Balloon construction

balloon [bə'lun]

n. 气球;热气球;[建]球饰; vt. 膨胀，涨大;乘热气球飞行;使激增; adj. 气球状的;（货物等）分量轻而体积大的;（分期付款）最后一笔大数目的; vi. 乘气球飞行;膨胀;激增;

ball球+oon表名词 → 气球

construction [kən'strʌkʃən]

n. 建筑物;建造;解释;建造物;

con共同+struct建立+ion表名词 → 建设

I see you're in a good mood.

我看你心情很好。

No,I'm not married.I'm still single.

没有,我没结婚，仍然是单身.

Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.

我和比尔借了一笔钱，买下了那条项链。在后来的10年时间里，我们两人为了偿还这笔借款不分昼夜地干活。这就是为什么我现在看起来这样老的原因。好了，过了这些年之后，我们终于还清了全部借款。