美語怎么說044講: 掛羊頭賣狗肉

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Donny在北京學(xué)漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會來請教他。今天是吳瓊要問的是：掛羊頭賣狗肉。

Donny: Hey 吳瓊, 你看，買這個可以贏200塊現(xiàn)金獎！

WQ: 200塊?！ 哪有這種好事？I mean....It's too...too 什么來著？

Donny: It's too good to be true!

WQ: 沒錯，It's too good to be true. 哪有這種好事? 你仔細(xì)看看，抽獎細(xì)則里一定有什么附加條件。Donny, 這種附加條件英文怎么說？

Donny: It's called "catch." You can say: It's too good to be true. What's the catch?

WQ: Oh, catch, C-A-T-C-H, catch. What's the catch? 就是“有什么附加條件”？

Donny: 對。Now 吳瓊, tell me how I can win this.

WQ: 你就別想了! 你看，你要先花五百塊買這件產(chǎn)品，然后再去抽獎，中獎率千分之三！這根本就是掛羊頭賣狗肉！

Donny: 掛羊頭賣狗肉！這種說法好，英文里叫：false advertising!

WQ: 假廣告？沒錯，就這意思。你別被忽悠??！

Donny: I can't believe I almost got bamboozled!

WQ: Bamboo...竹子什么?

Donny: 是 Bamboozle, B-A-M-B-O-O-Z-L-E, 就是騙人。

WQ: 換句話說，Bamboozle 就是忽悠別人嘍?

Donny: Exactly. I almost got bamboozled. 我差點就被忽悠了。

WQ: 是啊，不是說 There is no such thing as a free lunch. 天下沒有免費的午餐嘛!

Donny: Yea, you're right! Let's see what you've learned today.

第一，哪有那么好的事是 it's too good to be true;

第二，隱含的附加條件是 catch, as in "What's the catch?"

第三，掛羊頭賣狗肉是 false advertising;

第四，忽悠是 bamboozle!