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eileengao 发表于 2012-3-2 09:44

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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lovely2012mf 发表于 2012-3-3 15:25

Four is an unlucky number here

簿子酒 发表于 2012-3-4 22:29

{:7_251:}i agree

dragon520 发表于 2012-4-23 17:04

Fifty dollars looks very much.

簿子酒 发表于 2012-4-24 16:10

{:7_251:}it's lucky to give me four million dollars

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