瘋狂英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)突破單詞5: cheap (MP3)

字號(hào):

005、cheap
    adj. 便宜的,低級(jí)的,俗氣的
    Everything is cheap at that supermarket.
    那家超市的東西都很便宜。
    Her dress looked cheap.
    她的裙子看來很俗氣。
    【額外成就感】
    A: My boyfriend is too cheap. He never buys me anything.
    我男朋友太差勁了。他從來不給我買東西。
    B: Money can’t buy love. You know what I’m saying?
    錢買不來愛情。你懂我的意思吧?
    A: This car is dirt cheap.
    這輛車真是太便宜了。
    B: I still can’t afford it.
    我還是買不起。
    A: Let’s go shopping. It’s the end of the season. All the stores are having big sales. Everything is dirt cheap.
    讓我們?nèi)ベ?gòu)物吧。到了季末,所有的商店都在大減價(jià),樣樣?xùn)|西都非常便宜。
    B: But I don’t have any money.
    但我沒錢。
    【瘋狂注釋】dirt cheap的意思是“很便宜;便宜得很”!很多中國(guó)的英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)者誤以為是“dirty and cheap”,鬧了很多笑話!
    Kim’s Note: This is a favorite word of Americans. It is often used as a one-word sentence. 這是美國(guó)人很喜歡用的一個(gè)詞,經(jīng)常一個(gè)字出現(xiàn)在句子里。
    A: What did you think of that new restaurant?
    你認(rèn)為那家新飯店怎么樣?
    B: Cheap!
    太差勁了!
    注意:Be sure to pronounce this word well. You need to exaggerate the long vowel sound. If you don’t, people will be confused and think you are talking about a popular American snack, potato chips. 當(dāng)心這個(gè)單詞發(fā)音要準(zhǔn)確,你得夸張其中的長(zhǎng)元音。要不然,人們就會(huì)迷惑,以為你想要美國(guó)人愛吃的小吃——炸薯?xiàng)l!