5.8 早读 | 婚姻不是五五开的，婚姻是85/15

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 对半分

2. 百分之五十的胜率

3. AA制

5.8 早读原文

Marriage is not fifty-fifty. Marriage is eighty-five-fifteen, eighty-five to the woman and fifteen to the man.

语音讲解01:05，词汇讲解03:40

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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary

今日发音练习重点

1. fifty fifteen 注意两词重音位置不同；

2. 区分woman 和 man的发音；

3. woman 发音。

言之有物

1. 词汇：fifty-fifty〔双方〕平分（的）；对半（的）

拓展词链儿：divide/ split/ share something fifty-fifty

a fifty-fifty chance of winning

百分之五十的胜率

You've got a fifty-fifty chance of being right.

你有 50％的可能性是对的。

Children born today have a fifty-fifty chance of living to 100.

拓展词链儿：go fifty-fifty (on XX)

平摊XX的费用

We went fifty-fifty on the meal.

这顿饭的费用我们平均分摊。

原声例句：He had only a fifty-fifty chance of making it through the night.

他只有一半的机会熬过这一夜。

原声例句：They're roughly splitfifty-fifty, public and private.

它们大致对半分割，公有和私有。

I'd go fifty-fifty with you.

我会和你平分。

图片源自《It Happened One Night》

He was offering a fifty-fifty split.

他承诺对半分。

图片源自《福尔摩斯：基本演绎法》

The profit margin would be splitfifty-fity.

利润我们五五分成。

图片源自《越狱》

2. 拓展词链儿：go Dutch (with somebody)

〔在餐馆里〕（和某人）各自结账，平摊费用

近义表达：split the bill

Now tell me, do you usually go Dutch when you take someone out to dinner?

现在请你告诉我，你约人出去吃饭付款时通常是AA制吗？

活学活用

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