bellelux - 2006-3-8 22:07:00
★英语中的种种“费用”（三）
七、postage (n . ) 指 邮费。如：
1、How much postage do I need to send this package?
寄这个包裹须付多少钱？
2、I’ll ask at the post office what the postage is on a letter to the United States.
我去邮局问一下，寄往美国的信要多少邮费。
八、rent (n. ) 土地、建筑物、房舍、机器等定期的租费。如：
1、The company has to pay a heavy rent for the land if it is located the shopping center of the town.如果该公司位于城镇的商业区，就得缴付昂贵的土地租金。
2、The student owed three months’rent for my house.
那学生欠我三个月的房租。
九、tip (n.) 通常指对一次性劳务所付的小费。如：
1、I gave my barber a fat tip. 我给理发师优厚的小费。
2、 They gave tips to porters, taxi-drivers, bellboys, waiters, and so on. There wasn't a day when they didn't tip some one.
他们对搬运工、出租汽车司机、旅馆侍者、服务员等等都给小费。没有一天他们不付给人小费的。
十、toll (n.) 道路、桥梁、港口、市场的捐税、通行费及电话费等。如：
1、Drivers had to pay a toll to pass the bridge.
司机过桥必须得交付过桥费。
2、This month I had to pay 200 yuan RMB toll call.
这个月我要缴200元的电话费。
3、The local government levied all kinds of tolls on every dealer.当地政府向每个小贩征收各种捐税。
十一、tuition (n.) 指学生上大学或私立学校所交纳的学费。如：
1、The university raised tuition by 4% last year.
去年这所大学的学费上涨了4%。
2、John took out a loan to pay his tuition.
约翰贷款交付学费。
3、He began to study accounting at night sessions of the City University of New York, earning his tuition during the daytime.他开始晚间在纽约城市大学学习会计，白天做工赚学费。
大脸猫不吃鱼 - 2006-3-10 12:45:00
thanks again
小猪呼噜噜 - 2007-2-16 17:50:00
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