地道英语在线听-Whip-round 凑份子

Vicki: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning¹ English, I’m Vicki

Lilly: Hi. I’m Lilly, 欢迎收听《地道英语》

Vicki: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary.

Lilly: 和汉语一样，英语里也是有着非常多的成语和俗话的，所以要想能听懂英国人日常的说话聊天，就一定要知道他们常用的通俗词语。

Vicki: And today’s word is whip²-round W-H-I-P hyphen R-O-U-N-D

Lilly: Whip-round. 什么意思？

Vicki: Well if you do a whip-round, you collect money from a group of people – everyone puts some money in.

Lilly: 阿，原来就是召集大家交钱，凑份子，没错吧？

Vicki: For example, you might do a whip-round to buy a joint³ present for someone.

Lilly: 这的确是个好主意，中国人其实也经常采取凑份子的方法，把钱集中起来，以集体的名义为某人买件像样的礼物，比如，结婚、或生孩子等等

Vicki: Or you could do a whip-round to pay for something as a group

Lilly: 我们来听听下面的生活对话.

 

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When I was at university we wanted to get a kettle so we could make our own tea in between lectures, so we did a whip-round all the students in my class and bought one easily.

Lilly: 从用法上来说，whip-round 是个名词短语，可以说 to do a whip-round.

Vicki: That’s right, you say “to do a whip round”.

Lilly: Vicky ,你说说，什么样的人喜欢参与A whip-round? 凑份子呢？

Vicki: Well often we do them at work – if somebody is leaving, or unwell we do a whip-round to buy them a present or some flowers.

Lilly: 前面的对话中还提到凑份子买礼物的做法在大学生中也特别流行。

Vicki: Yes, people who don’t have much money individually, like students might do a whip-round to buy something they couldn’t afford unless they all contribute.

Lilly: 好了，大家来说说看，我们今天的新词语是什么？

Vicki: whip-round

Lilly: 对了，就是大家凑份子，一块为某人买礼物的意思。Vicki: That’s all we have time for today.

 

1 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

2 whip   

n.鞭子，鞭打，奶油甜食，车夫，组织秘书；vt.抽出，鞭打，捆扎，搅拌，打败；vi.突然移动，飘浮

参考例句：

• The cruel man lashed the horse with his whip.那个粗暴的人用鞭子抽马。
• The cruel master beat his slaves with a whip.残酷的主人鞭打他的奴隶。

3 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。