【精英翻譯】的部落格

Paul：I wish I had more money. I’m as poor as a church mouse.
 
保羅：但願我有多點錢。我真是窮得要命。
 
Joe：Well, you sure dress nicely for someone so poor. Isn’t that a new leather jacket?
 
阿喬：這樣啊，以窮人的標準來看，你穿得還真體面。那不是件新的皮外套嗎？
 
Paul：Well, I have to look good.
 
保羅：這個嘛，我必須穿得人模人樣的啊。

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Joe：And didn’t you just get a better engine put in your car? And a new computer last month?
 
阿喬：你不是才剛幫車子換了一個更高檔的引擎嗎？而且上個月還買了台新電腦？
 
Paul：Well, um, they were on sale...
 
保羅：喔，嗯，它們當時有特價……
 
Joe：It seems these days church mice aren’t as poor as they were before.
 
阿喬：看起來現在的教堂老鼠不像以前那樣窮哈哈了。
 
[學多一點點]
 
．I wish I had more money. 但願我（現在）有多點錢。
 
．leather a. 皮製的
 
．be on sale 廉價拍賣中
 
例：The jacket is on sale for only fifty dollars.(這件外套特價出售只要 50 美元。）

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