嗨，可可網(wǎng)友們大家好！歡迎做客“布朗尼加分”口語課堂。都說天上不可能掉餡兒餅，可是保不齊會(huì)掉點(diǎn)人民幣美鈔什么的。哪天真碰上了這樣的事兒，您會(huì)怎么反應(yīng)呢？聽聽發(fā)生在美國(guó)的一件事兒吧。

Early one morning, residents in a very poor neighborhood heard a loud crash. An armored truck had smashed into a guard rail and overturned on a bridge. The truck was carrying millions of dollars. The doors of the truck burst open, and bags of money fell out. The bags broke open, and money flew all over the place. Hundreds of people rushed to get their hands on the cash. "Money is raining from the sky!" they shouted. Altogether, the people stuffed $500,000 into their pockets and bags.

When the excitement died down, the police went from house to house and announced, "If you took money, you must give it back within 48 hours." They waited at the police station, but in the end only two people showed up—a woman and a boy. The woman turned in $19.53, and the boy, Herbert Tarvin, 11, turned in the 85 cents he picked up.

Herbert's honesty made an impression on people. When officials at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, found out about Herbert, they invited him and his entire class to take a trip there. When they arrived, the Disney company rolled out the red carpet for the 16 children. Herbert and his friends had the time of their lives. "We like to reward kids for good behavior," a Disney spokesperson commented.

一天，一輛裝載了上百萬美鈔的運(yùn)鈔車撞上了護(hù)欄，從橋上翻下。隨后，車?yán)锏腻X漫天飛舞。成百上千的人邊叫喊著"Money is raining from the sky!"，一邊沖過去get their hands on the cash. Get one's hands on something意為“得到，占有”，在本文中可以理解為take ahold of something, 抓住那些錢。再比如：Get your hands on some good books about security and read them. 把一些關(guān)于安全的好書弄到手并閱讀。Keep this information confidential , other companies would kill to get hands on this. 這些資料可要保密，其他公司千方百計(jì)想得到它。
在將五十萬美元塞進(jìn)了自己的衣兜和提包之后，一切die down. Die down意思是“平息；逐漸變?nèi)酢薄１热纾篒 think all the hype will die down pretty soon. 我認(rèn)為所有的炒作將很快平息下來。It took a long time for the excitement to die down. 激動(dòng)的心情要很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間才能平息下來。

警察要求所有拿了錢的人自動(dòng)上交，可是期限內(nèi)，只有兩個(gè)人show up。前些天我們學(xué)習(xí)了show off短語，表示“炫耀”，今天又學(xué)習(xí)了和show的另一個(gè)搭配。Show up意思相當(dāng)于appear，表示“露面；現(xiàn)身”。再比如：Uncle George didn't show up for our wedding because he forgot. 我們的婚禮，喬治叔叔沒有來，因?yàn)樗恕is show off only serves to show up his ignorance. 他的賣弄只不過暴露了他自己的無知。

上交錢的兩個(gè)人分別是一位女士和一個(gè)11歲的小男孩兒，后者上交了他撿到的85美分。盡管連一美元都不到，但是Herbet的誠(chéng)實(shí)made an impression on people. make an impression on sb. 給某人留下印象。Impression 前可以根據(jù)需要添加合適的形容詞。比如，How to make a good impression on interviewer. 怎樣給考官留下好印象呢？

當(dāng)官員們?cè)诘纤鼓針穲@發(fā)現(xiàn)Herbet之后，他們邀請(qǐng)了小男孩和他的同學(xué)們一起去那兒玩兒。當(dāng)孩子們到達(dá)的時(shí)候，迪斯尼公司rolled out the red carpet，rolled out the red carpet字面意思是鋪上紅地毯，用來比喻“熱烈歡迎；隆重歡迎”的意思。這里強(qiáng)調(diào)一下，不一定非要鋪紅毯才能用這個(gè)詞哦。比如：Actually, not all stores in America roll out the red carpet for their customers. 事實(shí)上，并不是所有美國(guó)的商店都待顧客如同上賓一般。
這樣的禮遇不管誰遇到都會(huì)高興的不得了的。Herbet和他的朋友們had the time of their lives。Had the time of one’s life意思相當(dāng)于have a wonderful time。度過非常美好的時(shí)光。

Rose一遍讀也一邊在想漫天飛舞著美鈔的情景。能撿多少呢？撿到了該怎么處理呢？大家和Rose一起琢磨琢磨這個(gè)問題吧。好了，我們下期再見。