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11 One Good Turn Deserves Another

I was having dinner at a restaurant when Tony Steele came in. Tony worked in a lawyer's office years ago, but he is now working at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he always borrows money from his friends and never pays it back. Tony saw me and came and sat at the same table. He has never borrowed money from me. While he was eating, I asked him to lend me twenty pounds. To my surprise, he gave me the money immediately. 'I have never borrowed any money from you,' Tony said, 'so now you can pay for my dinner!'

我正在一家饭馆吃饭，托尼·斯蒂尔走了进来。托尼曾在一家律师事务所工作，而现在正在一家银行上班。 他的薪水很高，但他却总是向朋友借钱，并且从来不还。 托尼看见了我，就走过来和我坐到一张桌子前。他从未向我借过钱。 当他吃饭时，我提出向他借20英镑。令我惊讶的是，他立刻把钱给了我。 "我从未向你借过钱，"托尼说道，"所以现在你可以替我付饭钱了！"

Words

  • turn /tɝn/ v. 轮到
    1. You deserve that. [good & bad]
  • deserve /dɪˈzɝv/ 应得
  • lawyer /ˈlɔɪɚ/ n. 律师
    1. He wins a prize for the best lawyer in the town.（L8）
  • salary /ˈsæləri/ n. 薪水
    1. He gets a good salary.
    2. Does he get a good salary?
    3. Who gets a good salary?
    4. When I was young, my father got a very good salary.（L7）
  • bank /bæŋk/ n. 银行
    1. He is working for a big bank at the moment.（L4）
    2. The bank is cleaned every night after work.（L10）
    3. The bank is being cleaned at the moment.
  • immediately /ɪˈmidiətli/ adv. 立刻
    1. He began to play jazz immediately.（L9 L10）
    2. Did he begin to play jazz immediately?

Expressions

  • One Good Turn Deserves Another 礼尚往来
  • get a good salary 领高薪
    1. I got a good salary a few years earlier.（L7）
    2. Did you get a good salary a few years earlier?
    3. Why did you get a good salary a few years earlier?
  • borrow sth. from sb. 向某人借某物
    1. Did you borrow anything from that detective?
  • pay it back 还钱
  • pay for sth. 为某物付款
    1. The dinner was paid for by someone.
    2. We can pay for this.
    3. How can we pay for this?
  • ask sb. to do sth. 请某人做某事
    1. My grandfather asked me to play jazz yesterday.（L10）
    2. My father asked me to stand on my head yesterday.（L6）
    3. My girlfriend lent me some money and asked me to pay it back a few days earlier.（L3 L11）
    4. My best friend asked me to send a postcard to him last month.（L3）