实用英语:便宜与太贵的口语讲法
<p> <span word="Tom">Tom</span>：<span word="Nice">Nice</span> <span word="pen">pen</span>.</p><p> <span word="Gary">Gary</span>：<span word="I">I</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="there">there</span>. <span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="steal">steal</span>.</p><p> <span word="Tom">Tom</span>和<span word="Gary">Gary</span>在露天咖啡室聊天时说了这两句话，<span word="Gary">Gary</span>是说这支笔是偷来的吗?哈哈，当然不是!</p><p> 我们可用上文下理来理解这句地道英文口语的意思。</p><p> <span word="Tom">Tom</span>说<span word="Nice">Nice</span> <span word="pen">pen</span>是因为看到<span word="Gary">Gary</span>有一支漂亮的笔，这句话自然有赞美的意思，即这笔蛮别致的。</p><p> <span word="Gary">Gary</span>答：<span word="I">I</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="there">there</span>, 再说<span word="its">its</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="steal">steal</span>.</p><p> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="steal">steal</span> 是英美流利口语，指极廉宜的东西。</p><p> <span word="Gary">Gary</span>不是贼，他说的话意思是：我在那边买的，很便宜。</p><p> 由于<span word="cheap">cheap</span>有低劣蹩脚之意，于是近年流行用<span word="its">its</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="steal">steal</span>取代<span word="its">its</span> <span word="cheap">cheap</span>。</p><p> 七十年代出版的梁实秋主编的《最新实用英汉辞典》中，<span word="steal">steal</span>还没有便宜货的释义，可见<span word="its">its</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="steal">steal</span>是近年流行的口语。</p><p> 说到字典，比方你听到有人说<span word="three">three</span> <span word="hundred">hundred</span> <span word="dollars">dollars</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="dictionary">dictionary</span> - <span word="isnt">isnt</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bit">bit</span> <span word="steep">steep</span>。</p><p> <span word="Steep">Steep</span>在句中是什么意思呢?</p><p> 相信大家不会把<span word="steep">steep</span>解作陡峭或险峻吧，原因是这两个释义在汉语中不能与字典搭配。</p><p> 大家应可猜到<span word="steep">steep</span>解作昂贵 。这话的意思正是这本字典要三百块钱，是不是贵了一点?</p><p> 学了这个惯用法后，你要说那所房子索价六百万元是太贵了点，自然可以脱口说出：<span word="Six">Six</span> <span word="million">million</span> <span word="dollars">dollars</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="house">house</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bit">bit</span> <span word="steep">steep</span>.</p>
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