美语咖啡屋3-8

3 Charlie Browns Christmas Tree
J: Hello I'm Jody and welcome to American Cafe.
Y: 各位听众好，欢迎您到美语咖啡屋。

我是杨晨。

J: You know, Christmas is just around the corner and I amalready starting to feel Christmas all around me.
Y: 你是说商店里现在挤满了抢购礼物的人，还有电视上不停地在播放圣诞节的广告，对不对？
J: No, no! I ignore all of that stuff. No, what I mean, is I'm starting to hear and smell Christmas. OK,Close your eyes, Yang Chen, and think about Christmas and tell me what you hear and smell.
(Silence. Long pause)
J: Yang Chen? Yang Chen, anything yet? You know people are waiting.
Y: 哎呀，你等一等。

我正在竖着耳朵听呢，还得使劲闻一闻。

你不是说要我闭着眼睛寻找感觉吗？□,我找到了。

在一个美丽的夜晚，星星在闪耀，我站在雪地里，听到了雪橇那悦耳的声音。

对，就是这种感觉，你觉得怎么样？
J: That's okay. But I was thinking more like ... chainsaws.
Y: Chainsaws? 啊呀，你真是扫我的兴啊。

原来你说的声音是电动锯的声音。

太不浪漫了。

J: Well, I know it's not romantic, but I love the sound of a chainsaw and the smell of a pine treebeing cut. The Christmas tree tradition is one of the best things about Christmas. Y: 对。

真正的圣诞树用的是松树？
J: Right, pine tree.
Y: 那人们是不是要到森林里去砍树呢？
J: Oh, no no-no. You don't go to a forest to cut down your Christmas tree. There are Christmastree farms.
Y: 哦, 原来有Christmas tree farms。

这还不错，用不着去破坏森林。

说道这里，我倒是好象真的闻到了松树的味道了。

J: Oh, that's me.
Y: 你用了什么香水？
J: Not perfume! I have just come from a Christmas tree sale in my neighborhood.
Y: 有意思吗？
J: I did. And it was wonderfully entertaining. The elementary school held a Christmas tree sale toraise money. And there I met a woman named Ann, who is not only the organizer of the sale butshe is also very active in the elementary school with the Parent Teacher Association, also known asthe PTA.
Y: 好啊，那我们就听听组织者Ann都说了些什么。

Ann: We have from Charlie Brown trees to big beautiful balsam firs And we have a range of prices.And we do this to support the school PTA and it pays for supplies and trips and things like that forthe children. And, um, so we do it two days over the weekend, Saturday and Sunday, andhopefully raise some money. And also just build a lot of good feelings about the school inside thecommunity.
Y: Ann刚才说的PTA 就是老师和家长联合组成的协会。

原来他们举办圣诞树销售活动是为了协会筹款，另外还可以增强学校和社区的感情。

J: Right. And it really does spread community feelings in the neighborhood. That's what Christmasis all about!
(Enter Music "O Tannenbaum" from Cyrus Chestnut's A Charlie Brown Christmas)
Y: Ann 刚才提到Charlie Brown。

我们都知道Charlie Brown是著名的花生漫画系列里的人物。

J: Again, here's Ann.
Ann: Well, Charlie Brown, the cartoon character, always had a very small little sad-looking tree thatnobody wanted, but he took it home and was very happy with it. So we always have some peoplethat come and look for a Charlie Brown tree.
Y: Ann 刚才说的多好啊，一棵瘦小的圣诞树在可伶巴巴地等待着有人把它带回家。

J: The holiday cartoons with Charlie Brown and Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang are reallyan important part of Christmas for almost all children in the United States. Well, not just children.because every year I watch the Charlie Brown Christmas Special.
Y: 你要借给我看一看。

J: I will, I will give it you. You and your family will love it. And truly Charlie Brown fell in love with asmall, scrawny, little lonely Christmas tree that nobody wanted. And took it home and he gave itlove. And it turned out to be a perfect Christmas tree.
Y: 没错。

Charlie Brown过圣诞是一个非常经典的故事，大人小孩都喜欢。

Jody，你知道吗，我们家那棵圣诞树又小有不太好看，而且是塑料的，用了好几年。

我今年本来打算把它扔了，可是我女儿不让我扔。

我想她可能对这棵树非常有感情。

不过今天听你解释了Charlie Brown Christmastree，我想要是下次有人再笑话我们家的树太小太难看的话，我就可以告诉他这棵树可是典型的Charlie Brown Christmas tree。

