第19课:吝啬的,贪婪的 - 5

迷你小对话1

A: Please excuse what appears to be an ungenerous amount of charity that I gave last year. What you do not see is that I volunteered much of my time as well.
B: Then you are not ungenerous, but selfless.

A: 不好意思我去年只捐了很少的钱。你不知道其实我去年还花了大量的时间在做义工。
B: 这么说来,你并不是不大方,而是很无私。

迷你小对话2

A: You like to give money away and are quite generous, are you not?
B: I am. Which is why it is so hard for me to be married to such a penurious person!

A: 你喜欢给人钱,而且出手还很大方,不是吗?
B: 是啊,这就是我不愿意和如此吝啬的人结婚的原因。

语言点精讲

ungenerous: 小气的,吝啬的,不大方的。
penurious: (在花费或给与金钱方面)手紧的,小气的。