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情景英语:中级美语对话(第62讲)

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62. Keep the Change p. 430

Jimmy is at the Boston Airport. He hails a taxi.

T: Where to, buddy?

J: The Sheraton Hotel, please.

T: Ok. Is this your first time in Boston?

J: Yes. What's a good place for sightseeing?

T: If you have a lot of time on your hands, you can walk the Freedom Trail.

J: I'm kind of strapped for time.

T: In that case, whatever else you do, you must check out the observatory on the 63rd floor of the John Hancock Building.

J: Isn't the building all glass?

T: That's right. You can't miss it. Here's your hotel. That'll be $17.50, please.

J: Here's $20.00. Keep the change.

miser n.stingy adj. or cheap

There is a striking change in his personality. 明显的 change 可数

How much do you have in change? = How much change do you have? change 不可数

barber shop beauty shop(or beauty parlor, beauty salon)美容院

hail a taxi 拦一部taxi

what's a good place for sightseeing/eating/movie?

Thailand is a great place to go sightseeing.

strap means tie or bind

be strapped/hard/pressured for time

check out (the observatory) = take a look at

look out over the city