请求帮助
A:Could you come and spend the weekend with us?
你能来跟我们一起共度周末吗?
spend的意思
B:Oh, I’m afraid I can’t. I’ve had a date already.
啊,恐怕不行。我已经有约在先了。
A:That’s too bad!
真是可惜!
B:Maybe some other time.
下次好啦。
Shopping-(购物)
A:That dress is too expensive.
这衣服真贵。
B:But it’s so pretty.
但是很漂亮呀。
A:Yes, it is pretty, but it costs $200. What about this one? It’s almost the same, but it costs half as much.
是很漂亮,但要200美元噢。这个怎么样?款式几乎一样,但只要一半的价钱。
B:It’s not the same. It’s completely different.
这个不同,完全不同。
A:It’s just a little shorter.
只是短一些。
B:I really like this one.
我真的很喜欢这个。
A:Well, it’s your money. You can spend it however you want.
好吧,反正是你自己的钱。想怎么花就怎么花。
B:Do you really think it’s pretty?
你真的觉得这个漂亮。
A:Yeah. It’s pretty.
是的,很漂亮。
Trading Stamps-(用赠券换东西)
A:Every time I go to the grocery, the clerk asks me if I save stamps.I always say no, but sometimes I get them anyway.
每次我去杂货店,店员都问我是否收集赠券。我总是说"不",不过有的时候我还是积下些赠券。
spend什么意思
B:Oh, never turn them down.You can always find someone who'll take them.People spend hours pasting them in little books, and when a book is full.they drive miles to a redemption center where the stamps can be traded for things like pillow cases, or playing cards, or garden tools.
啊,别丢掉它。你总会找到回收赠券的人。 有些人花时间把赠券粘贴在小本子上,当一本贴满后,开几英里的车到回收中心去,在那儿可以用赠券交换像枕头套、扑克牌或修整花园的工具等东西。
spend
A:But you have to save millions of them to get anything worth having.
不过你得收集相当多张才能换回一些有重要价值的东西。