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课程笔记：
29. money ['mʌni]
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 金钱；财富
Money doesn't always bring happiness.
纸币(美钞) a bill
硬币 a coin/ hard money
外币 foreign currency
假币 bogus ['bəuɡəs] money/ counterfeit money ['kauntəfit]
复合词语
moneybags (富翁);
moneylender (放债者);
money-maker (赚大钱的人)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
赚钱 to make/earn money
为了钱而结婚 to marry into money
乱花钱 to throw one's money away
投资于 to put money into sth.
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
fun money 节省或保存下来的用于个人享受的钱
have money to burn 有的是钱
marry money 和有钱人结婚
生活用语 Street Talks
(1)
Marian saves a small part of her salary as fun money every month.
(2)
A: If I have enough money, I'm going to take a trip abroad.
B: But you do earn a lot!
A: Well, I spend half my money on clothes. (把一半钱花在…)
B: Icy, if I were you, I'd lay out my money more carefully. (谨慎用钱)
(3)
A: If I buy that car, I'll have to borrow some money.
B: Where is your money?
A: I ventured my money on the stocks. (拿钱买股票投机)
joint venture 合资
put money into sth. 投资
(4)
A: Gosh! We're in the money! (发财了)
B: Yeah! Thank God! We won a thousand dollars at the races today!
谚语 Proverbs
Money makes the mare go.有钱能使鬼推磨。
Money talks. 金钱万能。
名言 Quotations
Christianity is art & not money. Money is its curse. [,kristi'ænəti]
William Blake (1757-1827), English poet, painter, engraver. Notes on The Laocoon (engraved c. 1820; repr. in Complete Writings, ed. by Geoffrey Keynes, 1957)
