听说学英语日报No.077

A ten-thousand-dollar donation is pocket money for him.

◆pocket money
字面词义：口袋里的钱。
真正含义：数目很小的钱；或零花钱。

◆句子翻译
一万元的捐款对他来说是小意思。

1、I take pocket money from myself, because I am working.
我自己给自己零花钱，因为我已经工作啦。
2、You can keep this for pocket money.
这钱你可留作零用。
3、He squandered his pocket money on movies.
他浪费零用钱于电影。
4、Have you saved enough pocket money to go to the cinema?
你存够零花钱去电影院看电影了吗？

5、I have to use my pocket money to pay for the extra cost.
我不得不动用零花钱来支付这笔额外的花销。
6、Sheena decided to save for a new bike by putting half of her pocket money in a piggy bank every week.
Sheena 决定每周向存钱罐中放入一半的零花钱，这样就可以存钱买新自行车了。
7、She does some typing at home to earn some pocket money.
她靠在家打字赚点零花钱。
8、We spend all our pocket money on computer games and CDs.
我们把所有的零花钱都花在电脑游戏和CD上了。