李华要做心理学实验,骗Larry说她中了一百万美元,看Lar

今日李华要做心理学实验，骗Larry说她中了一百万美元，看Larry会出现哪些的反映。李华会学得2个常用词：grand和 catch。

LH: Larry, Larry!!

LL: Hi Li Hua. Why are you so excited today?

LH: 我中体彩了！一百万！我发财了。

LL: Oh really? Are you going to take me out to dinner?

LH: 你要用餐？你的规定还真不高，我打算啊，分你一半！

LL: You're giving me half a million?! What's the catch？

LH: The catch...那是什么？

LL: A catch is any tricky or concealed drawback to a deal. You're definitely not giving me half a million dollars for no reason. It's okay, tell me. What's the catch?

LH: A catch就是指某件好事儿的附带条件？哦，我懂得了，你是不敢相信我能由于友情分一半奖励金让你，你觉得那么开心的事一定有catch, 对不对？

LL: Of course. I wouldn't give my own brother that much.

LH: 行吧，我交代。实际上我没中奖啦，是社会心理学课要做科学研究。.我要想试探试探你的反映。

LL: So this is all for your Psychology class. I knew it! What if you really won a million dollars? Would you share the money?

LH: 假如我真是中了奖，自然要分你一点喽。嗯，一千块！如何，我这盆友够意思吧？

LL: You'll only give me one grand?! That's one-thousandth of a million, Li Hua! I thought our friendship was worth more than that...

LH: One ground...是一千块钱的含意吗？

LL: Yup. One grandis equivalent to one thousand dollars.

LH: 喔。因此 one grand是一千块钱的含意。

LL: Yes, that's right.

LH: 那么我就可以把五千块钱称作five thousand grands咯？

LL: No, no, no. "Grand" replaces "thousand dollars", so you would say five grand.

LH: 原来这般。五千块说起five grand, 由于grand替代了thousand dollars这两个词。但为什么是说five grand而不是 five grands呢？

LL: Even though five is more than one, you still say grand because the word is already in its plural form.

LH: 喔。由于grand早已是复数了, 因此 说起five grand而不是five grands, 那我明白了。

LL: Hey, so back to the topic. You're only giving me a thousand dollars?

LH: Yeah, one grand is a lot of money. 那换做就是你，你能帮我要多少钱呢？

LL: I would give you 10 grand.

LH: 你能帮我一万？你真好！Wait, what would be the catch?

LL: There would be no catch! I treat you as a very close friend.

LH: 确实？我不相信。但是，catch还能够如何使用？ Larry, 是否可以使多帮我好多个事例？

LL: Sure. A catch is any benefit that comes with a drawback. For example, when you go on a web site, and they tell you you have a chance to win a laptop, there's usually a catch.

LH: 你是说，一些网址假如说给你机遇赢一台笔记本电脑，一般必须回应问卷调查，定阅专刊这些很多很多标准，因此 这种标准便是the catch吗？

LL: Exactly. So whenever someone tells you you've won money, or a laptop, don't believe them. Or else, you're going to have to expect a big catch that goes with the benefit.

LH: 怪不得有一种叫法是 "天地沒有免费的午饭"。Everything that sounds too good has a catch to it.

LL: That's very true.

LH: 但我给你一千块钱肯定沒有其他妄图喔！There is no catch.

LL: But I'm willing to give you ten grand!

LH: 那因为我让你ten grand如何？

LL: Ten grand. That sounds a lot better...

LH: 那好。正确了，你等下有事吗？请我吃西餐吧！

LL: You want me to treat you to steak? A minute ago you were only willing to give me one grand, and now you want me to treat you to steak. Ai, Li Hua!

今日李华从arry那里学得2个常用词。一个是grand, 是一千美元的取代叫法。另一个catch, 指某类益处所附加的标准。