聽力每日練習(xí) listen 914 To Shell Out

 
2--But what does it mean to do this? To Shell Out
 
1--Did you see that diamond ring on Marcy's finger?
 
2--I did! How much did Dave shell out for that?
 
1--I heard it was $10,000!
 
2--Whoa! I don't think ANYTHING that is just going to sit on my hand is worth shelling out $10,000.
 
1--To "shell out" means to spend money.
 
2--It is mostly used when the amount of money involved seems too high for what you bought.
 
1--In our example, Jonathan thinks Dave spent too much money for a piece of jewelry.
 
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注解：
 
1.pod豌豆
2.shell out為…花費(fèi)一大筆錢  
3.involved有關(guān)的

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譯文：

1--從豆莢里面移除豌豆或者堅(jiān)果，叫做剝殼
2--那么下面這個(gè)叫做什么？付一大筆錢
1--你看到了馬爾西食指上的鉆石戒指了么？
2--看到了！ 戴夫花了多少錢買的鉆戒?。?br /> 1--我聽說花了一萬美元！
2--哇塞！我覺得我手上戴任何東西都不值得花費(fèi)一萬美元。
1--“shell out”的意思是花一大筆錢。
2--大部分情況下指你所花的錢遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過你購(gòu)買的物品的價(jià)值。
1--在上面的例子中，喬納森覺得戴夫花費(fèi)太多錢買一件珠寶。