英语口语-各种钱的叫法(在线收听

   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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