New Words
新單詞
campus n.
校園
sink v.
使陷入，使沉浸
importance n.
重要性
power n.
力量,權(quán)力
gold n.
金
silver n.
銀
coper n.
銅
nickel n.
鎳
aluminium n.
鋁
alloy n.
合金
depict v.
描繪
commemorative adj.
紀(jì)念性的
mint v.
鑄造
A:Today is such a fine spring day, let's take a walk after lunch.
A：今天真是美好的春天，陽(yáng)光明媚。咱們午飯后去散散步吧！
B:Good idea. Let's go now.
B：好，走吧。
A:Do you feel ourselves being sunk bit by bit in a sea of money,
A：你是否有這樣一種態(tài)度，我們?nèi)諒?fù)一日地正被浸泡在金錢(qián)中，
but we can't earn as much as accountants do.
但我們不可能掙得像會(huì)計(jì)師那么多。
B:Yes, but what can we do to make money?
B：是啊，但假如我們要賺錢(qián)，那我們?cè)撊プ鍪裁茨兀?BR> A:I think it's too early to think about it now. There is no one who doesn't like money.
A：我想這個(gè)問(wèn)題現(xiàn)在考慮為時(shí)過(guò)早。世上無(wú)人不喜歡金錢(qián)。
B:Including us.
B：也包括我們。
A :Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha!(laughing)
A：哈，哈，哈，哈！
B:Still in our daily life, I feel the importance of money and we know the power of it and will be dealing with money every day.
B：在日常生活中，我感到金錢(qián)的重要性，我們都知道金錢(qián)的能量，幾乎天天要同錢(qián)打交道。
A:Do you know all the uses of the word 'money'?
A：你知道“money”這個(gè)詞的全部用法嗎？
B:No.
B：不知道。
A:Does the word 'money' usually mean the bills we use every day to buy something?
A：“money”這個(gè)詞的含意是否指的是我們天天用來(lái)買(mǎi)東西的鈔票嗎？
B:Only bills?
B：僅僅是指鈔票嗎？
A:No, money is in two kinds, one is hard currency money and the other is paper.
A：不，貨幣有兩種，硬的貨幣和紙做的貨幣，
The former is called coins, a coin may be made of gold, silver, copper, aluminium...
前者稱(chēng)為硬幣，硬幣可由于金，銀，銅，鎳和鋁等金屬鑄成，
usually metals are used as alloy.
一般都用作合金鑄造硬幣。
B:In the museums we can see that Chinese copper money had a long history.
B：在博物館里我們可以看到中國(guó)使用的銅幣具有很悠久的歷史。
A:Yes, the form of them changed. Copper coins were in use until Kuomintang time when the coin became round,
確實(shí)如此，但銅幣的形式在過(guò)去也在不斷變化，我國(guó)的銅幣一直使用到國(guó)民黨時(shí)代，這時(shí)銅幣成了圓形，
rather than having the square hole in the middle as in the Ching and Ming Dynasties.
不再像清明兩代用的銅幣中間留有一個(gè)方形空洞。
B:How many kinds of coins were used then?
B：國(guó)民黨時(shí)代的硬幣有幾種？
A:My grandfather told me that when he was young, there were four kinds:
A：我的祖父告訴我說(shuō)，在他小的時(shí)候當(dāng)時(shí)有4種硬幣流通，
a silver coin called yuan, on which was the head of Yuan Shikai and the other depicted Sun Yat-sen.
第一種是一元的銀幣，上面印鑄有袁世凱的頭像，另一種是印鑄有孫中山的頭像，
The people called them 'Yuan big head' and 'Sun big head' in Chinese.
人們把這兩種硬幣叫作袁大頭和孫大頭。
The second was a 20-cent coin made of silver alloy.
第二種硬幣是兩角的合金銀幣。
The third was a one-cent copper coin and my grandfather told me that he used another kind of copper coin to buy sweets.
第三種是一分錢(qián)的銅幣。爺爺還告訴我他當(dāng)時(shí)還用另一種銅幣買(mǎi)糖吃。
B:What was its value?
