基礎短語

do sb a favor

幫某人一個忙

owe sb sth/owe sth to sb

欠某人某物

He owes his father $200.=

He owes $200 to his father.

他欠他爸爸200美元。

loan

借；借款

a car loan

車貸

It took three years to repay my student loan.

我花了三年時間才還清我的學生貸款。

經典對話

A: Hey. I was wondering if you could do me a favor.

嗨，我正想找你幫忙呢。

B: That depends. What is it?

看情況吧，什么事兒？

A: It's kind of a big favor. I'm absolutely flat broke and I owe my landlady $200. She's given me until Friday to give it to her, but I don't get paid until next Monday. Do you think you could loan me some cash until I get paid?

是件大事兒。我身無分文，還欠了房東太太200美元。她限我星期五之前還錢，但是我下周一才能領薪水。在領工資之前，你能不能借我點現金？

B: I'd love to help you out, but I'm a bit short on cash this month as well. I have to get a new engine put into my car and that ate up my savings.

我很想幫你解決這個困難，但是我這個月也很缺錢。我剛剛給我的汽車買了新的發動機，還花光了我所有的積蓄。

A: If you can't give me the full amount ,a fraction of it will still help. I'll pay you back on Monday, I promise.

如果你不能借我全款，借我一部分也能幫上忙。我下周一一定還給你，我保證。

a fraction of表示“少量”

B: Let's see, I've got about $50 to get me through the weekend. I can only spare about $20. I would give you more if I had it. I just don't have much money to my name right now.

咱們看看啊，我撐到這周末一共需要50塊，那就還能剩下20塊給你。要是有的話我一定多給你一些，可是現在我名下真的沒什么錢了。

A: Thanks a lot. Every little bit will help. If you aren't doing anything tonight, why don't you come over and have dinner at my place?

非常感謝。每一點錢都會非常有幫助的。我跟你說，要是你今天晚上沒有什么安排的話，來我家吃晚飯吧。

B: That'd be great, thanks. What time should I come over?

那太好了，謝謝，我幾點鐘過去？

A: How about at six p.m?

晚上六點怎么樣？

B: See you then.

到時候見。