【英音模仿秀】搜索引擎上的购物陷阱

模仿文本：

Now it's that time of the year what's with Christmas around the corner and many of us would be turning to Google and search engine to help us find presents online. But according to Richard Waters,San Francisco correspondent¹ of the Financial Times, you may end up paying over the odds² if you click on the first thing that shows up on a Google search. The FT did its own research in the US on this and Richard Waters told me what he had found.

 

又到了一年一度的圣诞节，家家户户就要开始上网用谷歌搜索礼物了。但是《金融时报》驻旧金山记者Richard Waters说，你要是点了谷歌搜索结果的第一条，那恐怕就要做冤大头了。《金融时报》特意在美国进行了调查，Richard Waters将为我们带来他们的调查结果。

 

1 correspondent   

n.记者，通信者；adj.符合的，一致的，相当的

参考例句：

• He volunteered as a correspondent for the war.他自愿担任作报道这次战争的记者。
• The result was correspondent with my wishes.结果与我的愿望是一致的。

2 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？