢oney指很多事情， for example, 'big money' means a large amount of money; 'good money' means a high salary. 例如，big money表示掙大錢，good money 表示工資很高。 B:Anything else? B：還有其他用途嗎？ A:When foreigners come to China,the first thing they do is to go to the bank to change American dollars into Chinese money. A：外國(guó)人來(lái)中國(guó)時(shí)第一件事情是到銀行兌換成中國(guó)的人民幣。 When we have money left from monthly expenses, we'd better put some in a savings bank. 當(dāng)我們每月開(kāi)支后尚有余款，便把它存入儲(chǔ)蓄所（銀行）。 The problem is many businesses are mostly 'money matters'. So time is money and money is life. 問(wèn)題在于忙忙碌碌的很多事務(wù)主要都同金錢有關(guān)，所以便流傳有“時(shí)間就是金錢，金錢就是生命”的說(shuō)道。 Do you know the proverb about money? 你知道這個(gè)有關(guān)“錢”的諺語(yǔ)嗎？ B:Of course. I know another one:'Money makes the mare go.' Or we say 'Money talks'. B：當(dāng)然我知道。我還知道另外一句諺語(yǔ)：“有錢能使鬼推磨”，還有“金錢萬(wàn)能”。 A:Yes, good. You understand well. You know 'make money' and 'lose money' in business, don't you? A：對(duì)，很好，你知道的也不少。你知道商業(yè)上的賺錢和賠錢吧？ B:Can we use money in its plural form? B：我們能不能把money這個(gè)詞用作復(fù)數(shù)？ A:Yes, but it's not the same word, it's spelled monies or moneys. A：可以，復(fù)數(shù)的money寫成monies或moneys ，但其詞意不同， It means an amount of money, for example, public monies and tax monies. 表示一定量的錢財(cái)，例如：公款，稅款。 Anyway, there are many other places for us to use the word 'money'. Let's work on mastering them. 不管怎樣，還有其他很多地方也都用money 來(lái)表示。我們多多學(xué)習(xí)后逐步會(huì)掌握它的用法。
新單詞 buck n. 元 greenback n. 美鈔 dough n. (美俚)錢 assistant n. 售貨員 change n. 找頭，零錢 sovereign adj. 獨(dú)立自主的 uncountable adj. 不可數(shù)的 mare n. 母馬，牝驢 Phrases & Expressions 短語(yǔ) public money 公款 tax money 稅款 A:Now let's talk about paper money. A：現(xiàn)在我們來(lái)談?wù)劶垘虐伞?B:Yes, paper money can be folded into a wallet. Every country produces its own. B：好，紙幣可以折疊放進(jìn)錢包。每個(gè)國(guó)家都印制紙幣。 A:Another term for paper money is 'note' or 'banknote', we say a five-yuan note, A：紙幣的另一種叫法是鈔票，我們一般講一張五元的鈔票， a twenty-cent note. In American English, 'bill' is another term. 一張兩角的鈔票。美國(guó)英語(yǔ)把鈔票叫Bill。美國(guó)俚語(yǔ)中叫鈔票的詞更多， In American slang you may hear 'a hundred dollar bill' or 'a buck' as 'ten bucks' or 'greenback' or 'long green(folding green)' or 'folding money'. 我們到聽(tīng)到一百元美鈔，一元，十元，以及greenback ，long green（folding green ），folding money等鈔票的各種說(shuō)法。 B:How complex it is! B：多復(fù)雜??！ A:Yes, we'd better understand these terms when we deal with Americans. A：是很復(fù)雜，我們?cè)谕绹?guó)人交往中還是要知道這些叫法。 B:What's cash? B：什么是現(xiàn)金？ A:Cash is really a common term including everything - currency, coins, paper money. A：現(xiàn)金是對(duì)流通貨幣，硬幣，鈔票的共同叫法。 American people may also say 'dough' for cash. When you use one dollar to buy something worth less than one dollar, 美國(guó)人民把錢，現(xiàn)鈔也叫做dough。當(dāng)你去買小東西不到一美元時(shí)， the assistant will give you change. We always say a dollar note (banknote), 售貨員還將給你攏頭。我們還經(jīng)常說(shuō)：一張一美元的鈔票， a fivepound note, a ten-yuan note. 一張五英鎊的鈔票，一張十元的鈔票。 B:Is every country's monetary unit different? B：每一國(guó)家的貨幣單位是否不一樣？ A:In general, each sovereign state has its own money. A：一般來(lái)說(shuō)，每一個(gè)獨(dú)立自主的國(guó)家都有自己的貨幣。 B:Does your family have many money? B：你家是否很有錢？ A:The word 'money' is uncountable, so you'd say 'much money'. My family is the same as yours, A：“money”這個(gè)詞屬不可數(shù)名詞，所以得說(shuō)“much money”表示很有錢。我家同你家一樣， We are living on salaries, our deposits in the bank are limited. 我們都靠工薪生活，我們?cè)阢y行的存款也很有限。 B:Is the word money used in other ways? B:money這個(gè)詞是否還有其他用法？ A:Yes,in many conditions we still use money to show things, 在很多情況下我們?nèi)匀挥胢oney指很多事情， for example, 'big money' means a large amount of money; 'good money' means a high salary. 例如，big money表示掙大錢，good money 表示工資很高。 B:Anything else? B：還有其他用途嗎？ A:When foreigners come to China,the first thing they do is to go to the bank to change American dollars into Chinese money. A：外國(guó)人來(lái)中國(guó)時(shí)第一件事情是到銀行兌換成中國(guó)的人民幣。 When we have money left from monthly expenses, we'd better put some in a savings bank. 當(dāng)我們每月開(kāi)支后尚有余款，便把它存入儲(chǔ)蓄所（銀行）。 The problem is many businesses are mostly 'money matters'. So time is money and money is life. 問(wèn)題在于忙忙碌碌的很多事務(wù)主要都同金錢有關(guān)，所以便流傳有“時(shí)間就是金錢，金錢就是生命”的說(shuō)道。 Do you know the proverb about money? 你知道這個(gè)有關(guān)“錢”的諺語(yǔ)嗎？ B:Of course. I know another one:'Money makes the mare go.' Or we say 'Money talks'. B：當(dāng)然我知道。我還知道另外一句諺語(yǔ)：“有錢能使鬼推磨”，還有“金錢萬(wàn)能”。 A:Yes, good. You understand well. You know 'make money' and 'lose money' in business, don't you? A：對(duì)，很好，你知道的也不少。你知道商業(yè)上的賺錢和賠錢吧？ B:Can we use money in its plural form? B：我們能不能把money這個(gè)詞用作復(fù)數(shù)？ A:Yes, but it's not the same word, it's spelled monies or moneys. A：可以，復(fù)數(shù)的money寫成monies或moneys ，但其詞意不同， It means an amount of money, for example, public monies and tax monies. 表示一定量的錢財(cái)，例如：公款，稅款。 Anyway, there are many other places for us to use the word 'money'. Let's work on mastering them. 不管怎樣，還有其他很多地方也都用money 來(lái)表示。我們多多學(xué)習(xí)后逐步會(huì)掌握它的用法。