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2025.01.17 02:13
第六部 第四課: down with that , to pay through the nose
- 今天 Michael 和李華要出去買東西．李華會學到兩個常用語：down with that 和 to pay through the nose。
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- Hey, Li Hua. What do you want to do today? I don't have any special plan, so we can do whatever you want.
- 啊！你今天沒事幹呀？太好了，我正想去買幾件春天穿的衣服，那些舊的啊都已經過時了。
- I'm down with that. I need to buy some new tennis shoes. My old ones are really gross. My roommate is threatening to throw them out.
- 哎呀！我也注意到你的球鞋了，實在不像話，怪不得你室友要把它扔掉呢．哎，那太好啦，咱們就一塊兒去買東西吧．不過，Michael，你剛才說 I'm down with that．那是什麼意思呀？就是你願意去的意思嗎？
- Yes, the expression "I'm down with that" means going shopping is okay with me and I'm willing to go.
- 哎～，這很有意思哎．那要是你問我，要不要跟你一塊兒吃晚飯，我很願意去的話，我能不能說：I'm down with that?
- Yes, that would let me know that you are willing to have dinner with me. What would you say if I suggested we go to my friend's party on Saturday night.
- 喔，你建議我們星期六晚上上你朋友家去聚會啊．嗯～，那一定很好玩，我願意去，I'm down with that。
- Right. Now, where do you want to go shopping? There are lots of places close by.
- 嗯～，去哪兒買東西呀？學校附近有很多買東西的地方．疑？去附近那個購物中心，好不好？
- Okay, that's fine with me. That mall has a shoe store and it's close. Let's go.
- Okay, I'm down with that. 我們可以搭公車去，幾分鐘就到了，然後呢我們有一整天去買我們要買的東西．還可以在購物中心吃飯呢！
- Okay, I'm down with that.
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- 哎，Michael，這家店看起來真好．我們能不能進去看看呀？我肯定啊他們有很好的衣服。
- That's Neiman-Marcus. They have nice stuff, but they're really, really expensive. You have to pay through the nose to buy even a shirt there.
- 嗯～，我也猜想它們的衣服一定很貴．疑？你說要在他們這裡買件襯衣就要 pay through the nose ？ 疑？東西貴和鼻子有什麼關係呀？
- To pay through the nose is to pay a lot of money for something, usually way more than the item is worth. For instance, a shirt in a normal store costs about $40. However, a shirt in Neiman-Marcus easily costs $200. That's paying through the nose.
- 我懂了． To pay through the nose 就是用高價買一樣東西，往往啊要比原來的價值高很多．像普通店裡一件襯衣要 40 美元，在他們這裡啊就要 200 美元．疑？可是，Michael, 我還是不懂，一個人的鼻子和錢有什麼關係呀？
- Yeah, it is a strange expression, but that's the way it is. Do you still want to go into that store?
- 不要不要，我不進去了，我只是個學生，沒那麼多錢，I can't afford to pay through the nose for things. 我啊，付不起這麼高的價錢。
- I agree. I don't want to pay through the nose for anything either. It's stupid to waste so much money on something you can buy cheaper somewhere else.
- 就是呀，能夠用便宜的價錢買到的東西為什麼要浪費那麼多錢去買呢？疑？對了，Michael, 那什麼時候我們還可以用 to pay through the nose 這個說法的呢？
- Oh, well, some people are willing to pay through the nose to buy tickets to see their favorite singers.
- 哦～，花好多錢買票去聽他們喜歡的歌手唱歌．我啊，就有幾個朋友愛買名牌的東西，她們就願意 pay through the nose。
- I don't understand paying through the nose to eat at fancy restaurants either. Food is food. Li Hua, I'm getting hungry. Can we go eat first?
- 嗯～，I'm down with that. 我啊也有點餓了．但是呢，I don't want to pay through the nose.
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- 李華今天學到了兩個常用語，一個是： down with that，意思是「同意」，或者是「願意」．另一個是： to pay through the nose，意思是「出高價買東西」。
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