地道英语学习第17期(附讲解音频):savvy 懂行的人
日期:2011-08-08 15:20

(单词翻译:单击)

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

Wang Fei: And I'm Wang Fei. I hope we can finish recording quickly today.

William: Oh, why's that?

Wang Fei: I need to get to the bank before it closes.
我得在银行关门前去趟银行。

William: I see.
我明白了。

Wang Fei: Yes, just need to move some money around. 我需要把一些钱存入我的高利息账户。

William: High-interest account.
高利息账户。

Wang Fei: 还要转移一些到我的理财账户里。

William: Investment accounts. Wow Wang Fei, you really are quite money-savvy, aren't you?
投资账户。Wang Fei,你对理财很在行,不是吗?

Wang Fei: Money what?
什么?

William: Money-savvy. It means you're good with money. You know what you're doing with it, how to invest it, that kind of thing.


Wang Fei: Well, I guess I am. William 说我是 money-savvy 意思是我对理财特别懂行。

William: I wish I was a bit more money-savvy! But I am quite good with technology. You know, you wouldn't need to rush to the bank if you tried online banking Wang Fei.
我希望自己更会理财些。我对技术很在乎,如果你想试下网上银行,你不必跑去银行。

Wang Fei: Online banking, 也就是网上银行。我一点都不喜欢。 I just don't really trust it.

William: Maybe you should try it.

Wang Fei: No, I just don't feel safe doing that. I'm not very... can I say... technologically savvy?
我并不感到案情,我不是十分……我能说……技术上很在行吗?

William: Yes, technologically savvy or you can just say tech-savvy...

Wang Fei: Tech-savvy.

William: Or you might say I'm not very web-savvy, as we're talking about the web, the internet.

Examples

I wouldn't recommend you go down that street after dark. It's just not safe. And you're not very street-savvy to be honest with you.
我建议你天黑后不要沿街走。很不安全,说实话,你对街道也不是很熟悉。

A: So what do you think of the new flower shop?
你认为那家新的鲜花店怎么样?

B: It's in a good location, and the owner is really business-savvy. I'm sure it'll be a great success.
它的位置不错,店主生意很在乎。我敢保证花店会很成功。

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Wang Fei: Money-savvy, tech-savvy...

William: Business-savvy.

Wang Fei: Yes!

William: You can be savvy about a lot of things. So are you going to the bank in the end?
对很多事情你都可以很在行。你到底去不去银行?

Wang Fei: No, I think I will sign up for an online account. Give it a go.
不去了,我想申请网上银行。试一下。

William: And I might buy those stocks you were suggesting.
我也许还买你推荐的那些股票。

Wang Fei: Great. And let's hope all our listeners are a bit more slang-savvy after this programme.

William: Yeah. Bye for now.

Wang Fei: Bye.

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重点单词
  • recommendvt. 建议,推荐,劝告 vt. 使成为可取,使受欢迎
  • authenticadj. 可信(靠)的,真实的,真正的
  • recordingn. 录音 动词record的现在分词