B：那這種銅幣價(jià)值多大？
A:A one-cent copper coin could be exchanged for three copper coins.
A：當(dāng)時(shí)一分銅可兌換三枚“銅板”。
B:How different from today! Nowadays there are six kinds of currency.
B：這同今天我們使用的硬幣大不一樣！今天我國(guó)市場(chǎng)上流通的有6種。
The first is the one yuan coin, then fifty-cent piece, ten-cent piece, a five-cent piece,
第一種是一元硬幣，其次是五角硬幣，一角，五分，
two-cent piece and the smallest is the one-cent coin. Only the fifty-cent piece is golden in colour.
二分和最小值的一分硬幣。其中只有五角硬幣呈金黃色。
A:Very well! But have you ever seen other kinds of big round gold coins?
A：很對(duì)，但你可見(jiàn)到過(guò)另外發(fā)行的大而圓的金幣嗎？
B:No, I have not seen them.
B：我還沒(méi)有見(jiàn)過(guò)。
A:They are commemorative coins, one in honour of the world famous giant pandas,
A：那是紀(jì)念幣，一種是世界聞名的大熊貓命名的，
which live only in China, so China minted a Giant Panda Gold Coin.
這種動(dòng)物僅生活在中國(guó)，所以我國(guó)專(zhuān)業(yè)些鑄造大熊貓金幣。
The other is in honour of the XI Asian Games, China produced this special big gold coin to commemorate the holding of the XI Asian Games in China.
另一種是以十一屆亞運(yùn)會(huì)命名的大金幣，為紀(jì)念該屆亞運(yùn)會(huì)在中國(guó)的召開(kāi)。
It is worth fifty yuan and foreigners collect them.
它值50元人民幣。供外賓收藏。
B:What a pity I haven't seen them!
B：沒(méi)有親眼目睹，真可惜！
A:Yes. Few Chinese has interest in these coins.
A：在中國(guó)僅有少數(shù)人對(duì)這兩種金幣發(fā)生興趣。
新單詞
campus n.
校園
sink v.
使陷入，使沉浸
importance n.
重要性
power n.
力量,權(quán)力
gold n.
金
silver n.
銀
coper n.
銅
nickel n.
鎳
aluminium n.
鋁
alloy n.
合金
depict v.
描繪
commemorative adj.
紀(jì)念性的
mint v.
鑄造
A:Today is such a fine spring day, let's take a walk after lunch.
A：今天真是美好的春天，陽(yáng)光明媚。咱們午飯后去散散步吧！
B:Good idea. Let's go now.
B：好，走吧。
A:Do you feel ourselves being sunk bit by bit in a sea of money,
A：你是否有這樣一種態(tài)度，我們?nèi)諒?fù)一日地正被浸泡在金錢(qián)中，
but we can't earn as much as accountants do.
但我們不可能掙得像會(huì)計(jì)師那么多。
B:Yes, but what can we do to make money?
B：是啊，但假如我們要賺錢(qián)，那我們?cè)撊プ鍪裁茨兀?BR> A:I think it's too early to think about it now. There is no one who doesn't like money.
A：我想這個(gè)問(wèn)題現(xiàn)在考慮為時(shí)過(guò)早。世上無(wú)人不喜歡金錢(qián)。
B:Including us.
B：也包括我們。
A :Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha!(laughing)
A：哈，哈，哈，哈！
B:Still in our daily life, I feel the importance of money and we know the power of it and will be dealing with money every day.
B：在日常生活中，我感到金錢(qián)的重要性，我們都知道金錢(qián)的能量，幾乎天天要同錢(qián)打交道。
A:Do you know all the uses of the word 'money'?
A：你知道“money”這個(gè)詞的全部用法嗎？
B:No.
B：不知道。
A:Does the word 'money' usually mean the bills we use every day to buy something?
A：“money”這個(gè)詞的含意是否指的是我們天天用來(lái)買(mǎi)東西的鈔票嗎？
B:Only bills?
