美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)Lesson 207 - freebie / megabucks

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Larry剛在銀行開(kāi)了一個(gè)帳戶。他一走出銀行的大門就遇到了李華。今天李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：freebie和megabucks。

LL: Hi there, Li Hua! You should open a savings account today. Look at the freebie I got at the bank.

LH: Freebie? 你手里拿的好像是個(gè)計(jì)算機(jī)。

LL: You are right, Li Hua. It is a calculator and, you know, it is free. And that is what makes it a freebie!

LH: Free？你說(shuō)，只要開(kāi)個(gè)帳戶就能得到一個(gè)免費(fèi)的計(jì)算機(jī)。所以免費(fèi)送的東西就是freebie。真的是送給你的嗎？

LL: Yes, it was a special promotion. I love getting freebies. And a calculator is a good freebie.

LH: 原來(lái)是銀行在開(kāi)展特別的推銷活動(dòng)，給開(kāi)帳戶的人送一個(gè)禮物。 計(jì)算機(jī)是有用的東西。不過(guò)，凡是免費(fèi)的我也都喜歡。

LL: Banks often give away candy as freebie or a pen with the bank logo. But a calculator is something I will really use. That makes it a good freebie.

LH: 是啊，送給我一支筆，那也有用。送我糖我才不要呢！在所有的免費(fèi)禮品中我最喜歡香水了。

LL: It is a good way to try expensive perfumes before spending the money. I guess.

LH: 對(duì)呀！買一瓶香水很貴。送我一瓶小小的香水，要是喜歡我下回可以去買，不喜歡就算。這樣就不會(huì)浪費(fèi)錢了。Larry, 還有哪里可以得到免費(fèi)商品啊 ?

LL: Well, book stores often give away freebie bookmarks. But, I think my favorite freebie is food!

LH: 書店給的書簽沒(méi)有什么吸引力。我也喜歡超市里為了推銷而提供的那些免費(fèi)食品，什么面包呀，蛋糕呀，肚子餓的時(shí)候可好啦！

LL: Speaking of freebie food, here is a grocery store across the street. Let's go in and see if they have any freebies.

LH：對(duì)馬路的超市有免費(fèi)食品呀？那還等什么呀？快走呀！

(Sound of door opening, grocery store sounds)

LL: Let's go to the freezer compartments. There is usually a lady giving out freebie samples of pizza.

LH: 我看見(jiàn)了， 后面是有一個(gè)女服務(wù)員在送比薩餅?zāi)?。Larry， 你可真行呀！哪里有freebie 你都知道。

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LL: Say， Li Hua， would you like to win megabucks?

LH: Megabucks? Mega意思是大， buck是指美元。 如果我沒(méi)有猜錯(cuò)的話， megabucks的意思是很多錢。

LL: Wow, Li Hua. Your English is getting really good. That's right, megabucks is a lot of money.

LH: Larry, 我當(dāng)然想贏megabucks。誰(shuí)不想發(fā)財(cái)呢？問(wèn)題是怎么才能得到那么多錢呢？

LL: Well, we can buy a lottery ticket at the front of the grocery store. Who knows, we may win megabucks.

LH: 你要到前面去買一張彩票呀？我才不信我們會(huì)贏megabucks呢！不過(guò)， Larry，要是我們贏了，那會(huì)有多少錢呀?

LL: If all six of the numbers on our ticket match the winning numbers, we will win 5 million dollars.

LH: 要真能贏五百萬(wàn)， 那該多好呀！我們就不用再打工了?？墒牵鶄€(gè)數(shù)字全和彩票一樣才能贏，那中彩的機(jī)率不會(huì)很高吧？

LL: It really isn't. We would have to spend megabucks buying lottery tickets to even have a small chance of winning.

LH: 我就知道嘛，這種機(jī)會(huì)是很小的。即便花好多錢去買好多彩票，我們也不見(jiàn)得會(huì)贏。與其這么毫無(wú)希望地等著中彩票還不如我們自己去賺大錢呢。

LL: You mean go to work? I don't know about you, Li Hua, but I'm not being paid megabucks.

LH: 我知道你工資不高，我的工資也很低啊。 不過(guò)如果我們努力工作的話， 說(shuō)不定哪一天我們會(huì)發(fā)財(cái)?shù)摹?/p>

LL: You mean like Bill Gates of Microsoft? He's certainly made megabucks.

LH: 是啊，所以微軟的Bill Gates把很多錢都捐給了慈善事業(yè)。

LL: I'm not sure I'll be making megabucks -- so for now I'll just keep living off of freebies in the grocery store. Want some more pizza?

今天李華學(xué)到了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是freebie，意思是免費(fèi)送的東西。還有一個(gè)是megabucks，意思是很多錢。