时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2015年ESL之旅行交通购物


英语课

Using a Pawnshop 


Jamaica: I need to raise some cash right away. I?m thinking of hocking a few things. You?ve used the pawnshop down the street before, right? 


Nolan: Yeah, a few years ago when I lost my job. I needed a short-term loan to tide me over until I could find a new one. 


Jamaica: Is the place legit? 


Nolan: It seemed to be. I have no complaints. 


Jamaica: That?s good. How would I go about pawning 2 something? 


Nolan: It?s pretty simple. You bring the pawnbroker 3 something that?s worth money to use as collateral 4 and then you get a loan for a fraction of its value. Then, you have 90 days to repay the loan, plus interest and fees. 


Jamaica: How do I redeem 5 my item? 


Nolan: You just show them your pawn 1 ticket. 


Jamaica: That sounds pretty simple. What if I can?t repay the money by the deadline? 


Nolan: Then you forfeit 6 your item. The pawnshop tries to sell it to recoup the money they lent you. 


Jamaica: Okay, I?m going to do it. I?m going to pawn my collection. 


Nolan: Your collection of what? 


Jamaica: Action figures. I have the entire collection of ESL Podcast action figures. There?s Jeff, Lucy, Warren, Jessica, Adriano, Pao, LeeAnn, Alison . . . 


Nolan: I said something worth money, remember? 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 pawn
n.典当,抵押,小人物,走卒;v.典当,抵押
  • He is contemplating pawning his watch.他正在考虑抵押他的手表。
  • It looks as though he is being used as a political pawn by the President.看起来他似乎被总统当作了政治卒子。
2 pawning
v.典当,抵押( pawn的现在分词 );以(某事物)担保
  • He is contemplating pawning his watch. 他正在考虑抵押他的手表。 来自辞典例句
  • My clothes were excellent, and I had jewellery; but I never even thought of pawning them. 我的衣服是很讲究的,我有珠宝;但是我从没想到要把它们当掉。 来自辞典例句
3 pawnbroker
n.典当商,当铺老板
  • He redeemed his watch from the pawnbroker's.他从当铺赎回手表。
  • She could get fifty dollars for those if she went to the pawnbroker's.要是她去当铺当了这些东西,她是可以筹出50块钱的。
4 collateral
adj.平行的;旁系的;n.担保品
  • Many people use personal assets as collateral for small business loans.很多人把个人财产用作小额商业贷款的抵押品。
  • Most people here cannot borrow from banks because they lack collateral.由于拿不出东西作为抵押,这里大部分人无法从银行贷款。
5 redeem
v.买回,赎回,挽回,恢复,履行(诺言等)
  • He had no way to redeem his furniture out of pawn.他无法赎回典当的家具。
  • The eyes redeem the face from ugliness.这双眼睛弥补了他其貌不扬之缺陷。
6 forfeit
vt.丧失;n.罚金,罚款,没收物
  • If you continue to tell lies,you will forfeit the good opinion of everyone.你如果继续撒谎,就会失掉大家对你的好感。
  • Please pay for the forfeit before you borrow book.在你借书之前请先付清罚款。
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a-block
active center
ad hominem
alternative attribute
apneusis apneustic breathing
Ascococcus
aucubin(e)
baisas
behrend
boeces
campanias
capacitor-discharge welding
capital growing stock
captive model test
carrier sheet
case-weed
caulicolous
chain gill drawing frame
chain ring
Chesterfield Inlet
class-teacher
crotch fruits
Cygnus buccinator
danghara (dangara)
dateline
delayed type
disponer
drift constant
earthiy
Eurasian jay
fall back mode
ferrous metal
fibre moulded product
fruitious
genus Malaclemys
Girondism
glaucous bristlegrasses
gonadotropins
gram-molecular
gulfs of california
gunpowder residue
Hai River system
helium family element
her-mele
homoeostases
hydrobiids
imbricans
implementation period of new technology
increment function
inoculum potential
inspection of hull lofting
ion exchange absorption
Kemetic
lalthyrus tingitanuss
Larceveau-Arros-Cibits
MMCC
monocolpate pollem
more than all
Mount St. Helens
neikirk
of one's own motion
off-center
osmunda vachellii hook.
outards
overtemperature protection system
para mesonephric duct
parasitic fetus
penicillium emmonsii
perruquiers
placer supplemental service information
plain position indicator
pre-funding
pulse rate meter
query path
reasor
renews
rioterie
sacculation of larynx
saturation patrol
seelily
semblances
single rooted teeth
singular kernel
soothful
stacking gel
stinging insect
sum payable
sunteches
swallow buoy
system relay
television modulator
Tetrarthria variegate
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traumatic idiocy
tryparsamides
tshwr.
uk pharmaceuticals
wcpo
wicked stepmother
wraparound(in computer graphics)
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