VOA流行美语第79课：downwiththat.docx

VOA流行美语第79课：down with that今日Michael和李华要出去买东西李华会学到两个常用语：down with that和to pay through the noseM: Hey, Li Hua. What do you want to do today? I don”t have any special plan, so we can do whatever you want.L: 你今日没事干呀？太好了，我正想去买几件春天穿的衣服那些旧的都已经过时了M: 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.L: 我也留意到你的球鞋了，实在不象话，怪不得你的室友要把它扔掉呢哎，那太好了，咱们就一块儿去买东西吧不过，Michael，你刚刚说I”m down with that。

那是什么意思呀？就是你情愿去的意思吗？M: Yes, the expression I”m down with that means going shopping is okay with me and I”m willing to go.L: 这很有意思那要是你问我，要不要跟你一块儿吃晚饭，我很情愿的话，我能不能说：I”m down with that?M: 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.L: 你建议我们星期六晚上上你朋友家去聚会啊嗯，那肯定很好玩，我情愿去，I”m down with thatM: Right. Now, where do you want to go shopping? There are lots of places close by.L: 去哪儿买东西呀？学校四周有许多买东西的地方去四周那个购物中心，好不好？M: Okay, that”s fine with me. That mall has a shoe store and it”s close. Let”s go.L: Okay, I”m down with that. 我们可以搭公共汽车去，几分钟就到了。

然后我们有一成天去买我们要买的东西还可以在购物中心吃饭呢！M: Okay, I”m down with that.******L: 哎，Michael，这家店看起来真好我们能不能进去看看呀？我确定他们有很好的衣服M: 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.L: 我也猜测它们的衣服肯定很贵你说要在他们这里买件衬衣就要pay through the nose? 东西贵和鼻子有什么关系呀？M: 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.L: 我懂了。

To pay through the nose就是用高价买一样东西，往往要比原来的价值高许多像一般店里一件衬衣要40美元，在他们这里就要200美元可是，Michael, 我还是不懂，一个人的鼻子和钱有什么关系呀？M: Yeah, it is a strange expression, but that”s the way it is. Do you still want to go into that store?L: 不要，不要，我不进去了我只是个学生，没那么多钱，I can”t afford to pay through the nose for things. 我啊，付不起这么高的价钱M: 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.L: 就是呀，能够用廉价的价钱买到的东西为什么要铺张那么多钱去买呢？对了，Michael, 那什么时候我们还可以用to pay through the nose这个说法的呢？M: Well, some people are willing to pay through the nose to buy tickets to see their favorite singers.L: 噢，花好多钱买票去听他们喜爱的歌手唱歌。

我就有几个朋友爱买的东西她们就情愿pay through the noseM: 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?L: I”m down with that. 我也有点饿了但是，I don”t want to pay through the nose.李华今日学到了两个常用语一个是：down with that, 意思是“同意”，或者是“情愿”另一个是：to pay through the nose, 意思是“出高价买东西”。