看笑話學(xué)英語:Ask for a loan 借錢

Ask for a loan 借錢

英語笑話

Tom: William has asked me for a loan of five pounds. Should I be doing right in lending it to him?

Jack: Certainly.

Tom: And why?

Jack: Because otherwise he would try to borrow it from me.

中文翻譯

湯姆：威廉向我借五英鎊。我該不該借給他？

杰克：當(dāng)然應(yīng)該了。

湯姆：為什么？

杰克：否則他就該跟我借了。

詞匯點睛

loan [l??n] n. 借款

otherwise [??e?wa?z] adv. 不然，否則

口語實踐

A　I really need to balance my budget and handle my money better.

B　Yeah, you really need to save some money.

A　我真的需要平衡預(yù)算并改善我的用錢方式了。

B　是的，你真的需要攢些錢了。

★budget [?b?d??t] n. 預(yù)算

★handle [?h?ndl] v. 對付，處理

A　If you want to cut down your daily expenditure,you'd better throw away your credit card.

B　Thank you for your advice.

A　如果你想減少日常開支，你最好扔掉信用卡。

B　謝謝你的建議。

★expenditure [?k?spend?t??(r)] n. 花費，使用

★throw away 扔掉

★credit card 信用卡

A　Do you know your total expenditure of the whole year?

B　Never.

A　你們計算過你們的全年開支嗎？

B　從來沒有計算過。