J: Of course, you tell them you have a Charlie Brown Christmas tree, Yang Chen!
Y: 没错。

我可以向别人炫耀我有棵Charlie Brown Christmas tree。

J: Thanks for tuning into American Cafe. Okay, see you again!
Y: 谢谢大家到我们的美语咖啡屋。

好，我们下次再见。

4 Consignment Stores
Y: 各位听众好。

我是杨晨，欢迎您到美语咖啡屋。

在今天的节目中...。

哎，我们的另外一位节目主持人,Jody, 还没来哪。

Oh,Jody... 别担心，别担心，她来了...。

( Door closing. Bags rustling.)
J: Yang Chen, I'm so sorry I'm late. Has the program started yet?
Y: 当然已经开始啦。

J: Oh, I'm so sorry everyone. Hello everyone! Welcome to American Cafe. My apologies.
Y: 你怎么今天迟到了?
J: Just go ahead without me. I'm going to get my bags...
(Sound of rustling bags.)
Y: Jody 你干吗呢? 能不能集中点精神？ ... 啊?! 你竟然去逛街去了？
J: Shopping? No, no, no. I was not shopping.
Y: 那这些购物袋是怎么回事儿呢？
J: What bags? Oh, these bags? Right, You see, Yang Chen, I was doing research.
Y: 作研究, 做什么研究啊？
J: Research on ... buying and selling.
Y: 啊哈，作市场调查。

那还不是和逛街差不多。

J: Okay, I may have done a little shopping. But I just wanted to get in the mood. Because I thought shopping is such a popular pastime for Americans, we could do a topic on shopping.What do you think?
Y: 我知道美国人，特别是女士们周末喜欢逛街。

我也很喜欢啊。

你下次再作市场调查可要叫我和你一快去啊。

J: Oh, absolutely! Actually for today's show I thought we could talk about a special type of storethat I've always wanted to know more about, a consignment store!
Y: Consignment store? 哎, 咱俩那天在Dupont Circle路过的那家店就是一家consignment store,对不对？
J: The one and the same! It's called Secondi Consignment Store. And when I went back, I spokewith Molly, an employee there, who helped me understand exactly how a consignment storeoperates.
Y: 我们来听听Molly怎么解释consignment store是什么意思。

Molly: A consignment store is a store where people own the items that the store sells for them ontheir behalf. The original owner of the items is only paid once the items are sold on the store.
Y: 这种商店在中文里应该叫寄售商店。

J: Let's listen to Molly again as she talks more about how a consignment store operates.
Molly: The consigner comes in. One of the managers goes through the items and tells the consigner "Yes, we can sell it" or "No, we can't." "Here's what we think we can sell it for" pricewise.And then the consigner gets 50 percent of that price.
Y: Molly 刚才提到的"consigner"... right?
J: Consigner. Correct.
Y: ... 就是委托他们出售商品的客户。

一般来说，客户拿东西到她们商店来，有一位专门负责收购的经理决定哪些她们能卖出去，哪些她们不愿意卖。

然后和客户商订价钱，商店会得到售价的50%。

J: Wow, Yang Chen, you summed that up really well. A consigner is the person who brings the clothes in that they want the store, the consignment store, to sell for them. So a consignment is just like being a distributor. You know, a slang word for distributor is "middle man." And you say"middle man" even if it's a woman.
Y: 在中文里呢, "middle man"应该就是"中间人" 或者"经纪人"的意思。

J: Oh, hey, Yang Chen, also at Secondi they have a great system that keeps the inventory fresh.
Y: 这家商店，就是Secondi这家商店，那么他们怎么避免货品的积压呢？我们再让Molly 解释一下。

Molly: After the first month the clothing goes down 20 %, and after the second month it goesdown 40%, and after the third month if it's still here, the contract that we have with the consigner is just that we can donate it automatically for them.
Y: 噢，原来她们的货物第一月没卖出去就降价20%，两个月卖不出去就降40%，三个月还卖不出去就要捐出去了。

听Molly 怎么一说，如果我们每天去这家商店，那每天都能看到她们的货架上有新的东西。

J: Oh, they have some really great items there. Some were well out of my price range. Tooexpensive!
Y: 我知道，你说的"well out of my price range"就是对我来说价钱太贵了，买不起。

J: But look at my new jeans! $28 and they still had the tag on them!
Y: 才28美元？太值了！好了，各位听众，您今天了解了美国的consignment store，不知道您有什么感想呢？我觉得，我真是一种很不错的消费方法，以低于零售商店的价格买到名牌衣服。

