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Welcome to English in a Minute.
歡迎收聽本期的《一分鐘英語》。
America, the land of Hollywood, can sometimes be too concerned with things looking pretty.
美國，好萊塢的故鄉，有時候總是和那些美好的事物聯系在一起。
This is going to cost a pretty penny.
This is going to cost a pretty penny.（這個價格一定不菲）
Is she worried about making their money look good?
她是在擔心賺的錢看起來太美好了么？
Sometimes American English does not make any sense.
有時候，美語總是讓人摸不著頭腦。
Did you see that car?
你看見那輛車了么？
Oh, my gosh! That car is awesome.
哦，我的天哪！這車棒級了。
Yes, I bet it is really fast.
是的，我想它的速度一定很快。
That car must have cost a pretty penny!
那輛車價格一定不菲。（cost a pretty penny）
Ah, it means that something costs a lot of money.
啊，它的意思原來是指花了很多錢呀。
Some say the phrase came from a special coin a British king had made long ago.
有人說這個短語是由英國國王很久以前自創的。
American English is very descriptive, and sometimes we put a colorful word in front of a noun to get our meaning across.
美語是非常善于描述的，有時候我們在名詞前加上一個多姿多彩的詞，就可以很傳神的表達我們的意思。
And that's English in a Minute.
以上就是本期的《一分鐘英語》。
