American people may also say 'dough' for cash. When you use one dollar to buy something worth less than one dollar,- Y; r$ `- H; q7 h+ {: y" e( X
美国人民把钱,现钞也叫做dough。当你去买小东西不到一美元时,# p- _+ O" M i( x2 Z
the assistant will give you change. We always say a dollar note (banknote),
: ]% `) T0 c% y; g3 T l 售货员还将给你拢头。我们还经常说:一张一美元的钞票,
$ F8 b( p& S0 S8 j& n; f a fivepound note, a ten-yuan note.$ Z* _$ j2 o( j+ o6 C' v6 n
一张五英镑的钞票,一张十元的钞票。! l( k4 S; X8 R' R/ _
B:Is every country's monetary unit different?) `. P7 Y2 c+ D1 n+ S; _
B:每一国家的货币单位是否不一样?! h) F2 R$ z! f9 @; s& ?
A:In general, each sovereign state has its own money.2 T$ l; @* D# C, e9 d8 t
A:一般来说,每一个独立自主的国家都有自己的货币。
1 Z- g# a9 k5 O% } B:Does your family have many money?6 T! o- U) B/ ] {( B/ H' i
B:你家是否很有钱?! x' p R( {0 N6 E- `
A:The word 'money' is uncountable, so you'd say 'much money'. My family is the same as yours,- h F5 E# i9 p* E, M) ]
A:“money”这个词属不可数名词,所以得说“much money”表示很有钱。我家同你家一样,( K3 R, N' m( _7 C& N' B% [
We are living on salaries, our deposits in the bank are limited.
" l% ~! |$ d8 ~; ~% W& o- w! @0 _ 我们都靠工薪生活,我们在银行的存款也很有限。5 ~7 k' z* w) a& O7 ], p' h
B:Is the word money used in other ways?8 E0 I4 p* M* v1 U* w& T8 D
B:money这个词是否还有其他用法?/ H6 M- `% O% n5 y. B @
A:Yes,in many conditions we still use money to show things,( Y* D! Q) `* d. P# M& _% i
在很多情况下我们仍然用money指很多事情,2 ?# U# N: D# z
for example, 'big money' means a large amount of money; 'good money' means a high salary.
: @1 u- l# ^3 j8 D 例如,big money表示挣大钱,good money 表示工资很高。
- K A2 \; {! I+ Q4 O+ O B:Anything else?
! b- Q. P) ]- p2 w# Z5 u B:还有其他用途吗?, i& k7 e0 J# M* F/ m2 @
A:When foreigners come to China,the first thing they do is to go to the bank to change American dollars into Chinese money.8 m+ I$ I+ m ~- r
A:外国人来中国时第一件事情是到银行兑换成中国的人民币。" T |+ C0 H7 A. z+ R
When we have money left from monthly expenses, we'd better put some in a savings bank./ K1 o! X' @& l! |
当我们每月开支后尚有余款,便把它存入储蓄所(银行)。
) T" x3 B/ x V; d" K6 B The problem is many businesses are mostly 'money matters'. So time is money and money is life.
/ g# G- e$ q* h4 L 问题在于忙忙碌碌的很多事务主要都同金钱有关,所以便流传有“时间就是金钱,金钱就是生命”的说道。
( p, G5 e# {2 i6 d0 ] Do you know the proverb about money?8 H* _) U/ ^( Y( }, x2 b+ ]
你知道这个有关“钱”的谚语吗?
8 s, Q/ q& R- d B:Of course. I know another one:'Money makes the mare go.' Or we say 'Money talks'.
* r0 w, M* r e% M& Z B:当然我知道。我还知道另外一句谚语:“有钱能使鬼推磨”,还有“金钱万能”。5 i% i9 A6 e+ D/ G- J
A:Yes, good. You understand well. You know 'make money' and 'lose money' in business, don't you?
8 M* S: ~1 _* ~# ?2 I( I A:对,很好,你知道的也不少。你知道商业上的赚钱和赔钱吧?
( o/ w4 `5 L( \4 r3 L7 K$ C: ] B:Can we use money in its plural form?! ^0 u3 M! i$ b) y! M6 p% {+ r
B:我们能不能把money这个词用作复数?0 a1 e" B) ?. a4 h# H: w9 l
A:Yes, but it's not the same word, it's spelled monies or moneys.% P, h/ C& ?) U3 M
A:可以,复数的money写成monies或moneys ,但其词意不同, S3 a' q9 h% s
It means an amount of money, for example, public monies and tax monies.
" C1 N: ?4 W0 H3 v 表示一定量的钱财,例如:公款,税款。
2 _/ U k4 T3 n+ c- v Anyway, there are many other places for us to use the word 'money'. Let's work on mastering them.
# [, u. w# T1 L3 T6 Z% P 不管怎样,还有其他很多地方也都用money 来表示。我们多多学习后逐步会掌握它的用法。 |