情景会话:4是不吉利的数字Four is an unlucky number here
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A:So I'm on the fifth floor?How come this hotel has no fourth floor. [img]http://talk.oralpractice.com/images/SC_laba_ioc.gif[/img] 所以我在五楼?这间饭店怎么没有四楼?
B:[color=red][color=darkolivegreen]Four is an unlucky number here,Peter.Four sounds like death in Chinese.Hotels often have no fourth floor.[/color][/color] [img]http://talk.oralpractice.com/images/SC_laba_ioc.gif[/img] "四"是不吉利的数字,Peter."四"在中文听起来像"死".这里的饭店常常没有四楼.
A:I see.Oh,I know what I wanted to ask.How much should I tip this guy? [img]http://talk.oralpractice.com/images/SC_laba_ioc.gif[/img] 我懂了. 啊, 我想起来我要问你的问题了.我应该给这位老兄多少小费?
B:People don't usually tip here,but you can.Fifty dollars should be more enough. [img]http://talk.oralpractice.com/images/SC_laba_ioc.gif[/img] 通常我们不给小费,但是如果你要给也可以.五十块应该就很多了.
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购物英语[/url] Four is an unlucky number here {:7_251:}i agree Fifty dollars looks very much. {:7_251:}it's lucky to give me four million dollars
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