地道英语在线听-Blow money 乱花钱

Casinos survive on some people's blowing money

Neil: Hi Helen, would you like to go shopping this afternoon? I'd like to blow some money!

Helen: Wow, Neil, that's an offer I can't refuse. I'd love to go shopping with you, but first we have to present the programme.

Neil: OK… Let’s tell the listeners¹ about that expression – to blow some money.

Helen: 欢迎收听BBC² 的地道英语, 我是 Helen.

Neil: And I'm Neil. In Real English we look at words and expressions you might not find in your dictionary. Today's expression is to blow money.

Helen: Blow 平时的意思是吹，比如吹风, 吹气。但是在这里它又有另外一个意思就是花很多很多钱。

Neil: Yes, if you blow money you spend a lot of it. There's also a sense of being wasteful³.

Helen: Wasteful – 浪费。 如果一个人 'blow money' 吹钱，其实也就是说他花钱太浪费。

Neil: Someone who is very extravagant⁴ might blow money.

Helen: Extravagant – 奢侈。让我们听几个例子吧, Neil.

Example

A: My credit⁵ card bill is huge this month.

B: Why’s that?

A: Well I blew 120 pounds on that new dress. It’s lovely, but I don’t even know when I can wear it!

C: My sister never has any money, even though she’s got a good job. She usually blows about 100 quid every Saturday on going out.

Helen: 在第一段对话中，这位女士告诉她的朋友，她花了不少钱买了一条新裙子。

Neil: And it was a bit of a waste of money.

Helen: 结果她都不知道自己有没有机会穿这条裙子，这不摆明了是浪费嘛！

Neil: And in the second example, the man’s sister blows money on going out.

Helen: 这位男士说他的妹妹每周都花100英镑出去玩，所以她存不了钱! 好了，我们再来复习一下，今天的新表达是:

Neil: To blow money.

Helen: 意思就是一次花很多钱，而且还是比较浪费的那种。

Neil: We’ve run out of time now – let’s get to the shops and blow some money.

Helen: Fantastic. 我们下期节目再见!

1 listeners   

n.倾听者，收听者( listener的名词复数 )；听众

参考例句：

• the demographics of radio listeners 电台听众统计数据
• The singer's high notes jarred on the ears of her listeners. 那位歌手的高音让听众们觉得刺耳。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 BBC   

abbr.（=British Broadcasting Corporation）英国广播公司

参考例句：

• She works for the BBC.她为英国广播公司工作。
• The BBC was founded in 1922.英国广播公司建于1922年。

3 wasteful   

adj.（造成）浪费的，挥霍的

参考例句：

• It is a shame to be so wasteful.这样浪费太可惜了。
• Duties have been reassigned to avoid wasteful duplication of work.为避免重复劳动浪费资源，任务已经重新分派。

4 extravagant   

adj.奢侈的；过分的；(言行等)放肆的

参考例句：

• They tried to please him with fulsome compliments and extravagant gifts.他们想用溢美之词和奢华的礼品来取悦他。
• He is extravagant in behaviour.他行为放肆。

5 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。