这简直就是每个女士的梦想。

哎，Jody，咱们现在就去吧！
J: Thanks for tuning to American Cafe. Come on, Yang Chen, lets go!
Y: 谢谢您收听美语咖啡屋，我们下次再见。

5 New York City Restaurant Culture
J: Hi everyone! I'm Jody and welcome to American Cafe
Y: 大家好，我是杨晨，欢迎您到[美语咖啡屋]。

在我们这个小小的咖啡屋，您可以了解美
国文化，还可以认识美国朋友，最重要还可以学地地道道的美国英语。

J: That's right! And on today's program, we are going to take you to the Big Apple...New York City, to talk about something New Yorkers cannot live without. Restaurants!
Y: 对，今天这个题目大家一定都喜欢。

我们要带您到最有美国特色的大都市纽约，了解对纽约人来说至为重要的餐馆文化。

J: Well, Yang Chen I spoke with Brian Carson, who is the manager of restaurant located in the heart of New York City.
Y: 这个Brian Carson 是我们今天要认识的第一位美国人，他在这个热闹的纽约市中心的一家餐馆作经理。

好，我们来听听他怎么解释这个餐馆文化对纽约人来说意味着是什□c。

ACT Brian Carson, Manager at Crispo's Restaurant in New York City
"Most people don't cook in this city because it's set up to eat. You walk outside your door and there's a sea of 10,000 restaurants on the isle of Manhattan. It's just, it's part of the convenient,ummm, way of life in New York City. People eat out. They dine out, that's what they do."
Y: 哇，你听到了吗? 他说光是在曼哈顿就有一万个餐馆。

而且他用了一个词, 用"sea"来形容餐馆林立的情景。

J: He said "a sea of 10,000 restaurants" to describe when something is abundant. You could say, "The grassy field was a sea of green." Ah, you could say, "She is drowning in a sea of confusion."
Y: 你是说我吗？
J: No, not you. Another example, "The streets of New York are a sea of people."
Y: 确实，中文里也有"人山人海"这种说法。

下面我们再接着听听Brian 介绍餐馆文化的意义。

ACT Brian Carson
"What makes...um, things special for New Yorkers is when they throw dinner parties. It's the opposite. They invite people into their world and they create feasts in their environments. That to me and to them is a special night. Eating out is almost like a necessity in this city. It's just what people do."
Y: 这么说来，纽约人请别人到餐馆吃饭是很普通的，如果请你到家里
那是特殊的情况，是不是？
J: Right. And when I spoke to a customer, her name's Tammy, she was very honest in her
response. She also said she doesn't cook. Much like you, Yang Chen.
Y: 就是想我一样。

J: And she said that it's simply easier for her to meet her friends out at restaurants. But it is a very special event when they come to her home.
ACT Tammy Scotsafaber, customer and New Yorker
"Eating out is very important for me because I don't cook, A. It's what we do in order to see other is to go out for dinner. I think it's very important. It's one of the main ways that people end of seeing their friends. It's either dinner and drinks. If you have people to your home you have to be a hostess as opposed to being able to just relax and have dinner."
Y: 她说得太对了！你想一想，在家请客又费力，又费心，花了怎么多精力来准对不对？J: Sorry to interrupt, but I was going to say, you also have to clean your house.
Y: 没错！
J: And New Yorkers, I mean, people who live in big cities, not only New York, Shanghai, Beijing, LosAngeles, you just don't have time.
Y: 并不是说我很懒惰！
J: No. It's not because we're lazy. We're busy women!
Y: 应为我的时间太宝贵。

说起服务员的工作，其实这份工作挺好的。

J: Well, we spoke with a man by the name of Aaron Zebrook and he has many reasons why he likes to work as a waiter.
ACT Aaron Zebrook, Waiter/Student
"Pretty women. Lots of cash. Stuff like that is involved. Good food. You learn about wine, you learn about food. You have to know these things. And that's again appealing. Who doesn't want to learn about food and wine and try all this good stuff and make cash at the same time at night when you have free time?"
Y: 哇，他总结得很精彩，美酒佳肴，金钱美女，听起来真的是很诱人。

J: You learn about lots of stuff, food and wine and people. It can be a really good job.
Y: 也是一种社会经验。

