生活实用英语口语为我们的日常生活打开了一扇门，大家学起来，掌握一些基本的英语口语，为新世纪的伟大祖国更好地服务。

什么时候到期? When is this due? *due“必须支付”、“支付期限到了”。

日常生活中常使用带有due的表达方式。 

Here's the phone bill. (这是电话费通知单。) 

When is this due? (交费截止到什么时候?) 

When is the rent due? (房租截止到几号?) 

When is the paper due? (交论文的时间截止到几号?) 

When is the last day I can pay for this? How long is the pay period? 

When do I have to pay this by? When does this have to be finished by? 

交费日期截止到30号。 It's due on the thirtieth. 

能帮我换一下零钱吗? Could you give me change? 

* change 也有“零钱”的意思。 

Can you change this? Could I have change? 能帮我换开100元吗? 

Do you have change for one hundred yuan? *change 除了“交换，兑换”的意思之外，还有“零钱，破开的钱”。 

Do you have change for one hundred yuan? (能帮我换开100元吗?) Sure. (可以。) 

Can you change this? (能帮我破一下吗?) 

Can you break a one-hundred-yuan bill? (能帮我破开100元吗?) 

Can you break a hundred? I'd like to change a hundred-yuan note. (我想破开100元。) 

Here's one hundred . Could I have change? (这是100元，能帮我破开吗?) 

我要存5000元(在我的账户上. -  I need to deposit five thousand yuan (in my savings account).

I need to put ￥5,000 into the bank. 

*deposit“在银行存钱”。 

savings account “账户，户头”。 

I need to withdraw ￥5,000 (from my savings account).我要取5000元(从我的账户上)。 

 *withdraw“(从存款中)取出，拿出”。 

I need to take out ￥5,000 from the bank. 

 我是自己掏的腰包。I paid out of my own pocket. 直译是“从自己的口袋里拿出钱来支付。”是“自己掏腰包”的固定说法。我没带现金。

I'm out of cash. 我现在没有多少现金。 I don't have much money on me now. May I borrow some money? (能借点儿钱吗?) 

I don't have much money on me now. (我现在没有多少现金。) I didn't bring very much money with me. (我身上没带多少现金。)

I'm a little short of money now. (我现在钱不够用。) 身无分文。

I'm broke. May I borrow ten dollars? (能借给我10美元吗?) 

Sorry, I'm broke. (对不起，我现在身无分文。) 

I have no money. 

I'm out of money. 

I'm flat broke. * 强调的说法。

现在我有很多现金。I have a lot of money on me now. I brought a lot of money with me. (我带来了许多现金。) 

I'm rich now. (我现在很有钱。) I'm rolling in it. I have lots of cash on me. 

 I can't afford to be lazy. *afford“有钱，有时间，有力量”、“有富余”。

 I can't afford to be idle. I don't have time to be lazy. 我可没有时间闲呆着。

What a waste! *waste “浪费，荒废，徒劳”。 How wasteful !

他因为还不上债而躲了起来。 He didn't pay the debt and disappeared.

*debt“借债，负债，有欠债的状态”。 He skipped town without paying his debt.