地道英语学习第13期(附讲解音频):swizz 骗局
日期:2011-07-27 09:28

(单词翻译:单击)

William: Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English. I'm William Kremer.

Yang Li: And I'm Yang Li.

William: You look very pleased today Li.
你今天看起来很高兴。

Yang Li: Well, I should be. I've just won a prize!
我应该高兴。我刚刚抽到了奖。

William: Wow, great! What did you win?
太棒了,什么奖?

Yang Li: I don't know yet. I ate this bar of chocolate and it told me to phone a number to find out my prize.
我还不知道,我吃了块巧克力,那上面告诉我打某个电话去领奖。

William: Oh wow, cool. Let's call them.
太好了,我们打电话给他们吧。

Yang Li: OK.

(Yang Li dials number)

Welcome to the Choccy Choc chocolate prize hotline. Please hold to find what amazing prize you've won.

Yang Li: Wow, this is exciting!

(Welcome to the Choccy Choc chocolate prize hotline. Please hold to find what amazing prize you've won.)

William: Hmmm.

(Welcome to the Choccy Choc chocolate prize hotline. Please hold to find what amazing prize you've won.)

Yang Li: 这么长的提示信息!不会再长了吧。

William: Li, can I see that chocolate wrapper?
Li,我能看下巧克力包装纸吗?

Yang Li: Yeah, of course. 这个包装纸上写的什么?

William: It says "Calls to this line are charged at £20 a minute"!
拨打这个热线每分钟要付20英镑。

Yang Li: What? No way! Well, shall we hang up?
上面?没门。我们挂电话吗?

William: I think so! What a swizz.
我也这么想。真是骗子。

(Li hangs up)

Yang Li: A swizz? 让我猜一下。这是不是诈骗、坑人钱财的骗局的意思?

William: I think so! What a swizz!
我也这么想。真是骗人

Yang Li: A swizz. That certainly was a swizz.
欺骗,那确实是欺骗。

William: We might say "What a swizz", or "That's a bit of a swizz".

Yang Li: So how do you spell this word, swizz?

William: Well, you know I'm not too sure. I've seen it spelled S.W.I.Z.Z. but I've also seen S.W.I.Z.

Yang Li: You mean you don't know how to spell this word? 我们所有的听众都想知道这个单词的拼写。你却不知道,我们怎么教别人?What a swizz!

William: Ha ha. Yeah, I'm sorry. But that's just the way English is sometimes. It's always changing! At least you know -
很抱歉,有时候英语就是那样的,总是在便。至少你知道……
(Ringing noise)

Yang Li: Oh. Hello?

Choc Person: Hello, is that Yang Li?

Yang Li: Yes.

Choc Person: We have a missed call from you. Just ringing to say you've won a prize!

Yang Li: Wow, what is it?

Choc Person: You need to ring this number to find out: 0800 23 4...

Yang Li: What a swizz. Bye.

William: Bye.

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