J: Yeah. And I'll tell you what, for students, it is one of the most popular jobs to have. All this talk about restaurants, Yang Chen, is making my stomach growl.
Y: 对，我听到你的肚子在叫了！
J: I know! It's embarrassing, but I'm starving! So, let's go to a restaurant and get something to eat.
Y: 好了，今天我们的节目时间到了！我和Jody 要赶快到外边吃饭去
了！
J: Thanks for joining us on American Cafe! Let's go eat!
Y: 咱们走罢！
6 New Years Resolutions
Y: 各位听众好！欢迎您到美语咖啡屋。

我是杨晨。

J: Hello, everyone, I'm Jody! Welcome to American Cafe! AndHappy New Year everyone! Happy New Year, Yang Chen! Youknow what January brings, don't you?
Y: 一月份是新年的开始，人们当然要快快乐乐地迎接新年。

比如说打扮得漂漂亮亮地参加舞会，走亲访友，还有逛街买东西等等。

J: Of course, but after all that is over that's when the New Year's Resolutions kick in. You knowwhen they start.
Y: New Year's Resolutions，新年的决心。

哎呀，我还没想好呢！
J: You know, maybe we should talk about New Year's Resolutions a little bit to find out, you know,what we should give up for the New Year.
Y: 对。

我们还是给大家解释一下什么叫New Year's Resolution。

J: Good idea. Here's Chuck from Washington DC with a definition of New Year's Resolutions...
Chuck：Well, a New Year's Resolution is something that an individual chooses to do on theoccasion of the new calendar year. They are starting off with a clean slate. They are sort of havinga fresh beginning and are going to take the occasion of the new year to introduce a new behavioror set some goals or, to the contrary, they are going to eliminate some behavior, perhaps a vice ora bad habit, and do their very best through the new year
to improve their behavior.
Y: Chuck 刚才说的clean slate是一个很有用的说法，你给大家解释一下它的意思好吗？
J: Sure. A clean slate. And it just means a fresh beginning. You know adding a good habit orgiving up a vice or bad habit. But I'm still not sure of anything I should give up for the New Year's. What about you?
Y: 嗯，我想想看。

A clean slate可以解释成从头开始。

可是说到要放弃什么坏习惯，我还真想不出来。

你看我这么老实，遵纪守法，根本没什么坏习惯啊。

J: What, no bad habits?! Are you sure?! I can think of a couple bad habits you may have.
Y: 可别告诉别人！
J: Okay we'll keep that between us. Let's introduce some of the people we met on New Year's Eveand hear what they were giving up for the new year. The first one is Jen, from Boston.
Y: 我们听听Jen有什么打算。

Jen, Boston：My name is Jen and I'm from Boston and for 2004 I hope to be healthier, eathealthy, go out running and relax and find a balance in my life between work and relaxation, takesome time for myself.
Y: Jen说她要多跑步。

这个主意倒是不错。

J: Oh, are you kindding!? No thanks. I hate running. Jen can do all the running she wants. Whatelse did Jen have to say?
Y: 她还说她要在工作和休闲之间找到更好的平衡。

J: Now that sounds like a good idea: finding a balance between work and play. Here's anotherperson. His name's John and he has a New Year's resolution too.
Y: 好。

那我们听听John有什么打算。

John：My name's John and I'm from Boston. And New Year's Resolutions would be to go to thegym more. Um
Y: Gym? 不行。

我最不喜欢到健身房和一大堆人一块儿锻炼了。

J: Oh, I'm with you! You know since we don't like working out or dieting maybe we could changea part of our behaviour, like Corby, a visitor to Washington D.C., had many New
Year'sResolutions.
Y: 这个Corby够贪心的。

她说她有好几个New Year's Resolutions。

我们听听她是怎么说的。

Corby：Resolution for next year is to control my temper, and not judge people and to quitsmoking. I will probably focus on those. They're a handfull.
Y: Corby 真有意思。

她不只有一个，而是有好几个新年的决心。

她坏毛病还真不少：喜欢批评别人，坏脾气，还抽烟。

哎呀，我们又没有这些坏毛病，所以我们也不用去想什么新年决心了。

J: Maybe you're right. You know, we're both pretty easygoing and neither of us smoke. Y: 就是，就是，我们都快成了道德典范了。

J: Here's a woman named Terry who explains why she gave up giving up stuff for New Year. Y: 我们听听Terry是怎么说的。

Terry：Most of the times it's because when I make them they are very difficult to follow throughon and complete. So I don't feel successful and nobody likes to do failure sorts of things. So, Iguess I just don't do New Year's Resolutions.
Y: 还是Terry看得开。

