一分钟英语(MP3+双语字幕) 第23期:Dime a Dozen
日期:2014-09-30 07:41

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Welcome to English in a Minute, where we teach you about idioms in American English.
欢迎来到《一分钟英语》,在这里我们教您一些美式英语中的惯用语。

If you have heard American English, you have probably heard this:It's a dime a dozen.
如果你听过美式英语,你可能会听过这个“It's a dime a dozen”(一毛钱一打)?
What does this phrase mean? Let's find out.
这是什么意思呢?让我们一起来看看吧。
There's no need for you to pay $20 for that hair brush, it's too expensive.
没有必要花20刀买那把毛刷。太贵啦。
Why not? I really need it.
为什么呢?我真的需要它。
The store down the street has them at a dime a dozen! Come on, I'll show you.
街边的那个商店也有,便宜到一毛钱一打(a dime a dozen)。快来,我带你去。
When you say something is "a dime a dozen," it means that there's a lot of it, it doesn't cost much, or that it isn't special.
当你说某物是“一毛钱一打”(a dime a dozen)时,意思是有很多这种东西,不会花很多钱,或者是这种东西没什么特别的。
It's a dime a dozen. This is a common way of saying that something is so easy to get that it doesn't have much value.
这一毛钱一打。(It's a dime a dozen)这是一种很常见的表达方式,说明某物很容易获得没有太多价值。
And that's English in a Minute.
以上就是本期的《一分钟英语》。

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