MoneyIdiom地道英語成語

　　Money doesn't really grow on trees, does it?

　　Neil: Hi, and welcome BBC Learning English. I'm Neil.

　　Yang Li: 大家好，我是楊莉，Money Idiom 成語-錢。

　　Neil: In this Real English programme we'll be looking at an English idiom.

　　Yang Li: 和對應(yīng)的漢語成語。

　　Neil: Today's English idiom is 'money doesn't grow on trees'.

　　Yang Li: 什么意思呢？

　　Neil: Well this idiom is used to say that something, for example, money, is not freely available.

　　Yang Li: 某樣?xùn)|西，比如金錢，是不會唾手可得的。

　　Neil: Money doesn't grow on trees.

　　Yang Li: 字面意思是錢不會從樹上長出來。

　　Neil: Do you have an equivalent idiom in Chinese?

　　Yang Li: 當(dāng)然了，這就相當(dāng)于漢語中的天上不會掉餡兒餅。

　　Neil: Let's hear some examples of people using this idiom in conversation.

　　Example

　　A: Mum, can I have thirty quid (￡30) to go shopping? I want to buy some new jeans.

　　B: No you can't! You've got lots of jeans already, and money doesn't grow on trees, you know!

　　C: I really want a new computer but I'm going to have to save up. They don't grow on trees, do they?

　　Yang Li: 以上第一段對話中母親對孩子說，你已經(jīng)有很多牛仔褲了，不能再花錢買了，因?yàn)樘焐喜粫�掉餡餅的，英語詞匯《Money Idiom 成語-錢》。

　　Neil: Money doesn't grow on trees.

　　Yang Li: 第二段是自言自語的獨(dú)白，我真想買臺新電腦啊，不過，天上不會掉餡餅，我要攢錢才是。

　　Neil: They don't grow on trees, do they?

　　Yang Li: 說話人當(dāng)然知道，樹上不長錢，只不過是要表達(dá)錢來之不易的道理。

　　Neil: This idiom is usually used to talk about money, but can sometimes be used to talk about other things too. So to recap the English idiom is 'money doesn't grow on trees'.

　　Yang Li: 漢語對應(yīng)成語是天上不會掉餡餅。

　　Neil: Well, I hope you've enjoyed our programme.

　　Yang Li: 下次節(jié)目還有更多英漢成語對照，千萬不要錯過收聽。 –再見。

　　Neil: Bye!

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