正確說美語口語:I made a killing in Las Vegas
Killing:在這指"突然賺得一大筆錢;突然獲得的大成功"
make a killing "贏了很多錢" ↔ lose one's shirt,be taken to the cleaners "輸了很多錢,輸光了"
I made a killing in Las Vegas."我在拉斯維加斯發(fā)了一筆橫財."↔ I lose my shirt in Las Vegas. "我在拉斯維加斯賭輸了很多錢."
I.英譯中
A:You have been smiling all day.What are you up to?你整天笑容滿面,是不是有什么事啊?
B:I made a killing on Wall Street.我在華爾街賺了大錢.
A:Really?How much did you make?你賺了多少?
B:I invested $10,000 in a small company's stocks a year ago,and they are worth $90,000 now!去年我投資一萬股在一家小公司,現(xiàn)在變成九萬元!
A:A return of 80% in a year?That's incredible!一年內(nèi)投資報酬率達80%?真難以置信啊!
II.中譯英
C:大陸的證券市場已對國外開放了.The Chinese stock market has opened to foreign investor.
D:那么,你想買大陸證券嗎?So,are you going to buy Chinese stock?
C:是的.我去年在華爾街輸了很多錢,所以今年我想把投資在華爾街的錢都拿出來轉(zhuǎn)投到大陸證券市場上來.Yes.I lost my shirt on Wall Street last year,so I think I will pull all my money out of Wall Street and invest it in the Chinese stock market instead this year.
D:你覺得你會在大陸賺一大筆嗎?Do you think you'll make a killing in China.
C:但愿如此.I hope so.
