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Lesson 113 Small change || 零錢
一 聽音頻磨耳朵
二 文章內容與解釋
CONDUCTOR: Fares, please! [售票員:請買票!]
MAN: Trafalgar Square,please. [男 子:請買一張到特拉法加廣場的票。]
CONDUCTOR: I'm sorry, sir.I can't change a ten-pound note. Haven't you got any small change? [售票員:對不起,我找不開10英鎊的鈔票。您沒有零錢嗎?]
MAN: I've got no small change, I am afraid. [男 子:恐怕我沒有零錢。]
CONDUCTOR: I'll ask some of the passengers. [售票員:我來問問其他乘客。]
CONDUCTOR: Have you any small change, sir? [售票員:先生,您有零錢嗎?]
1st PASSENGER: I'm sorry. I've got none. [乘 客1:對不起,我沒有。]
2nd PASSENGER: I haven't got any either. [乘 客2:我也沒有。]
CONDUCTOR: Can you change this ten-pound note,madam? [售票員:夫人,您能把這10英鎊的鈔票換開嗎?]
3rd PASSENGER: I'm afraid I can't. [乘 客3:恐怕不能。]
4th PASSENGER: Neither can I.[乘 客4:我也不能。]
CONDUCTOR: I'm very sorry, sir.You must get off the bus.None of our passengers can change this note.They're all millionaires! [售票員: 非常抱歉,先生。您必須下車。我們的乘客中沒人能換開這張鈔票。他們都是百萬富翁!]
TWO TRAMPS: Except us. [二流浪漢:我們倆除外。]
1sth TRAMP: I've got some small change. [流浪漢1:我有零錢。]
2nd TRAMP: So have I. [流浪漢2:我也有。]
三 New Word and expressions & 生詞和短語
conductor n.售票員;fare n.車費, 車票;change v. 兌換(錢);note n.紙幣;passenger n.乘客;none pron.沒有任何東西;neither adv. 也不;get off下車;tramp n.流浪漢;except prep.除……外;
四 Notes on the text & 課文注釋
[1] I can't change a ten-pound note. 我找不開 10英鎊的鈔票。
這裡change是動詞,意為「兌換」。change還可作名詞,意為「零錢」,如I've got no small change, I'm afraid。此外,no +名詞表示所指的東西全然沒有。以上這句話比I haven't got any small change更強調沒有任何一點兒零錢。
[2] I've got none.我沒有。
這裡指零錢(不可數名詞)。none也可與可數名詞連用
eg: None of our passengers can change this note.
我們的乘客中沒有一個能破開這張鈔票的。
none在句中通常單獨使用
[3] Except us.我們倆除外。
意思是:除了我們,他們都是百萬富翁。
[4] Fares,please!請買票
這是公共車輛售票員用語。
五 Grammar in use & 語法
[1] so與neither引導的簡短回答
以so 或 neither開頭的簡短回答,必須用倒裝形式,即: So/Neither+助動詞+主語。假如前一句是肯定的,後一句就用so開頭;如前一句是否定的,後一句則用neither/nor開頭。前後兩句的時態要一致。
六 Word study & 詞彙學習
[1] change v.
[1-1]兌換:
eg: I want to change the pounds into dollars. 我想把這些英鎊兌換成美元。
eg: Could you change me a one-pound note, please? 能否請你換一鎊的零錢給我?
[1-2]改變;更改:
eg: He changed his mind at last. 他最終改變了自己的主意。
eg: This plan is to change the desert into farmland. 這個計劃是要將沙漠變為農田。
[1-3]交換;改換:
eg: Shall we change our seats? 我們調換一下座位好嗎?
eg: You've got to change your bus at the next stop. 你得在下一站換車。
[2] except prep.
除……外:
eg: Everyone except Jane went to the party. 除簡之外的所有人都去參加那個派對了。
eg: They're open every day except Sunday. 除星期天之外,他們天天都開門。
eg: I like him except when he's gloomy. 除了他滿臉陰沉的時候之外,我挺喜歡他。
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