我们讲的英语第86期:Put your money where your mouth is 说到做到

Rosie: Hi, I'm Rosie, and this is Li… Li? Hurry up! Ah, here's the karaoke bar.
罗茜：大家好，我是罗茜，这是李……李，快点！到卡拉OK酒吧了。

Li: Ahhh! Rosie, why is the bar on the top floor? So many stairs… Help me please. I'm so unfit. I need to start doing more exercise. I'm going to join the gym tomorrow.
李：啊！罗茜，为什么酒吧要在顶层呢？台阶太多了……请帮帮我。我爬不动了。看来我需要多锻炼锻炼。我明天要去健身房。

Rosie: Why don't you join the gym today?
罗茜：你为什么不今天就去健身房呢？

Li: I'll join it tomorrow and then I'll go every single day… I will. I really will.
李：我明天再去，然后我每天都会去，我会的。我真的会这么做的。

Rosie: Li, you've been saying that for months but you never actually do it!
罗茜：李，你几个月前就说过这句话，可你从来没做过！

Li: This time I will, I promise.
李：这次我会的，我保证。

Rosie: That's what you always say. You need to put your money where your mouth is.
罗茜：你总是这么说。你要说到做到。

Li: You want me to put my money where my mouth is? You want me to eat my coins and banknotes? That's disgusting!
李：你想让我把钱放在我的嘴里？你想让我吃掉硬币和钞票吗？那真恶心！

Rosie: No, Li, that's not what I meant. To put your money where your mouth is means to stop just talking about something and to take action!
罗茜：不是，李，我不是那个意思。To put your money where your mouth is这个短语的意思是不要只是说说，要实际去行动！

Li: Ah, so you didn't really want me to put all these coins in my mouth?
李：啊，所以你不是让我把所有这些硬币放进嘴里的意思啊？

Rosie: No, please don't. I want you to stop talking about joining the gym-and to join it for real! Here are some more examples:
罗茜：当然不是，请不要那么做。我希望你不要再只是说说要去健身房，你要真的去才行！这里还有一些例子：

A: If we played a game of tennis I would easily win!
A：如果我们比赛网球，我会轻松取胜的！

B: Why don't you put your money where your mouth is? I challenge you to a game!
B：你为什么不证明一下呢？我要跟你比一场！

He always talks about how great the charity is–I think he should put his money where his mouth is and donate some money.
他总是说慈善事业有多伟大，我认为他应该用实际行动证明，他应该捐些钱。

Li: So to put your money where your mouth is means to support your words with actions?
李：所以这个短语的意思就是要用行动支持你说的话？

Rosie: Yes–I think it's a great expression. So many people just talk and talk about doing things and never actually do them!
罗茜：对，我想这是个很棒的表达。有太多人只是嘴上说要做什么事情，可是从来没有实现过！

Li: So you'd say you’re one of those people who puts their money where their mouth is?
李：所以你是说你是那种说到做到的人？

Rosie: Definitely.
罗茜：绝对是！

Li: That's interesting. So the other day you were saying that you love singing... and here we are in a karaoke bar...
李：这真有意思。那天你说你喜欢唱歌，现在我们来到卡拉OK酒吧了……

Rosie: Well yes but... I'm really terrible actually. And some of our colleagues are here-how embarrassing.
罗茜：嗯，好的，可是……实际上我唱得很糟。一些同事也在这里，这真令人难堪啊。

Li: No excuses! Put your money where your mouth is and sing a karaoke song!
李：别找借口！你要说到做到，你要唱首歌！

Rosie: Ohhhh...Do I have to... Oh, OK. Here we go.
罗茜：哦，我真的要……好吧。我要唱了。

Li: Oh–maybe, just maybe sometimes it's best NOT to put your money where your mouth is!
李：天哪，看来有时不要说到做到可能是最好的选择！