盘点日常生活常用语：理财

 　什么时候到期?

　　When is this due? *due“必须支付”、“支付期限到了”。日常生活中常使用带有due的表达方式。

　　Here’s the phone bill. (这是电话费通知单。)

　　When is this due? (交费截止到什么时候?)

　　When is the rent due? (房租截止到几号?)

　　When is the paper due? (交论文的时间截止到几号?)

　　When is the last day I can pay for this?

　　How long is the pay period?

　　When do I have to pay this by?

　　When does this have to be finished by?

　　交费日期截止到30号。

　　It’s due on the thirtieth.

　　能帮我换一下零钱吗?

　　Could you give me change? * change 也有“零钱”的意思。

　　Can you change this?

　　Could I have change?

　　能帮我换开100日元吗?

　　Do you have change for one hundred yen¹? *change 除了“交换，兑换”的意思之外，还有“零钱，破开的钱”。

　　Do you have change for one hundred yen? (能帮我换开100日元吗?)

　　Sure. (可以。)

　　Can you change this? (能帮我破一下吗?)

　　Can you break a one-hundred-yen bill? (能帮我破开100日元吗?)

　　Can you break a hundred?

　　I’d like to change a hundred-yen note. (我想破开100日元。)

　　Here’s one hundred yen. Could I have change? (这是100日元，能帮我破开吗?)

　　我要存5000日元(在我的账户上。)

　　I need to deposit five thousand yen (in my savings² account). *deposit“在银行存钱”。

　　savings account “账户，户头”。

　　I need to put ￥5,000 into the bank.

　　我要取5000日元(从我的账户上)。

　　I need to withdraw ￥5,000 (from my savings account). *withdraw“(从存款中)取出，拿出”。

　　I need to take out ￥5,000 from the bank.

　　我是自己掏的腰包。

　　I paid out of my own pocket. 直译是“从自己的口袋里拿出钱来支付。”是“自己掏腰包”的固定说法。

　　我没带现金。

　　I’m out of cash.

　　我现在没有多少现金。

　　I don’t have much money on me now.

　　May I borrow some money? (能借点儿钱吗?)

　　I don’t have much money on me now. (我现在没有多少现金。)

　　I didn’t bring very much money with me. (我身上没带多少现金。)

　　I’m a little short of money now. (我现在钱不够用。)

　　身无分文。

　　I’m broke.

　　May I borrow ten dollars? (能借给我10美元吗?)

　　Sorry, I’m broke. (对不起，我现在身无分文。)

　　I have no money.

　　I’m out of money.

　　I’m flat broke. * 强调的说法。

　　现在我有很多现金。

　　I have a lot of money on me now.

　　I brought a lot of money with me. (我带来了许多现金。)

　　I’m rich now. (我现在很有钱。)

　　I’m rolling in it.

　　I have lots of cash on me.

　　我可没有时间闲呆着。

　　I can’t afford to be lazy. *afford“有钱，有时间，有力量”、“有富余”。

　　I can’t afford to be idle.

　　I don’t have time to be lazy.

　　多浪费呀!

　　What a waste! *waste “浪费，荒废，徒劳”。

　　How wasteful³!

　　他因为还不上债而躲了起来。

　　He didn’t pay the debt and disappeared. *debt“借债，负债，有欠债的状态”。

　　He skipped town without paying his debt.

1 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。

2 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

3 wasteful   

adj.（造成）浪费的，挥霍的

参考例句：

• It is a shame to be so wasteful.这样浪费太可惜了。
• Duties have been reassigned to avoid wasteful duplication of work.为避免重复劳动浪费资源，任务已经重新分派。