英语听力精选进阶版 6755

Li: Hello and welcome to Authentic¹ Real English, I'm Li. And here with me is Neil. Hi Neil!

Neil: Hi Li! Before we start the programme I've got some good news for you.

Li: Yes?

Neil: I've just fixed² your bike tyres as I promised!

Li: Oh Great! I am so happy, Neil! 你终于把我的自行车修好了！你知道，我每天上下班就靠这自行车了。I ride it when I come into work and when I go home. 上个星期我把车拿到修车店，可是他们竟没有修好。But now thanks to you I can use it again!

Neil: I am glad to have been of service but… Well, you know, you told me you'd pay me for the work … Well, now would be a good time because I am a bit short of cash at the moment, actually.

Li: Oh, you want to receive some payment³ as I promised you? 我的确说过要回报你! That's fair. Here you are!

Neil: What are these?

Li: Your payment, Neil.

Neil: Peanuts?!

Li: Yes, Neil, 花生。 You keep saying that there are people who work for peanuts! 你不总是说，很多人都在为挣花生而工作吗？这不，我给了你一大把花生还不行？

Neil: Yes I have said that on occasions⁴ but it's got nothing to do with food! To work for peanuts is an expression in English that means to work for a very small payment.

Li: Now you tell me, Neil! 这么说 work for peanuts的意思是辛苦工作, 但是挣不到大钱。 Is that what you mean?

Neil: Yes. Think. A peanut is something very small and cheap.

Woman: My cousin is a catwalk model and she travels all over the world! But before she became famous she used to work for peanuts! She could hardly buy a lipstick⁵.

Man: I am going to ask for a pay rise. I am tired of working for peanuts!

Li: Oh, I am sorry, Neil, when you said that some people work for peanuts 我以为你特别想要花生作为回报呢!

Neil: That's okay, Li. But now that you know I don't work for peanutswill you give me some money?

Li: Oh yes, of course. As soon as we finish the programme I'll pay you with cash. 我的钱包在办公室的抽屉里，等回去我就把钱给你。 So now give me back my peanuts.

Neil: (sound of chewing)

Li: Neil, the peanuts! 那你还给我花生吧! 我从早上到现在还没吃东西呢，饿死了， I am hungry.

Neil: (speak while still chewing) But I am hungry too and these peanuts taste great!

Li: I know they do. I bought them in the new grocery shop around the corner. 那个食品店特好。

Neil: Don't worry, Li. As soon as you pay me we can go down there and … I'll buy you some more of these delicious peanuts.

Li: Okay. I don't work for peanuts either but I am glad to eat some. 我特喜欢吃花生! Let's go then.

Neil: (sound of monkey) I want some peanuts! (sound of monkey)

Li: So do I, Neil, but why are you making this odd⁶, funny noise? 你听上去像个猴子!

Neil: Well, you know what they say: if you pay peanuts you get monkeys!

Li: Okay, I got the message. 你给的是花生就只能招到猴子，这同汉语中的“微薪养蠢材” 类似。 Let's go. Bye!

Neil: (sound of monkey)

1 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。

2 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

3 payment   

n.付款，支付，偿还，偿还，报应

参考例句：

• I gave ten pounds in payment for the goods I bought.我买那些东西付了10英镑。
• This last payment will wipe out your debt to me.这最后一笔付款将了结你欠我的债务。

4 occasions   

n.机会( occasion的名词复数 )；时刻；原因；需要

参考例句：

• The prosecution stated that intercourse had occurred on several occasions. 控诉方称发生过数次性交。
• He has been late on numerous occasions. 他已经迟到过无数次了。

5 lipstick   

n.口红，唇膏

参考例句：

• Taking out her lipstick,she began to paint her lips.她拿出口红，开始往嘴唇上抹。
• Lipstick and hair conditioner are cosmetics.口红和护发素都是化妆品。

6 odd   

adj.奇特的；临时的；奇数的；n.[pl.]机会

参考例句：

• She looks a bit odd.I wonder what has happened to her.她的神色有些异样，不知出了什么事。
• He's an odd character and no mistake!他的确是个怪人！