William: Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English. I'm William Kremer. 大家好，欢迎收听我们的地道英语节目。我是威廉·克莱默。

Feifei: Hi, I'm Feifei. 大家好，我是菲菲。

William: You all right Feifei? What's wrong? 菲菲，你没事吧？怎么了？

Feifei: Don't you remember? 难道你不记得了？

William: Don't I remember... what? 不记得什么？

Feifei: 我就知道！我就知道你肯定忘了！

William: Remember what?! 到底是什么啊？

Feifei: 今天是我的生日。所有人都忘了，一整天没一个人祝我生日快乐。

William: Oh... I'm sorry... Happy birthday Feifei! 啊，真对不起，菲菲，祝你生日快乐。

Feifei: It's too late, forget it. 已经晚了，算了吧。

William: Oh come on Feifei, how can I make it up to you? 别这样，菲菲，我怎么才能补偿你呢？

Feifei: I don't know. 我不知道。

William: Oh, I've got an idea! How about I take you out to that expensive restaurant down the road and we can even get champagne! 噢，我知道了。要不我带你去路边那家贵得不得了的餐厅吃饭，再来点香槟？

Feifei: I do like champagne, but it's quite expensive. Are you sure you can afford it? 我的确爱喝香槟，但是太贵了。你买得起吗？

William: Of course! I got a pay rise so I am minted at the moment. 当然。我加薪了，所以现在很minted.

Feifei: You're minted? 你很minted？

William: Yeah, I'm feeling pretty rich at the moment: minted, M.I.N.T.E.D. 是啊。就是说我现在觉得自己很有钱。

Feifei: 说一个人 minted, 意思就是这个人很有钱。请听一下例句。

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Examples

A: Did you meet up with Steven last night? 你昨晚跟史蒂芬见面了吗？

B: Yeah, I went to his house, it's amazing! He is definitely minted. 是的。我去了他家里，太棒了！他真的很有钱。

A: Did you see Sarah's new car? 你有没有看见莎拉的新车？

B: Yeah, her dad bought it for her. Sarah's family are absolutely minted. 有啊，她老爸给她买的。她们家可真有钱。

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William: So Feifei, are you ready to go to this restaurant? 菲菲，要不要去那家餐厅啊？

Feifei: Yes, I'm ready. 好啊，我都准备好了。

William: I've got one question for you before we go... 在去之前我还有一个问题。

Feifei: OK. What's the question? 什么问题？

William: How old are you again? 你多大了？

Feifei: I'm not telling you! I thought British people knew never to ask a lady's age! 我才不告诉你呢。英国人应该知道不可以问女士的年龄。

William: Come on! You don't look a day over 21! 拜托啦。你看上去绝不超过21岁。

Feifei: No, I'm not going to tell you. I'm not going to tell you even after the glass of champagne you're about to buy me! 我不会告诉你的。即便是喝了你买的香槟我也不会说的。大家别忘了随时登录我们的网站，学习更多《地道英语》新表达。