疯狂英语口语现场 Un07_1

[03:37.47]嘿，看我电子信箱里别人寄过来的邮件
[03:40.73]It says that I can get rich quickly while working at home!
[03:43.52]上面说我在家工作也能快速致富。
[03:46.30]Peter:  Do you also believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy?
[03:48.82]你也相信圣诞老人和牙齿仙女？
[03:51.34]Val:  What do you mean?
[03:52.87]你什么意思？
[03:54.40]Peter:  I mean that you're gullible.
[03:56.03]我是说你很容易受骗。
[03:57.66]You shouldn't believe everything you read, especially on the Internet.
[04:00.43]你不应该相信所有你看到的，尤其是在互联网上看到的。
[04:03.20]Val:  But it seems like a good idea.
[04:05.19]但是看起来好像是个好主意。
[04:07.17]All I have to do is first send some money to the person who sent me the letter.
[04:10.29]我所要做的就是先给发给我这封信的人寄一些钱。
[04:13.41]After that he'll tell me how to earn much more money.
[04:15.93]然后他就告诉我怎样去挣更多的钱。
[04:18.46]Peter:  Sounds like a pyramid scheme.  Have you heard of those before?
[04:21.24]听起来像是传销。你以前听过那些东西吗？
[04:24.02]Val:  Pyramid scheme?  What is that?
[04:26.29]传销？是什么？
[04:28.56]Peter:  It's a scam7 that's based on a hierarchy, like a pyramid.
[04:31.49]它是一个以等级为基础的诡计，像一个金字塔。
[04:34.42]The person at the top asks the people below him for money,
[04:37.15]上层的人向他下面的人要钱，
[04:39.88]and then tells them to go and ask other people for money
[04:42.31]然后告诉他们去向别人要钱
[04:44.73]while sending some of it back to him.
[04:46.76]并同时把一部分返回给他。
[04:48.78]Val:  Sounds good to me.
[04:50.65]听起来不错。
[04:52.52]The guy at the top gets money and so do the people below him.
[04:55.09]上面的人得到钱，而且他下面的人也得到钱。
[04:57.67]Peter:  Not exactly.  The scam keeps on going,
[05:00.13]并不如此。诡计一直玩下去时，
[05:02.60]with the people at the bottom paying more and more money
[05:04.73]底部的人付的钱越来越多，
[05:06.86]until they reach the very bottom.
[05:08.79]直到他们成为最底部的人。
[05:10.73]Val:  What happens then?
[05:12.40]那会怎么样？
[05:14.07]Peter:  Nothing.
[05:15.69]不怎么样。
[05:17.31]The people at the bottom give their money to the people above them,
[05:19.43]底部的人把他们的钱给他们上面的人，他们自己什么也得不到。
[05:21.54]and they get nothing. They end up losing.  That's why it's a scam.
[05:24.38]他们最终遭受损失。这就是为什么它是个诡计的原因。
[05:27.21]Val:  I see.  I guess I should be more careful about what I read,
[05:30.14]我明白了。我想我应该对我看到的要多加小心，
[05:33.06]especially on the Internet where you have no idea who anybody is.
[05:36.13]尤其是在互联网上的，你都不知道谁是谁。
[05:39.20]Harry:  So Kim, have you ever had anything stolen?
[05:41.93]那么，金，你有没有被偷过东西？
[05:44.66]Kim:  Stolen?  No, why?
[05:46.79]被偷过？没有，问这干什么？
[05:48.92]Harry:  My uncle just had his motorcycle stolen a few nights ago.
[05:51.49]几天前我叔叔的车被偷了。
[05:54.06]I was just thinking about how clever criminals are these days.
[05:56.64]我在想现在的小偷真是太聪明了。
[05:59.21]Kim:  Criminals are clever?  They're only successful when people are careless.
[06:02.44]小偷聪明？只有当人们粗心时，他们才得手。
[06:05.66]Harry:  I don't know.
[06:07.09]我不清楚。
[06:08.51]The ones who stole my uncle's motorcycle were pretty good.
[06:10.87]偷我叔叔摩托车的那些小偷很聪明。
[06:13.24]Kim:  If your uncle had an alarm system10, then it wouldn't have happened.
[06:16.06]如果你叔叔装了报警系统，那就不会发生这样的事了。
[06:18.88]Harry:  He did. It was one of the best ones available.
[06:21.31]他有报警器。是能买得到的最好的一种。
[06:23.74]But that didn't stop them from disabling it.  And on a crowded street too.
[06:26.81]但它没有阻止小偷偷车，而且还是在人群拥挤的大街上。
[06:29.88]Kim:  Didn't anyone stop them?
[06:31.76]难道没有人阻止他们？
[06:33.64]Harry:  You would think that people would be smart enough to stop something like that.
[06:36.51]你认为有人会那么聪明去阻止那种事情。
[06:39.39]No one knew his motorcycle was being stolen.