她知道自己没有毅力坚持下去，所以也就不去强求自己了。

J: We'll just keep on doing what we're doing.
Y: 没错。

不用改变什么。

喜欢作什么就作什么。

太好了。

这就是我的New Year's Resolution! 只要高兴，我们做什么都可以。

J: But good luck with your New Year's resolutions and Happy New Year.
Y: 好。

我们今天的时间就到了。

下次再见。

J: See you later.
7 Grassroots Campaign
J: Hello and welcome to American Cafe! My name is Jody!
Y: 大家好，我是杨晨。

Eh, Jody... 你拿了一堆什么东西啊?
J: Oh, this stuff? Let's see, I have political posters .... what elsedo I have flyers, you know, information sheets... Wow, I reallyhave a lot of work to do!
Y: 一大堆工作你还这么高兴啊，为什么？
J: Well, I'm excited because the work is for a political grassroots campaign. See, I volunteered tohang posters and hand out flyers to people at subway stops.
Y: 噢，原来你是热衷于这种基层群众活动。

J: It's the best way for everyday citizens to get involved and make a difference! But hey, some ofthe people I met a grassroots campaign meeting can explain that it much better than I. Let's hearfrom them. Here's Rudy who organized the meeting I went to.
Y: 下面我们就来听听Rudy是怎么说的：
Rudy: My name is Rudy. I've lived in DC for a little under a year. And grassroots campaigning tome is movement of people coming toward for a common cause, be it political or social, whatever,banding together, working together to come to a common goal and hopefully be victorious in itsoutcome. The hierarchy is loose so everybody's voice counts . And in the end hopefully everyoneis happy with the outcome.
Y: Rudy总结的很好。

他说基层活动就是为了共同的目的，大家聚集在一起，共同努力，最后获得成功。

Jody, 你给大家解释一下hierarchy的意思好吗？
J: Okay! The hierarchy means the chain of command. And in a grassroots campaign the structureof the heirarchy is very loose. That means there's really no specific leader or boss.
Y: 对，这个hierarchy就是指挥系统，或者说体系。

当然了，既然是基层群众运动，那么它的结构一定是比较松散。

J: Right. And in a grassroots campaign everybody comes together for, as Rudy said, a commongoal and contributes what they can.
Y: 那多好啊。

每个人都是平等的，没有什么上下级之分。

J: Right, like a true democracy.
Y: 你说的一点没错。

这一类的自发性群众活动正是美国民主的基础。

J: Here's another definition of grassroots campaigning that I liked a lot from Michael.
Y: 好，我们再听听Michael的观点。

Michael Briggs: If I had to define grassroots campaigning, I would think that it's people working witheach trying to really bring democracy to life, share ideas, get people behind their candidate, tryingto change minds, and raise awareness about an issue or a politician.
Y: 哎，Jody，我突然想到，grassroots campaign这个说法是怎么来的呢？
J: Oh, you know, I was curious about the origin, or the roots, haha, get it? Grassroots...anyway. I was curious about that myself. So let's have Michael help us out again.
Michael Briggs: My understanding of it is that grass has roots that are very broad, and they're notvery deep but they broad. The way grass grows is it sends its roots out and then sprouts andthose sprouts send more and more roots out. So it's about a chain reaction or a growing web ofpeople that over time come to life.
Y: 中文里的"grassroots"就是草根的意思。

草的生命力很旺盛，它的根部蔓延得很快，用这个词来形容这种基层群众活动非常形象。

另外，Michael说的chain reaction就是连锁反应的意思。

J: The more people you reach out to, the more people they reach out to, and so on, and so onand so on. I'd say that joining a grassroots campaign is the best to empower yourself.
Y:你说得没错。

这种亲身参与确实有一种鼓舞人心的力量。

J: That's why a woman named Catayune joined a grassroots campaing to elect a politicalcandidate.
Catayune: My name is Catayune andI live in Washington DC, I grew up in Ohio. Grassrootscampaign helps me because it means that ideas and emphasis and energy comes up from thegrassroots, from everyday citizens. So it helps empower everyday citizen to really have a voice innational politics.
Y: 你觉不觉得今天我们采访的这几个人他们都强调群众参与，每个公民都应该发出自己的声音这样一种概念，这也正是群众运动的意义所在。

J: Well, what do you think, Yang Chen. Joining a big group of people and fighting for the samecommon goal doesn't it sound exciting?
Y:嗯，太让人激动了。

