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Welcome to English in a Minute.
歡迎收聽《一分鐘英語》。
Let's say you buy something.
來討論一下購物的問題。
And when you pay for it, you say: This costs me an arm and a leg!
當你買某件東西時，你說“這花掉了我的一條腿和一只胳膊！”（This costs me an arm and a leg!）
Do you have to give them your arm and your leg? I hope not.
你是必須要給一只胳膊和一條腿么？我希望不是真的。
Let's listen to an American English conversation to see if we can find out what this means.
讓我們來聽聽下面這段美式英語對話，看看能否明白它真正的意思。
Did you buy that new computer?
你買那臺新電腦了么？
Yeah, I did. And it cost way more than I expected it to.
是的，買了。它比我想象中的貴了很多。
How much?
多少錢？
Let me just tell you it costs an arm and a leg!
它花掉了我一只胳膊和一條腿。（it costs an arm and a leg!）
When you say in American English that something costs an arm and a leg, it means that the price is very, very high.
當你用美式英語說某物花掉了一只胳膊和一條腿時（something costs an arm and a leg），意思是價格非常、非常高。
If you use this phrase, everyone in the United State will understand you.
如果你在美國使用這條短語，大家都會明白你的意思。
But this is an informal phrase, so don't use it in a business setting.
但是這是個非正式場合用語，所以不要在商務環境下用使用這個短語。
And that's English in a Minute.
以上就是本期的《一分鐘英語》。
