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Rosie: Hi, I'm Rosie, and this is Li… Li? Hurry up! Ah, here's the karaoke bar.
羅茜：大家好，我是羅茜，這是李……李，快點！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！羅茜，為什么酒吧要在頂層呢？臺階太多了……請幫幫我。我爬不動了。看來我需要多鍛煉鍛煉。我明天要去健身房。
Rosie: Why don't you join the gym today?
羅茜：你為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，然后我每天都會去，我會的。我真的會這么做的。
Rosie: Li, you've been saying that for months but you never actually do it!
羅茜：李，你幾個月前就說過這句話，可你從來沒做過！
Li: This time I will, I promise.
李：這次我會的，我保證。
Rosie: That's what you always say. You need to put your money where your mouth is.
羅茜：你總是這么說。你要說到做到。
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：你想讓我把錢放在我的嘴里？你想讓我吃掉硬幣和鈔票嗎？那真惡心！
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!
羅茜：不是，李，我不是那個意思。To put your money where your mouth is這個短語的意思是不要只是說說，要實際去行動！
Li: Ah, so you didn't really want me to put all these coins in my mouth?
李：啊，所以你不是讓我把所有這些硬幣放進嘴里的意思啊？
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:
羅茜：當然不是，請不要那么做。我希望你不要再只是說說要去健身房，你要真的去才行！這里還有一些例子：
A: If we played a game of tennis I would easily win!
A：如果我們比賽網球，我會輕松取勝的！
B: Why don't you put your money where your mouth is? I challenge you to a game!
B：你為什么不證明一下呢？我要跟你比一場！
He always talks about how great the charity is–I think he should put his money where his mouth is and donate some money.
他總是說慈善事業有多偉大，我認為他應該用實際行動證明，他應該捐些錢。
Li: So to put your money where your mouth is means to support your words with actions?
李：所以這個短語的意思就是要用行動支持你說的話？
Rosie: Yes–I think it's a great expression. So many people just talk and talk about doing things and never actually do them!
羅茜：對，我想這是個很棒的表達。有太多人只是嘴上說要做什么事情，可是從來沒有實現過！
Li: So you'd say you’re one of those people who puts their money where their mouth is?
李：所以你是說你是那種說到做到的人？
Rosie: Definitely.
羅茜：絕對是！
Li: That's interesting. So the other day you were saying that you love singing... and here we are in a karaoke bar...
李：這真有意思。那天你說你喜歡唱歌，現在我們來到卡拉OK酒吧了……
Rosie: Well yes but... I'm really terrible actually. And some of our colleagues are here-how embarrassing.
羅茜：嗯，好的，可是……實際上我唱得很糟。一些同事也在這里，這真令人難堪啊。
Li: No excuses! Put your money where your mouth is and sing a karaoke song!
李：別找借口！你要說到做到，你要唱首歌！
Rosie: Ohhhh...Do I have to... Oh, OK. Here we go.
羅茜：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，看來有時不要說到做到可能是最好的選擇！
