时间:2018-12-29 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


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Neil: Hi Helen, would you like to go shopping this afternoon? I'd like to blow some money!


Helen: Wow, Neil, that's an offer I can't refuse. I'd love to go shopping with you, but first we have to present the programme.


Neil: OK… Let’s tell the listeners 1 about that expression – to blow some money.


Helen: 欢迎收听BBC 2 的地道英语, 我是 Helen.


Neil: And I'm Neil. In Real English we look at words and expressions you might not find in your dictionary. Today's expression is to blow money.


Helen: Blow 平时的意思是吹,比如吹风, 吹气。但是在这里它又有另外一个意思就是花很多很多钱。


Neil: Yes, if you blow money you spend a lot of it. There's also a sense of being wasteful 3.


Helen: Wasteful – 浪费。 如果一个人 'blow money' 吹钱,其实也就是说他花钱太浪费。


Neil: Someone who is very extravagant 4 might blow money.


Helen: Extravagant – 奢侈。让我们听几个例子吧, Neil.


Example


A: My credit 5 card bill is huge this month.


B: Why’s that?


A: Well I blew 120 pounds on that new dress. It’s lovely, but I don’t even know when I can wear it!


C: My sister never has any money, even though she’s got a good job. She usually blows about 100 quid every Saturday on going out.


Helen: 在第一段对话中,这位女士告诉她的朋友,她花了不少钱买了一条新裙子。


Neil: And it was a bit of a waste of money.


Helen: 结果她都不知道自己有没有机会穿这条裙子,这不摆明了是浪费嘛!


Neil: And in the second example, the man’s sister blows money on going out.


Helen: 这位男士说他的妹妹每周都花100英镑出去玩,所以她存不了钱! 好了,我们再来复习一下,今天的新表达是:


Neil: To blow money.


Helen: 意思就是一次花很多钱,而且还是比较浪费的那种。


Neil: We’ve run out of time now – let’s get to the shops and blow some money.


Helen: Fantastic. 我们下期节目再见!



1 listeners
n.倾听者,收听者( listener的名词复数 );听众
  • the demographics of radio listeners 电台听众统计数据
  • The singer's high notes jarred on the ears of her listeners. 那位歌手的高音让听众们觉得刺耳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 BBC
abbr.(=British Broadcasting Corporation)英国广播公司
  • She works for the BBC.她为英国广播公司工作。
  • The BBC was founded in 1922.英国广播公司建于1922年。
3 wasteful
adj.(造成)浪费的,挥霍的
  • It is a shame to be so wasteful.这样浪费太可惜了。
  • Duties have been reassigned to avoid wasteful duplication of work.为避免重复劳动浪费资源,任务已经重新分派。
4 extravagant
adj.奢侈的;过分的;(言行等)放肆的
  • They tried to please him with fulsome compliments and extravagant gifts.他们想用溢美之词和奢华的礼品来取悦他。
  • He is extravagant in behaviour.他行为放肆。
5 credit
n.信用,荣誉,贷款,学分;v.归功于,赞颂,信任
  • I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
  • He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉,我们做不讨好的工作。
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