英语听力精选进阶版 6738

Helen: 大家好，欢迎收听地道英语。我是 Helen.

Rob: And I'm Rob.

Helen: 我刚才看到你在找你的耳机，后来你找到了吗？

Rob: No, you know, I looked for them everywhere. Someone must have nicked them.

Helen: Nicked them?

Rob: Oh, sorry, what I meant is that someone stole my headphones. To nick something means to steal something.

Helen: Nicked 被人偷走了。That's terrible. 这个词是怎么拼写的呢？

Rob: It's spelt N.I.C.K. nick. To nick something.

Helen: 哎呀，我儿子的好朋友就叫 Nick, 怎么这么巧。好多人都叫 Nick, 是不是很久以前叫 Nick 的人经常偷东西？才会有现在这个解释呢？

Rob: No, not at all, Nick is a great name. But this is different. Here the word 'nick' is a verb and it's British slang¹ too.

Helen: 那就让我们来听两个例子吧，你能听出来什么东西被偷掉了吗？

Example

Man: Someone nicked my bike this morning.

Lady: Oh, no. Did you report it to the police?

Man: Yes, I did.

Man 1: Where are the chocolate biscuits I was saving? I am sure I saw them yesterday.

Man 2: Sorry, I don't know. Blame Dave, he's always nicking things.

Rob: So, one of them lost a bike and the other one lost his chocolate biscuits.

Helen: 自行车和巧克力饼干都被偷了，真倒霉。该请警察们出动破案了。

Rob: Yes. The police can definitely help them by nicking those petty² thieves.

Helen: This is confusing. 你说警察也能 nick? 他们能偷东西？这不大可能吧？

Rob: No, no, no, no. The police can't nick things from people. But when they arrest someone, we can say the person is nicked. It means they're arrested by the police.

Example

Woman: Have you heard from Inspector³ James?

Man: No. He's working on a big case. I think they have just nicked the main suspect!

Helen: 我明白了，如果警察抓住了犯罪分子， 那么我们就可以用 nick 这个词来表示警察逮捕了某人。所以 nick 这个词即可以是指东西被偷了，也可以指警察抓住坏人了。

Rob: Helen, you've got it. Just remember it's not a formal expression.

Helen: Thanks. I'll keep that in mind. 我记住了 nick 是地道的英国口语。谢谢收听。 Bye for now.

Rob: Bye!

1 slang   

n.俚语，行话；vt.使用俚语，辱骂；vi.辱骂

参考例句：

• The phrase is labelled as slang in the dictionary.这个短语在这本字典里被注为俚语。
• Slang often goes in and out of fashion quickly.俚语往往很快风行起来又很快不再风行了。

2 petty   

adj.小的，琐碎的，不重要的，心胸狭窄的

参考例句：

• The removal of petty restrictions has made life easier.对一些琐碎规定的取消使生活更自在了。
• It was petty of her not to accept the apology.她气量太小，连道歉也不接受。

3 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。