A：Hey, Jeff, where's your stereo?

喂，杰夫!你的音響呢?

B：I needed some money, so I hocked it last week.

我缺錢用，所以上星期把它當(dāng)了。

A：You must have been really hurting for cash to have done that.

你一定急需錢用，才這么做。

B：I had just enough money to make ends meet until payday. Then last Wednesday I received a phone bill to the tune of $ 195.00.I hit the ceiling when I saw that.

本來我的錢足夠維持到發(fā)薪日。但是上星期三，我接到一張195美元的電話賬單。當(dāng)我看到它時，簡直氣壞了。

A：It sounds like you weren't expecting that.

你似乎沒有料到電話費這么高。

B：I'd forgotten that my brother had used my phone earlier this month to call his girlfriend. He forgot to mention that she happened to be in New York at the time 3000 miles away.

我忘了這個月我弟弟用我的電話打給他女朋友。他也沒提她當(dāng)時在3000英里以外的紐約市。

A：Well, if you need some money to tide you over until payday, I can loan you some.

要是你需要些錢渡過難關(guān)挺到發(fā)薪日的話，我可以借給你。

B：Thanks, but tomorrow's payday I can make until then. Thanks any-way.

謝了，明天就是發(fā)薪日，我能支持到那時候?？傊?，謝了。