J: You don't sound very 激动了. Come on let's go join everyone and take part in the grassrootscampaign.
Y: 那就走吧，还等什么呢？
J:Thanks for joining us on American Cafe. We gotta go! See ya!
8 Powerball Lottery
Y:大家好, 我是杨晨! 欢迎您到美语咖啡屋!
J: Hello and welcome to American Cafe! I'm Jody. Here, YangChen. I bought you something. An instant Lottery Ticket. See,you scratch off the surface to see if you have won. Let me domine first. (scratch, scratch) Come on Lady Luck! Make me awinner! (scratch, scratch) Damn! Nothing.
Y: Hmm, 好象幸运女神不太喜欢你。

J: I guess not. Well, you try yours and see how you do.
Y: 好，我来试试我的运气。

(scratch, scratch) 哇! 我赢了五块钱!
J: What! Let me see that. You won five bucks! I think I gave you the wrong ticket. I think I gaveyou mine. Can I have it back?
Y: No way!
J: Now, what would really be exciting is if you won the BIG Lottery.
Y: 你说的好多州一起办的那个超级乐透奖,对不对？
J: Yes. That's right! The POWERBALL!
(Enter sharp lightning crack)
Y: 这个声音好恐怖啊！
J: What our listeners may not know but a well-timed lightning bolt sound is meant to signify themysterious, the awesome, like the POWERBALL!!!
(Enter sharp lightning crack)
Y: 好了，好了，我现在已经感受到超级乐透的威力了。

现在你这个音响效果可不可以停止了呢？
J: Okay. No more lightning bolts. For a while.
Y: 可是，我们是不是先来解释lottery这个词，然后再发挥你的音响效果。

J: Let's do. The Lottery is gambling. It's a drawing of numbers. And you have to get all sixnumbers right AND pick the right number as the Powerball to win.
Y: 噢，对，Lottery是以买彩票或奖券的方式进行赌博。

J: The jackpot recently is really high: $210 million!
Y: 哇! 两亿一千万美元!! 啊，我要昏倒了。

J: That's right, Sister! You go ahead and faint. The night before the drawing, I stopped at myneighborhood store and there was a line of about 50 people waiting to buy their lottery tickets.Here's some on-site interviews of people actually buying their lottery tickets. Here's Carl fromMiami...
Carl: Lottery ticket is a gambling format for a winning of a ticket for $210 million.
J: $ 250 million. What are the odds that you can win?
Carl: one in 250 million, I think.
J: So why are you here?
Carl: Someone's gotta win, that's basically it. The chances are low, but someone does have to win.
Y: 他刚才提到一个词"dds"，我看我们需要先给大家解释一下。

J: Sure. O-D-D-S. You know, your chances of winning. What are your odds of winning? But forthis lottery, the odds were 1 in 250 million.
Y: 那么这里就是说赢得机律是1比2亿5千万。

J: So the odds are very low. And this woman Susan had a very funny way of describing how sheviews her odds and why she still plays.
Y: 好，我们听听Susan的见解。

Susan: Your have a better chance of getting hit by lightning than you do of winning the lottery.However, people do get hit by lightning. So it does make sense to give it a try.
J: So, you're willing to risk a couple of dollars and see if you can win the jackpot. Susan: Yes!
J: See! She mentioned the word "lightning!"
(Enter sharp lightning crack)
Y: 你知道吗，你听起来象个巫婆一样。

J: Okay. Now, get serious, Yang Chen. You know, after I started interviewing people they allstarted talking about the big "what if?" You know what if I win?
Y: 就是，我都替他们发愁。

如果赢了，那么多钱怎么花呀？
J: Here's what Susan had to say.
Y: 好吧, 我们来听听Susan的宏伟计划。

Susan: Well, that's what everyone always thinks as they're waiting in line ... "What would they do ifthey won." And of course, the first thing you think is quit your job and buy all those things thatare on your list, that you wanted to get...you know...
J: Another woman, Olivia from New Orleans, Louisiana, said that after she paid off her and herfamily's debt she would give some of her winnings to charities.
Olivia: I would definitely donate some to charity, because there are a lot of good courses. And payoff all my debts, my mother's debts, my sister's debts and travel.
Y: 每个人都那么说。

如果赢了以后先把工作辞了，然后买下所有以前买不起的东西，还要捐一部份给慈善机构。

J: Well, that's what they say before they win. I don't know what they say after they win. Y: 好，我们的时间到了。

谢谢大家收听美语咖啡屋。

J: Yeah! Thanks for joining us today at American Cafe. I certainly enjoyed talking with you aboutthe American tradition of the...
Y: Stop it, Jody! 如果你再让我听到...J: ...POWERBALL!!
(Enter sharp lightning crack)。