生活英語對話 Episode 7: Paying the rent

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本單元是關(guān)于付房租的對話

Helen: Oh no, it's that time of the month again - time to pay the rent.

Tim: Comes round fast enough, doesn't it?

Alice: Yeah and I'm so broke just now. I don't know where my money goes.

Tim: You need to tighten your belt Alice. Well, I'm fairly flush this month, want me to lend you some cash?

Alice: Tim, would you?

Tim: Sure, you know me, always willing to help a damsel in distress. There's only one small catch......

Vocabulary:

Rent (n, uncountable): amount of money you pay (usually every month) to live in a house or flat that belongs to someone else

A damsel in distress (humorous): a young woman who needs help

There's a catch: There is a condition (usually something difficult or unpleasant). In this case Tim will lend Alice some money but she has to repay him in a way that he chooses

A casino (n): a place where people can gamble (bet money) on the result of games with cards, dice or machines

Greyhound racing (n): a spectator sport where people watch dogs race and bet money on the result

本單元的語言點是關(guān)于錢的習語，有時習語很難通過字面單詞猜出其意義，看看下面的習語，你能猜出他們是什么意思嗎?

Idioms use language metaphorically rather than literally. If you paid 'through the nose' for something, it means you paid too high a price for it (the metaphorical meaning) not that you paid for something with money that came out of the middle of your face (the literal meaning).

Idioms are also fixed groups of words so you can't change the wording of an idiom. For example, you can say 'That shop is a real rip off' to describe a shop that overcharges its customers but you can't say 'It's a real tear off'.

Idioms - rich and poor:

I'm so broke/I'm flat broke.

I don't have any money.

I don't have a bean.

I don't have any money.

You need to tighten your belt.

You should try to spend less.

He's flush (with cash).

He's got a lot of money.

She's rolling in it.

She's very rich.

Idioms - expensive and cheap: