The english we speak(BBC教学)第149期:Swizz 骗局
William: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm William.
威廉：大家好，欢迎收听地道英语节目。我是威廉。Yang Li: And I'm Yang Li.
杨莉：我是杨莉。William: you.look very pleased today Li.
威廉：莉，你今天看上去很高兴。
Yang Li: Well, I should be. I've just won a prize!
杨莉：嗯，我应该高兴。我刚刚中奖了！William: Wow, great! What did you win?
威廉：哇，太棒了！你中了什么奖？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.
杨莉：我还不知道呢。我刚才吃了这块巧克力，这里说让我打这个电话去领奖。William: Oh wow, cool. Let's call them.
威廉：哦，哇，真酷。我们来打电话吧。Yang Li: OK.
杨莉：好的。Welcome to the Choccy Choc Chocolate prize hotline. Please hold to find what amazing prize you've won.
欢迎拨打 Choccy Choc Chocolate奖品热线。请不要挂断，您马上就会知道你获得了什么精彩奖品。Yang Li: Wow, this is exciting!
杨莉：哇，这太令人激动了！Welcome to the Choccy Choc Chocolate prize hotline. Please hold to find what amazing prize you've won.
欢迎拨打 Choccy Choc Chocolate奖品热线。请不要挂断，您马上就会知道你获得了什么精彩奖品。William: Hmmm.
威廉：嗯。Welcome to the Choccy Choc Chocolate prize hotline. Please hold to find what amazing prize you've won.
欢迎拨打 Choccy Choc Chocolate奖品热线。请不要挂断，您马上就会知道你获得了什么精彩奖品。Yang Li: It can't be long now...
杨莉：不会再等了吧……William: Li, can I see that chocolate wrapper?
威廉：莉，我能看看那个巧克力的包装纸吗？Yang Li: OK. What does it say?
杨莉：好。上面说什么了？William: It says "Calls to this line are charged at ￡20 a minute"!
威廉：上面写着“拨打这个电话每分钟收费20英镑”！Yang Li: What?! No way! Well, shall we hang up?
杨莉：什么？！不行！我们要不要挂断？William: I should think so! What a swizz.
威廉：我也是这么想的。这是个骗局。Hangs up
挂断电话Yang Li: A swizz?
杨莉：A swizz是什么？William: Yes, a swizz. A swizz is a scheme that tricks people to make money. Like this company is making you call an expensive phone line–it's a swizz.
威廉：对，骗局。这个词指那些通过欺骗人们来赚钱的计谋。就像这家公司让你打这个昂贵的电话一样，这就是骗局。Yang Li: I see.
杨莉：我明白了。William: We might say "What a swizz", or "That's a bit of a swizz".
威廉：我们会说What a swizz，或是That's a bit of a swizz。Yang Li: So, how do we spell this word, swizz?
杨莉：那swizz这个词怎么拼呢？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.
威廉：你知道，我也不太确定。我曾经看到过那个词的拼写，是S.W.I.Z.Z。不过我也看到过拼成S.W.I.Z的。Yang Li: You mean you don't know how to spell it? But this is BBC Learning English! We should know how to spell it. What a swizz!
杨莉：你是说你不知道这个词怎么拼？这可是BBC英语学习节目啊！我们应该知道这个词怎么拼写。这是个骗局！William: Ha ha. Yeah, I'm sorry! But that's just the way English is sometimes, it's always changing! At least you know-
威廉：哈哈。对，我很抱歉！不过这只是英语中偶尔会用到的表达，总是在变化的！至少你知道了……Phone rings
电话响了Yang Li: Oh! Hello?
杨莉：哦！你好？Choc Person: Hello is that Yang Li?
巧克力公司员工：你好，请问是杨莉吗？Yang Li: Yes.
杨莉：对，我是。Choc Person: We have a missed call from you. Just ringing to say you've won a prize!
巧克力公司员工：我们刚才没有接到你的来电。我们打来是告诉你你中奖了！Yang Li: Wow, what is it?
杨莉：哇，奖品是什么？Choc Person: You need to ring this number to find out. 0800 23 4…
巧克力公司员工：你要打这个电话了解详情。电话号码是0800 23 4…Yang Li: Ha! What a swizz. Bye.
杨莉：哈哈！这是骗局。再见。William: Bye.
威廉：再见。重点讲解：
1. find out
（尤指特意通过努力）发现，找出，查明；
eg. They conducted two studies to find out.
她们实施了两个研究去查明结果。
eg. We'll find out what happened.
我们会弄清楚到底发生了什么。
2. hang up
挂断（电话）；
eg. If you have no other business, you may hang up the phone.
如果你没有其他事，你就可以挂机了。
eg. I am sorry I have to hang up now. Someone is knocking at the door.
对不起，我得挂电话了，有人敲门。
3. at least
至少，起码，不管怎样；
eg. At least that's the theory.
至少理论上是这样。
eg. At least that's my perception.
至少这是我的看法。
