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  4. tocfl b
  5. day 117

day 117taxes and bills

unit 18 · money & shopping

    taxes and bills

    Talk about clients, prices, bills and taxes, and set a condition with 除非……(否則)…… (unless).

    today’s words

    • 客戶 kèhù · client, customer
    • 花費 huāfèi · spending, cost; spend
    • 富 fù · rich, wealthy
    • 稅 shuì · tax
    • 手工 shǒugōng · handwork; hand-made
    • 漲 zhǎng · rise, go up
    • 漲價 zhǎngjià · go up in price
    • 帳單 zhàngdān · bill
    • 款式 kuǎnshì · style, design
    • 背心 bèixīn · waistcoat, vest
    • 尺寸 chǐcùn · size, measurements
    • 出售 chūshòu · sell, offer for sale
    • 除非 chúfēi · unless, only if
    • 廣大 guǎngdà · vast; numerous (people)
    • 化 huà · melt; change, turn into
    • 忽略 hūlüè · overlook, neglect
    • 結構 jiégòu · structure
    • 客觀 kèguān · objective

    sentences

    • 除非你去,否則我不去。 · I’m not going unless you go.
    • 除非下大雨,我們明天都要去爬山。 · Unless it pours, we’re all going hiking tomorrow.
    • 這個月的帳單來了。 · This month’s bills have arrived.
    • 天氣太熱,冰淇淋都化了。 · It’s so hot the ice cream has melted.
    • 五月要交稅了。 · Taxes are due in May.