基础短语

do sb a favor

帮某人一个忙

owe sb sth/owe sth to sb

欠某人某物

He owes his father $200.=

He owes $200 to his father.

他欠他爸爸200美元。

loan

借；借款

a car loan

车贷

It took three years to repay my student loan.

我花了三年时间才还清我的学生贷款。

经典对话

A: Hey. I was wondering if you could do me a favor.

嗨，我正想找你帮忙呢。

B: That depends. What is it?

看情况吧，什么事儿？

A: It's kind of a big favor. I'm absolutely flat broke and I owe my landlady $200. She's given me until Friday to give it to her, but I don't get paid until next Monday. Do you think you could loan me some cash until I get paid?

是件大事儿。我身无分文，还欠了房东太太200美元。她限我星期五之前还钱，但是我下周一才能领薪水。在领工资之前，你能不能借我点现金？

B: I'd love to help you out, but I'm a bit short on cash this month as well. I have to get a new engine put into my car and that ate up my savings.

我很想帮你解决这个困难，但是我这个月也很缺钱。我刚刚给我的汽车买了新的发动机，还花光了我所有的积蓄。

A: If you can't give me the full amount ,a fraction of it will still help. I'll pay you back on Monday, I promise.

如果你不能借我全款，借我一部分也能帮上忙。我下周一一定还给你，我保证。

a fraction of表示“少量”

B: Let's see, I've got about $50 to get me through the weekend. I can only spare about $20. I would give you more if I had it. I just don't have much money to my name right now.

咱们看看啊，我撑到这周末一共需要50块，那就还能剩下20块给你。要是有的话我一定多给你一些，可是现在我名下真的没什么钱了。

A: Thanks a lot. Every little bit will help. If you aren't doing anything tonight, why don't you come over and have dinner at my place?

非常感谢。每一点钱都会非常有帮助的。我跟你说，要是你今天晚上没有什么安排的话，来我家吃晚饭吧。

B: That'd be great, thanks. What time should I come over?

那太好了，谢谢，我几点钟过去？

A: How about at six p.m?

晚上六点怎么样？

B: See you then.

到时候见。