英语口语:各种钱的叫法(在线收听

  英语口语:各种钱的叫法 1. 1美元(a dollar)还叫做a single, a buck, a bill. 

  5美元的说法有five dollars, a fiver, a five spot, five bucks. 
  10美元的说法有a ten, ten bucks, a ten spot, a sawbuck, a teener. 
  2. 5分:nickel, jitney/jit 
  10分是dime,卖便宜东西的店叫dime store,也叫five-and-dime,five-and-ten-cent store,ten-cent store 
  25分=quarter,50分=half dollar=half-buck 
  3. 表示钱的词还有bread 
  He earns his bread by writing. 
  他通过写作赚钱。 
  4. dough:(生面团)钱或现金 
  in the dough: 兴旺,有钱 
  5. green back:因钞票背面为绿色,因而得名“美钞” 
  treasury bond:国库券 
  6. a dime a dozen: 太普通了,不值钱,太多了。 
  Do you think I should buy this now and bring it with us? 
  你觉得我现在就应该买下带着吗? 
  Don’t bother; those are a dime a dozen where we are going. 
  不用这么麻烦;我们走的过程中就会碰到许多。 
  Look what I found! 
  看我找到了什么! 
  That’s nothing special; those are a dime a dozen! 
  没什么特别的;这些不值钱。 
  I don’t need friends like him; they are a dime a dozen. 
  我不需要像他那样的朋友;他们都太普通了。
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