奥运英语1000句：我可以额外挣些钱

I can earn¹ some extra² money.

我可以额外挣些钱。

A: What's it like working in the restaurant?

A: 在餐馆工作怎么样？

B: It's good.  It's in a new restaurant in Houhai.

B: 很不错。这是在后海开的一家新餐馆。

A: That sounds quite interesting.  Is it hard work?

A: 听起来相当有趣。这工作累吗？

B: Well, it depends³ if the restaurant is very busy.  But I enjoy it.  I like seeing lots of different people all the time.

B: 哦，这取决于餐馆里客人是否很多。但是我喜欢这份工作。我喜欢总是能看到许多不同的人。

A: Yes, I suppose⁴ a new place must be a quite good place to work.

A: 是的，我想新的地方一定是工作的好地方。

B: Yes, it is.  And I can earn some extra money.

B: 是的，是这样。我还可以额外挣些钱。

1. If you want to ask someone⁵ to describe⁶ their experience⁷ of something, you can use What's it like? / What's it like? eg What's it like working in a restaurant? / What’s it like working in a restaurant?:
如果你想请某人描述他做某事的经历，你可以用What's it like? /那怎么样？例如What's it like working in a restaurant? /在餐馆工作怎么样？

2. You can use It depends . . . / It depends when yo u are not certain⁸ about something, eg I may come tomorrow: it depends on the weather / I may come tomorrow: it depends on the weather: The work can be hard: it depends on how busy it is / The work can be hard: it depends on how busy it is.
当你对某事不十分肯定时你可以用It depends . . . /这取决于. . .。例如：I may come tomorrow: it depends on the weather /我明天可能来：这取决于天气情况。The work can be hard: it depends on how busy it is /这工作可能很累：这取决于是否繁忙