地道美語聽力播客859: 當鋪

Jamaica: I need to raise some cash right away. I’m thinking of hocking a few things. You’ve used the pawnshop down the street before, right?

米加：我需要馬上用錢。我在考慮典當一些東西。之前你去過大街不遠處的一家當鋪，是嗎?

Nolan: Yeah, a few years ago when I lost my job. I needed a short-term loan to tide me over until I could find a new one.

諾蘭：是的，那是多年前我失去工作時去的。在我找到新的工作之前，我需要一筆短期貸款幫我度過難關(guān)。

Jamaica: Is the place legit?

米加：那個店合法嗎?

Nolan: It seemed to be. I have no complaints.

諾蘭：好像是。我沒有任何意見。

Jamaica: That’s good. How would I go about pawning something?

米加：好的。我應(yīng)該拿哪些東西當呢?

Nolan: It’s pretty simple. You bring the pawnbroker something that’s worth money to use as collateral and then you get a loan for a fraction of its value. Then, you have 90 days to repay the loan, plus interest and fees.

諾蘭：這很簡單。你遞給當鋪老板一些值錢的東西作為抵押品后，你會得到抵押金的一部分貸款。接著，你有90天的時間來還清貸款，包括利息和手續(xù)費。

Jamaica: How do I redeem my item?

米加：我怎樣贖回我的東西呢?

Nolan: You just show them your pawn ticket.

諾蘭：你僅僅需要讓他看抵押收據(jù)。

Jamaica: That sounds pretty simple. What if I can’t repay the money by the deadline?

米加：聽起來很簡單。如果在規(guī)定時間內(nèi)我沒有還清貸款呢?“

Nolan: Then you forfeit your item. The pawnshop tries to sell it to recoup the money they lent you.

諾蘭：那么你就為你的東西處以罰金。當鋪會盡量將這些東西賣出去，來彌補他們借給你的錢的虧損。

Jamaica: Okay, I’m going to do it. I’m going to pawn my collection.

米加：好吧，我就這樣做吧。我打算抵押我的收藏品。

Nolan: Your collection of what?

諾蘭：你收藏的什么?

Jamaica: Action figures. I have the entire collection of ESL Podcast action figures. There’s Jeff, Lucy, Warren, Jessica, Adriano, Pao, LeeAnn, Alison . . .

米加：一些動作明星。我有ESL Podcast里所有的動作人物，有杰夫、露西、華倫、杰西卡、鮑、李安、艾莉森。。。。

Nolan: I said something worth money, remember?

諾蘭：我說的是有價值的東西，記得不?