英语笑话:fifty bucks 五十元(在线收听

fifty bucks

Tom asked Sam,"Can you lend me fifty bucks?" "I only have forty,"Sam replied. Tom said, "Give me the forty and you can owe me ten."

Notes:
1. Tom asked Sam,"Can you lend me fifty bucks?"
汤姆问山姆:“你可以借我50元钱吗?”

lend指“借(出V. borrow指“借(人)”,它们的用法不同, lend 的主语是贷方,如:Tom lent me this book. = Tom lent this book to me.汤姆借这本书给我。而borrow的主语是借方, 如:I borrowed this book from Tom.我向汤姆借这本书。另有 一个用法与borrow相同的词是loan,它可以当名同及动词使用,当动词使用时,用法同borrow。

2. "I only have forty,"Sam replied.
山姆回答说:“我只有40。”

3. Tom said, "Give me the forty and you can owe me ten."
汤姆说:“给我那40元,算你欠我10元。”

句中的 “you owe me ten"也可以写成 “you owe ten to me",而欠别人哪方面的钱,则可加“for sth”,如:He owed me nine hundred dollars for the sweater.他欠我 900元的毛衣钱。

 

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