口语拓展-Cost an arm and a leg!

Example.

 This vacation is going to cost me an arm and a leg.  

这次旅行死贵死贵的!

 My girlfriend's handbags cost me an arm and a leg.

我女友的各种包包贵的我想死！

 The BigBang tickets can easily cost me an arm and a leg.

演唱会的门票贵的我想跳楼！

 Fashion doesn't have to cost me an arm and a leg.

追逐潮流不必死贵？

词汇辨析-“英语花费” Cost / Spend/ take/  pay?

spend，cost，take和pay的区别是它们都可以表示“花费”，但用法却不尽相同？

Spend .(花钱花时间)  

spend的常用结构

Spend time ／money on sth. 花时间/ 金钱。

例：I spent two hours on this maths problem. 这道数学题花了我两个小时。

例：His money was spent for books. 他的钱用来买书了。

巧计 S是美元+ T是时间

Cost .(花钱花时间) 

Cost的常见用结构：

sth costs sb/ (doing) sth. costs (sb.) 做某事花了某人多少时间 

例：A new computer costs a lot of money. 买一台要花一大笔钱。

例：Remembering these new words cost him a lot of time. 他花了时间才记住这些。

巧计 C是欧元+ T是时间

Take .(花时间)

take常用结构

It takes sb. ＋时间＋to do sth/doing sth 做某事花了某人多少时间。

例：It took them three years to build this road. 他们用了三年时间修完了。

例：Repairing this car took him the whole afternoon. 他花了一下午修车。

巧计T是时间

 Fashion doesn't have to cost me an arm and a leg.

pay的常用结构：

pay (sb.) money for sth. 付钱（给某人）买/ pay for sth. 付……的钱

例：I have to pay them 20 pounds for this room each month. 我每个月要付20英磅的例：I have to pay for the book lost. 我不得不赔丢失的书款。

巧计Y是人民币