聽力每日練習 listen 1050 Cost a Pretty Penny

1--America, the land of Hollywood, can sometimes be too concerned with things looking pretty.
 
2--This is going to cost a pretty penny.
 
1--Is she worried about making their money look good?
 
2--Sometimes American English does not make any sense.
 
1--Did you see that car?
 
2--Oh, my gosh! That car is awesome.
 
1--Yes, I bet it is really fast.
 
2--That car must have cost a pretty penny!
 
1--Ah, it means that something costs a lot of money.
 
2--Some say the phrase came from a special coin a British king had made long ago.
 
1--American English is very descriptive, and sometimes we put a colorful word in front of a noun to get our meaning across.
 
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注解：
 
1.concerned with關于
2.awesome令人驚嘆的
3.descriptive描寫的
 
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譯文：
 
1--美國，好萊塢的故鄉(xiāng)，有時候總是和那些美好的事物聯(lián)系在一起。
2--This is going to cost a pretty penny.（這個價格一定不菲）
1--她是在擔心賺的錢看起來太美好了么？
2--有時候，美語總是讓人摸不著頭腦。
1--你看見那輛車了么？
2--哦，我的天哪！這車棒級了。
1--是的，我想它的速度一定很快。
2--那輛車價格一定不菲。（cost a pretty penny）
1--啊，它的意思原來是指花了很多錢呀。
2--有人說這個短語是由英國國王很久以前自創(chuàng)的。
1--美語是非常善于描述的，有時候我們在名詞前加上一個多姿多彩的詞，就可以很傳神的表達我們的意思。