B：僅僅是指鈔票嗎？
A:No, money is in two kinds, one is hard currency money and the other is paper.
A：不，貨幣有兩種，硬的貨幣和紙做的貨幣，
The former is called coins, a coin may be made of gold, silver, copper, aluminium...
前者稱(chēng)為硬幣，硬幣可由于金，銀，銅，鎳和鋁等金屬鑄成，
usually metals are used as alloy.
一般都用作合金鑄造硬幣。
B:In the museums we can see that Chinese copper money had a long history.
B：在博物館里我們可以看到中國(guó)使用的銅幣具有很悠久的歷史。
A:Yes, the form of them changed. Copper coins were in use until Kuomintang time when the coin became round,
確實(shí)如此，但銅幣的形式在過(guò)去也在不斷變化，我國(guó)的銅幣一直使用到國(guó)民黨時(shí)代，這時(shí)銅幣成了圓形，
rather than having the square hole in the middle as in the Ching and Ming Dynasties.
不再像清明兩代用的銅幣中間留有一個(gè)方形空洞。
B:How many kinds of coins were used then?
B：國(guó)民黨時(shí)代的硬幣有幾種？
A:My grandfather told me that when he was young, there were four kinds:
A：我的祖父告訴我說(shuō)，在他小的時(shí)候當(dāng)時(shí)有4種硬幣流通，
a silver coin called yuan, on which was the head of Yuan Shikai and the other depicted Sun Yat-sen.
第一種是一元的銀幣，上面印鑄有袁世凱的頭像，另一種是印鑄有孫中山的頭像，
The people called them 'Yuan big head' and 'Sun big head' in Chinese.
人們把這兩種硬幣叫作袁大頭和孫大頭。
The second was a 20-cent coin made of silver alloy.
第二種硬幣是兩角的合金銀幣。
The third was a one-cent copper coin and my grandfather told me that he used another kind of copper coin to buy sweets.
第三種是一分錢(qián)的銅幣。爺爺還告訴我他當(dāng)時(shí)還用另一種銅幣買(mǎi)糖吃。
B:What was its value?
B：那這種銅幣價(jià)值多大？
A:A one-cent copper coin could be exchanged for three copper coins.
A：當(dāng)時(shí)一分銅可兌換三枚“銅板”。
B:How different from today! Nowadays there are six kinds of currency.
B：這同今天我們使用的硬幣大不一樣！今天我國(guó)市場(chǎng)上流通的有6種。
The first is the one yuan coin, then fifty-cent piece, ten-cent piece, a five-cent piece,
第一種是一元硬幣，其次是五角硬幣，一角，五分，
two-cent piece and the smallest is the one-cent coin. Only the fifty-cent piece is golden in colour.
二分和最小值的一分硬幣。其中只有五角硬幣呈金黃色。
A:Very well! But have you ever seen other kinds of big round gold coins?
A：很對(duì)，但你可見(jiàn)到過(guò)另外發(fā)行的大而圓的金幣嗎？
B:No, I have not seen them.
B：我還沒(méi)有見(jiàn)過(guò)。
A:They are commemorative coins, one in honour of the world famous giant pandas,
A：那是紀(jì)念幣，一種是世界聞名的大熊貓命名的，
which live only in China, so China minted a Giant Panda Gold Coin.
這種動(dòng)物僅生活在中國(guó)，所以我國(guó)專(zhuān)業(yè)些鑄造大熊貓金幣。
The other is in honour of the XI Asian Games, China produced this special big gold coin to commemorate the holding of the XI Asian Games in China.
另一種是以十一屆亞運(yùn)會(huì)命名的大金幣，為紀(jì)念該屆亞運(yùn)會(huì)在中國(guó)的召開(kāi)。
It is worth fifty yuan and foreigners collect them.
它值50元人民幣。供外賓收藏。
B:What a pity I haven't seen them!
B：沒(méi)有親眼目睹，真可惜！
A:Yes. Few Chinese has interest in these coins.
A：在中國(guó)僅有少數(shù)人對(duì)這兩種金幣發(fā)生興趣。