PETS-2語(yǔ)法講解(368)

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Do you have any change?
    科技日新月異,我們已逐漸習(xí)慣利用‘電子貨幣’代替現(xiàn)鈔付款。例如在香港無(wú)論乘公車(chē)、坐船、電車(chē)甚至于去便利店買(mǎi)東西也好,都不用帶錢(qián),只要拿一張電子貨幣卡去付款就可以了。所以我們用零錢(qián)的機(jī)會(huì)就愈來(lái)愈少了,遇到非用零錢(qián)不可而你又只有大鈔時(shí),你可能要拿著鈔票在街邊問(wèn)人家:"Do you have any change?" ‘請(qǐng)問(wèn)你有零錢(qián)跟我換一換嗎?’ 當(dāng)你說(shuō):"Do you have any change?" 說(shuō)出你的來(lái)意是想換錢(qián)。但聽(tīng)起來(lái)感覺(jué)好像是向人家要錢(qián),所以如果你有確定的數(shù)目的話,你可以向他說(shuō):"Do you have change for a ten?" ‘請(qǐng)問(wèn)你有零錢(qián)跟我換十塊錢(qián)嗎?’其實(shí)在美國(guó)街頭上來(lái)伸手跟你要錢(qián)的真是不計(jì)其數(shù)。他們除了問(wèn)你說(shuō):"Do you have any change?" 之外,也可能跟你說(shuō):"Buddy, can you spare me any change?" ‘朋友,請(qǐng)你給我一點(diǎn)零錢(qián)好嗎?’幸好在美國(guó)電子錢(qián)包并不是太流行,否則這些流浪漢就可憐了。
    對(duì)話來(lái)源:考試大
    A:Excuse me. Do you have any change? I need some coins for the payphone.
    B:How much do you want to change?
    A:How about 20 dollars. I have a 20-dollar note.
    B:O.K. Here you are.
    A:Thank you very much.
    B:You're welcome.
    甲:對(duì)不起。你有零錢(qián)嗎?我需要一些零錢(qián)去打付費(fèi)公共電話。
    乙:你想要多少零錢(qián)?
    甲:二十元可以嗎? 我有一張二十元紙幣。
    乙 :可以,給你的。
    甲:非常謝謝你。
    乙:不用客氣。來(lái)源:考試大
    Do you have any change? 是問(wèn)‘你有沒(méi)有零錢(qián)?’這個(gè)change,和飯后結(jié)帳時(shí)向侍者說(shuō)的Keep the change.(不用找錢(qián)了。)那個(gè)change不同:一是指‘零錢(qián)’,一是指‘找回的錢(qián)’,不過(guò)這兩個(gè)change同樣是不可數(shù)名詞(uncountable noun) 既不可冠以a,也不可添上s。去銀行向出納員要零錢(qián),可以說(shuō):Please give me some change. 或 I need some change.;你是售貨員,找錢(qián)給顧客時(shí)可以說(shuō):Here's your change. 都不可改為復(fù)數(shù)形式的changes。
    Change不一定是硬幣,小面額的鈔票也可叫change,例如:He produced a $50 note and asked for change in $5 notes.(他拿出一張五十元鈔票,要換十張五元鈔票。)小面額的硬幣是loose change或small change,例如:She always has some loose/small change in her purse.(她錢(qián)包里總有些小面額硬幣。)Small change還可引伸解作‘不重要的人或物’,例如:To me he is small change.(對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō),他不值得重視。)
    錯(cuò)找的錢(qián),可以叫做wrong change,例如:You've given me the wrong change./This is the wrong change. I gave you a $50 note, not a $20 one.(你錯(cuò)找了錢(qián)。我給你的是一張五十元鈔票,不是二十元。)
    ‘二十元的零錢(qián)’英文怎么說(shuō)?答案是:Twenty dollars in change,例如:I have some fifty dollars in small change.(我有約五十元的小面額硬幣。)