时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:美国之音《流行美语》


英语课

   今天李华要做心理学实验,骗Larry说她中了一百万美元,看Larry会有什么样的反应。李华会学到两个常用语:grand和catch。


  LH: Larry, Larry!!
  LL: Hi Li Hua. Why are you so excited today?
  LH: 我中乐透了!一百万!我发财了。
  LL: Oh really? Are you going to take me out to dinner?
  LH: 请你吃饭?你的要求还真不高,我决定啊,分你一半!
  LL: You're giving me half a million?! What's the catch?
  LH: The catch...那是什么?
  LL: A catch is any tricky 1 or concealed 2 drawback 3 to a deal. You're definitely not giving me half a million dollars for no reason. It's okay, tell me. What's the catch?
  LH: A catch是指某件好事的附带条件?哦,我明白了,你是不相信我会因为友谊分一半奖金给你,你觉得这么好的事情一定有catch, 对吗?
  LL: Of course. I wouldn't give my own brother that much.
  LH: 好吧,我交待。其实我没中奖啦,是心理学课要做研究。我才想要试探试探你的反应。
  LL: So this is all for your Psychology 4 class. I knew it! What if you really won a million dollars? Would you share the money?
  LH: 如果我真中了奖,当然会分你一点喽。嗯,一千块!怎样,我这朋友够意思吧?
  LL: You'll only give me one grand?! That's one-thousandth of a million, Li Hua! I thought our friendship was worth more than that...
  LH: One ground...是一千块钱的意思吗?
  LL: Yup. One grand is equivalent 5 to one thousand dollars.
  LH: 喔。所以one grand是一千块钱的意思。
  LL: Yes, that's right.
  LH: 那我就可以把五千块钱说成five thousand grands咯?
  LL: No, no, no. "Grand" replaces "thousand dollars", so you would say five grand.
  LH: 原来如此。五千块要说five grand, 因为grand代替了thousand dollars这两个词。但为什么是说five grand而不是 ive grands呢?
  LL: Even though five is more than one, you still say grand because the word is already in its plural 6 form.
  LH: 喔。因为grand已经是复数了, 所以要说five grand而不是five grands, 那我懂了。
  LL: Hey, so back to the topic. You're only giving me a thousand dollars?
  LH: Yeah, one grand is a lot of money. 那换做是你,你会给我多少钱呢?
  LL: I would give you 10 grand.
  LH: 你会给我一万?你真好!Wait, what would be the catch?
  LL: There would be no catch! I treat you as a very close friend.
  LH: 真的?我不信。不过,catch还可以怎么用? Larry, 能不能多给我几个例子?
  LL: Sure. A catch is any benefit that comes with a drawback. For example, when you go on a web site, and they tell you you have a chance to win a laptop, there's usually a catch.
  LH: 你是说,某些网站如果说你有机会赢一台手提电脑,通常都要回答问卷,订阅周刊等等好多好多条件,所以这些条件就是the catch吗?
  LL: Exactly. So whenever someone tells you you've won money, or a laptop, don't believe them. Or else, you're going to have to expect a big catch that goes with the benefit.
  LH: 难怪有一种说法是 "天下没有白吃的午餐"。 Everything that sounds too good has a catch to it.
  LL: That's very true.
  LH: 但我给你一千块钱绝对没有别的企图喔!There is no catch.
  LL: But I'm willing to give you ten grand!
  LH: 那我也给你ten grand怎么样?
  LL: Ten grand. That sounds a lot better...
  LH: 那就好。对了,你等下有事吗?请我去吃牛排吧!
  LL: You want me to treat you to steak? A minute ago you were only willing to give me one grand, and now you want me to treat you to steak. Ai, Li Hua!
  今天李华从arry那儿学到两个常用语。一个是grand, 是一千美元的替代说法。另一个catch, 指某种好处所附带的条件。

1 tricky
adj.狡猾的,奸诈的;(工作等)棘手的,微妙的
  • I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手,你能帮我吗?
  • He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题,只做了个笼统的表述。
2 concealed
a.隐藏的,隐蔽的
  • The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster. 那些画被隐藏在厚厚的灰泥层下面。
  • I think he had a gun concealed about his person. 我认为他当时身上藏有一支枪。
3 drawback
n.缺点,欠缺,不利条件
  • Everything has its drawback.事事不免有缺点。
  • He felt the apartment's only drawback was that it was too small.他觉得这个公寓唯一的缺点就是太小了。
4 psychology
n.心理,心理学,心理状态
  • She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
  • He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。
5 equivalent
adj.(to)相等的,等价的;n.相等物,等值物
  • Nodding your head is equivalent to saying "yes".点头就等于说“赞同”。
  • You will receive the full equivalent of your money.你将收到与你的款项价值完全同等的物品。
6 plural
n.复数;复数形式;adj.复数的
  • Most plural nouns in English end in's '.英语的复数名词多以s结尾。
  • Here you should use plural pronoun.这里你应该用复数代词。
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