Odie的英语课 401 英语“柔顺剂” 1

386~400 复习pay off 付清（账单），偿还（债务）pay off the bill 付清账单 / pay off the debt 还清债务fork out/over （不情愿地）付钱dip into 花费，动用（一部分的积蓄）set back （使）花费 = costsettle up 结账，结清，付清（欠债）put away money 存钱salt away /（秘密地）储藏，储存（常指钱等贵重物品）squirrel awayscrape by 勉强维持生计I scraped by on just ￥10 a day. 我一天只靠10块钱勉强度日。cut back 减少，削减，缩减I'm trying to cut back on my expenses. 我正在努力削减开支。tide someone over 让（某人）渡过难关He wants money to tide him over until payday. 他想要钱撑到发薪日。come into money 继承遗产，获得遗产She came into a bit of money when her grandfather died. 她祖父去世时，她继承了一点遗产。money tree 摇钱树；（盆景植物）金钱树 money bags 大款，阔佬money-minded 具有经济头脑的，善于赚钱或存钱的（第177课学过）Money talks! 有钱能使鬼推磨，金钱万能，财大气粗，有钱有势这节课开始，我们来学一下如何让我们的英语说得更有礼貌，更客气，听起来更舒服。下面我说两句话，请问那一句更有礼貌呢？1. Could I take this chair, please? 2. Can I take this chair, please?……1. Could I take this chair, please?2. Can I take this chair, please?take this chair 坐这把椅子（chair 椅子）这两句话的意思是一样，都是“请问我可以坐这把椅子吗？”但是，could 这个词比 can 要更客气，更柔和，在我们请求别人的帮助或是询问对方的同意时，could 比 can 听起来更有礼貌。请大家和我各读三遍Could I take this chair, please? Can I take this chair, please?