聽力每日練習(xí) listen 1080 It Costs Me an Arm and a Leg

 
2--And when you pay for it, you say: This costs me an arm and a leg!
 
1--Do you have to give them your arm and your leg? I hope not.
 
2--Let's listen to an American English conversation to see if we can find out what this means.
 
1--Did you buy that new computer?
 
2--Yeah, I did. And it cost way more than I expected it to.
 
1--How much?
 
2--Let me just tell you it costs an arm and a leg!
 
1--When you say in American English that something costs an arm and a leg, it means that the price is very, very high.
 
2--If you use this phrase, everyone in the United State will understand you.
 
1--But this is an informal phrase, so don't use it in a business setting.
 
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注解：
 
1.costs花費(fèi) 
2.conversation對話 
3.informal非正式的 

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譯文：

1--來討論一下購物的問題。
2--當(dāng)你買某件東西時，你說“這花掉了我的一條腿和一只胳膊！”（This costs me an arm and a leg!）
1--你是必須要給一只胳膊和一條腿么？我希望不是真的。
2--讓我們來聽聽下面這段美式英語對話，看看能否明白它真正的意思。
1--你買那臺新電腦了么？
2--是的，買了。它比我想象中的貴了很多。
1--多少錢？
2--它花掉了我一只胳膊和一條腿。（it costs an arm and a leg!）
1--當(dāng)你用美式英語說某物花掉了一只胳膊和一條腿時（something costs an arm and a leg），意思是價格非常、非常高。
2--如果你在美國使用這條短語，大家都會明白你的意思。
1--但是這是個非正式場合用語，所以不要在商務(wù)環(huán)境下用使用這個短語。