Break a Bill

　　…[Break a Bill]

　　A:Hello,Modern English,Drew speaking.

　　你好，洋话连篇，我是Drew.

　　B:Hello,Drew,It's Marco again.I have some questions to ask you.

　　你好，我是Marco.我有几个问题要问你

　　A:Yes,go ahead.

　　说吧。

　　B:How do you say that when you have a large bill,but you need some change?

　　当你想破钱时用英语怎么说？

　　A:Well,that's easy,We say Can you break a large bill?ie:If you have a 100 bill,you just say :Can you break a 100 bill?

　　很简单，你就说你能打开这张大票吗？比如说，你有一张一百的大票要破，你就说您能打开一百的吗？

　　B:And what do you call those machines from which you buy cokes and some other snacks?

　　那么那种卖可乐和零食的机器怎么说呢？

　　A:You mean a vending¹ machine?

　　你是说自动售货机吧？

　　B:What's a vending machine?

　　Vending machine是什么？

　　A:That's the stuff you just said.

　　就是刚才你说的东西。

　　B:My last question could be funny,but I really want to know that.

　　最后一个问题可能有点滑稽，可我确实很想知道。

　　A:No problem,just go ahead.

　　没问题，说吧

　　B:How do you say men's underwear?

　　男士的内裤用英语怎么说？

　　A:[chuckles]That's briefs or boxers³.

　　[笑]那叫briefs或是boxers

　　B;what's the difference?

　　有什么区别吗？

　　A:A brief is shorter and tight,while a boxer² is like a square,you know the stuff that a boxing man wears .

　　Brief是指三角裤，boxer是四角裤，就是那种四方型的，你知道拳击运动员穿的那种东西。

　　B:Oh,I got it,Thank you so much.

　　哦，我知道了，谢谢你了

　　A:You are welcome.Anything else?

　　不用谢，还有吗？

　　B;I guess no,Ok,Got to go .Byebye,

　　我想没了，我得走了，再见

　　A;Bye.

　　再见

　　Attention Please…特别提醒

　　[你可以请外教反复帮你模仿/训练下面的句子/词组的正宗美式发音]

　　[1]can you break a bill?你能打开这张钱吗？break在这里可不是打碎的意思。另一种换零钱的方法是Can you make change?还有一个关于break的用法是give me a break.让我喘口气儿吧。也很常用。当你正专心的想写点什么东西时，别人却不停的打扰你，你就可以说这句话。[2]vending machine就是我们常说的自动售货机。有些机器只收硬币[coin]，有些也收纸币[bill]，用英语讲就是Does this machine accept bills?这台机器收纸币吗？

　　Related Words…相关词汇

　　以下这些词并未给出汉语意思，你可以试着用我们学到的英语问问外教它们的意思

　　[Ie:What does "***"mean ? "***"是什么意思？或是How do you use "***"?"***"怎么用啊？]

　　shake it off hang over get yourself together

1 vending   

v.出售（尤指土地等财产）( vend的现在分词 )；（尤指在公共场所）贩卖；发表（意见，言论）；声明

参考例句：

• Why Are You Banging on the Vending Machine? 你为什么敲打这台自动售货机？ 来自朗文快捷英语教程 2
• Coca-Cola had to adapt almost 300,000 vending machines to accept the new coins. 可口可乐公司必须使将近三十万台自动贩卖机接受新货币。 来自超越目标英语 第5册

2 boxer   

n.制箱者，拳击手

参考例句：

• The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
• He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer.他像拳击手一样踮着脚轻盈移动。

3 boxers   

n.拳击短裤；（尤指职业）拳击手( boxer的名词复数 )；拳师狗

参考例句：

• The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd. 拳击运动员听见观众的喊叫就来劲儿了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The boxers slugged it out to the finish. 两名拳击手最后决出了胜负。 来自《简明英汉词典》