我们讲的英语第130期:To Nick 偷窃和逮捕

Helen: Hello, and welcome to The English We Speak. My name is Helen.
海伦：大家好，欢迎收看地道英语节目。我是海伦。

Rob: And I'm Rob.
罗布：我是罗布。

Helen: I saw you looking for your headphones earlier; did you find them?
海伦：我看到你刚刚在找耳机。你找到了吗？

Rob: No, Helen. I looked for them everywhere. Someone must have nicked them.
罗布：没有，海伦。我到处都找过了。肯定是被人偷了。

Helen: Nicked them? What do you mean?
海伦：Nicked？那是什么意思？

Rob: Oh, sorry, what I mean is someone stole my headphones. To nick something means to steal something.
罗布：哦，抱歉，我的意思是有人偷了我的耳机。To nick something的意思是偷某物。

Helen: That's terrible. But how is it spelt?
海伦：那真糟糕。不过那个词要怎么拼？

Rob: It's spelt N.I.C.K. nick, to nick something.
罗布：拼写是N.I.C.K。to nick sth.偷某物。

Helen: My son's best friend is called Nick. It's the same spelling, isn't it?
海伦：我儿子最好的朋友的名字就是尼克。拼写是一样的，对吧？

Rob: It is, but not the same meaning. Here the word 'nick' is a verb and it's British slang too.
罗布：一样，但是意思不同。这里nick这个词是个动词，是英语俚语。

Helen: Let's hear a couple of examples. What items have been stolen?
海伦：我们来听几个例子。看看有什么物品被偷了？

Man: Someone nicked my bike this morning.
男：今天上午有人偷了我的自行车。

Lady: Oh, no. Did you report it to the police?
女士：哦，不。你报警了吗？

Man: Yes, I did.
男：已经报警了。

Man 1: Where are the chocolate biscuits I was saving? I am sure I saw them yesterday.
男1：我收起来的巧克力饼干去哪里了？我确定我昨天还看到过。

Man 2: Sorry, I don't know. Blame Dave, he's always nicking things.
男2：抱歉，我不知道。问问戴夫，他总是偷东西。

Rob: So, one of them lost a bike and the other one lost his chocolate biscuits.
罗布：所以，他们其中一个人丢了自行车，另一个丢了巧克力饼干。

Helen: Unlucky chaps. Maybe the police can help them.
海伦：不幸的家伙。也许警察能帮助他们。

Rob: Yes. The police can definitely help them by nicking those petty thieves.
罗布：对。警察绝对会帮他们抓住那些小偷。

Helen: That's very confusing. The police can nick too? They can steal?
海伦：这真令人困惑。警察也会偷东西吗？他们也偷东西？

Rob: No, no, no, no. The police can't nick things from people. But when they arrest someone, we can say the person is nicked. It means they're arrested by the police.
罗布：不，不，不是那个意思。警察不会从民众那里偷东西。警察逮捕罪犯，这个时候我们就可以说那个人被逮捕了。意思是他们被警察逮捕了。

Woman: Have you heard from Inspector James?
女：你有检查官詹姆斯的消息吗？

Man: No. He's working on a big case. I think they have just nicked the main suspect!
男：没有。他正在办一个大案子。我想他们已经抓住主要嫌犯了！

Helen: So if a criminal is caught by the police, then we can say he's nicked.
海伦：所以，如果罪犯被警察抓住了，我们就可以说he's nicked。

Rob: That's right. Let's go over the two meanings of the verb 'to nick'. First, if something is nicked, it means it's stolen.
罗布：没错。我们再来回顾一下动词nick的两个意思。第一个意思，如果某件东西is nicked，意思是这件东西被偷了。

Helen: Like my pen got nicked.
海伦：比如我的钢笔被偷了。

Rob: Yes, that's right. But if a person gets nicked, we mean he's arrested by the police.
罗布：对，没错。但是如果一个人gets nicked，意思是他被警察逮捕了。

Helen: A comedian got nicked for throwing a pie at Rupert Murdoch.
海伦：一名喜剧演员因向鲁珀特·默多克扔馅饼而被捕。

Rob: Yes, he did. Helen, you've got it. Just remember it's not a formal expression.
罗布：对，没错。海伦，你完全掌握了这个词。要记住这不是个正式表达。

Helen: Thank you. I'll keep that in mind. Bye for now.
海伦：谢谢你。我会记住的。现在该说再见了。

Rob: Bye!
罗布：再见！