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2024.05.11 14:36
第六部 第四课: down with that , to pay through the nose
- 今天 Michael 和李华要出去买东西．李华会学到两个常用语：down with that 和 to pay through the nose。
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- Hey, Li Hua. What do you want to do today? I don't have any special plan, so we can do whatever you want.
- 啊！你今天没事干呀？太好了，我正想去买几件春天穿的衣服，那些旧的啊都已经过时了。
- I'm down with that. I need to buy some new tennis shoes. My old ones are really gross. My roommate is threatening to throw them out.
- 哎呀！我也注意到你的球鞋了，实在不像话，怪不得你室友要把它扔掉呢．哎，那太好啦，咱们就一块儿去买东西吧．不过，Michael，你刚才说 I'm down with that．那是什麼意思呀？就是你愿意去的意思吗？
- Yes, the expression "I'm down with that" means going shopping is okay with me and I'm willing to go.
- 哎～，这很有意思哎．那要是你问我，要不要跟你一块儿吃晚饭，我很愿意去的话，我能不能说：I'm down with that?
- Yes, that would let me know that you are willing to have dinner with me. What would you say if I suggested we go to my friend's party on Saturday night.
- 喔，你建议我们星期六晚上上你朋友家去聚会啊．嗯～，那一定很好玩，我愿意去，I'm down with that。
- Right. Now, where do you want to go shopping? There are lots of places close by.
- 嗯～，去哪儿买东西呀？学校附近有很多买东西的地方．疑？去附近那个购物中心，好不好？
- Okay, that's fine with me. That mall has a shoe store and it's close. Let's go.
- Okay, I'm down with that. 我们可以搭公车去，几分鐘就到了，然后呢我们有一整天去买我们要买的东西．还可以在购物中心吃饭呢！
- Okay, I'm down with that.
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- 哎，Michael，这家店看起来真好．我们能不能进去看看呀？我肯定啊他们有很好的衣服。
- That's Neiman-Marcus. They have nice stuff, but they're really, really expensive. You have to pay through the nose to buy even a shirt there.
- 嗯～，我也猜想它们的衣服一定很贵．疑？你说要在他们这裡买件衬衣就要 pay through the nose ？ 疑？东西贵和鼻子有什麼关係呀？
- To pay through the nose is to pay a lot of money for something, usually way more than the item is worth. For instance, a shirt in a normal store costs about $40. However, a shirt in Neiman-Marcus easily costs $200. That's paying through the nose.
- 我懂了． To pay through the nose 就是用高价买一样东西，往往啊要比原来的价值高很多．像普通店裡一件衬衣要 40 美元，在他们这裡啊就要 200 美元．疑？可是，Michael, 我还是不懂，一个人的鼻子和钱有什麼关係呀？
- Yeah, it is a strange expression, but that's the way it is. Do you still want to go into that store?
- 不要不要，我不进去了，我只是个学生，没那麼多钱，I can't afford to pay through the nose for things. 我啊，付不起这麼高的价钱。
- I agree. I don't want to pay through the nose for anything either. It's stupid to waste so much money on something you can buy cheaper somewhere else.
- 就是呀，能够用便宜的价钱买到的东西為什麼要浪费那麼多钱去买呢？疑？对了，Michael, 那什麼时候我们还可以用 to pay through the nose 这个说法的呢？
- Oh, well, some people are willing to pay through the nose to buy tickets to see their favorite singers.
- 哦～，花好多钱买票去听他们喜欢的歌手唱歌．我啊，就有几个朋友爱买名牌的东西，她们就愿意 pay through the nose。
- I don't understand paying through the nose to eat at fancy restaurants either. Food is food. Li Hua, I'm getting hungry. Can we go eat first?
- 嗯～，I'm down with that. 我啊也有点饿了．但是呢，I don't want to pay through the nose.
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- 李华今天学到了两个常用语，一个是： down with that，意思是「同意」，或者是「愿意」．另一个是： to pay through the nose，意思是「出高价买东西」。
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