新概念英语第三册-Lesson 07(课文4)

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10, ‘So long as there's something to identify, we will give people their money back,' said a spokeswoman for the Band. ‘Last year, we paid ￡1.5m on 21,000 claims.'
so long as=as long as=on condition that 表假设，只要...
paid ￡1.5m on 21,000 claims， on 强调对21000起索赔要求
Pay的几个词组：
pay money for:为...付款
e.g. We paid 80 dollars for the dictionary. 我们买字典花了80美元。
pay off 还清，偿还
e.g. The couple have already paid their debts off. 这对夫妻已经还清了债务。
pay back
(1) 把钱归还回去  pay money back
(2) 报仇，报复    pay somebody back
e.g. Don't say that again or I will pay you back. 别再说了，否则我就报复你。