2008-09-30 00:26:41 落葉之楓

【在生活中學習語言】Making Change 找零錢

【在生活中學習語言】Making Change 找零錢
2008年09月29日蘋果日報
對話
Cashier:Your total comes to NT$401.
收銀員︰您的總額是401元。
Customer:Here's a NT$500 bill.
顧客︰這裡是 500 元大鈔。
Cashier:Do you happen to have one dollar? That way, I can give you a NT$100 bill instead of NT$99 in coins.
收銀員︰請問您正好有1塊錢嗎?這樣,我就可以找您1張100元,而不用找您99元硬幣。
Customer:I believe I do. Hang on a second.
顧客︰應該有,我找一下。


「句」細靡遺
◎Do you happen to have one dollar?
請問您正好有1塊錢嗎?
當零錢不夠時,可詢問顧客是否有零錢,如此就能找給對方整數。相同問法列舉如下
.Got a dollar? 您有1塊錢嗎?
.Do you have another dollar in your purse? 您錢包裡有1塊錢嗎?
.Do you have any change? 您有零錢嗎?
例:Cashier:Do you have another NT$5 in your purse?(收銀員︰請問您錢包裡有5塊錢嗎?)Customer:I'm afraid that I only have this NT$500 bill.(顧客︰恐怕我只有這張500元大鈔喔。)
*change n.零錢(集合名詞,不可數)
例:How much change do you have?(你有多少零錢?)


字字珠璣
◎happen to+原形動詞  剛好∕正好……
例:I happen to have NT$30 in change. That way, you can give me NT$100 instead of coins.(我身上剛好有30元。這樣,你就可以找我100元,而不用找我硬幣了。)
例:I happened to be passing by, so I decided to drop in and say hello.(我正好經過這裡,所以決定進來打聲招呼。)
◎come to+總額= add up to+總額  共計……元
例:Our bills add up to NT$25,000 each month.(我們每個月的帳單總計達2萬5000元台幣。)
◎instead of...  而非……;不……
例:Instead of going to college, Carl chose to work after graduating from high school.(高中畢業後,卡爾沒上大學,而選擇就業。)

 

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