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第37章 My Wife Will Exchange Them

A gentleman walks into a store and asked for a pair of gloves。

“Cloth or leather?”asked the salesperson。

“Makes no difference”replied the customer。

“What color?”asked the clerk。

“Any”he responded。

“Size?”

“Give me whatever you prefer”the gentleman said,slightly exasperated。“My wife will be back tomorrow to exchange them。”

反正我太太明天会来换的

一位先生走进一家商店要买副手套。

“您是要布的还是皮的?”售货员问。

“没什么区别。”这位顾客回答。

“那您要什么颜色的呢?”售货员又问。

“什么颜色都成。”他回答。

“号码呢?”

“您就随便给我拿一副吧,”这位顾客有点不耐烦了,“反正我太太明天都会来换的。”

exchange[iksteind]n。交换,互换;兑换,汇率vt。交换,互换;交流

例:They exchanged experience at the meeting。他们在会上交流经验。

exasperated[igzspreitid]adj。被激怒的

例:She was exasperated at his stupidity。她因为他的愚笨而发怒。make和difference构成的短语

make a difference/make a great difference/make a great deal of difference有很大差别,有很大不同;有很大的关系[影响]

make a difference between区别对待

make some difference to对……有些关系

make no difference to对……没有关系

make all the difference/make all the difference in the world/make a world of difference关系重大,大不相同

关于exchange的习惯用语

A fair exchange is no robbery。[谚]公平交易并非强夺。

in exchange for以……换

make an exchange交换

on the stock exchange在证券交易上,在证券买卖上

exchange blows互相殴打,打架

exchange sth。with sb。与某人交换/调换/某种东西

exchange words争吵,吵架