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Neil: Hello Helen. Thanks for inviting me here. It's a lovely cafe, isn't it?
尼爾：你好，海倫。謝謝你邀請我來這里。這家咖啡店真不錯，對吧？
Helen: Yes, it is, Neil. Actually, I wanted to ask you a favour. I know you play the piano and I'd like you to teach me.
海倫：是啊，尼爾。實際上，我想請你幫個忙。我知道你會彈鋼琴，我想讓你教我彈鋼琴。
Waitress: Here is your tea. Madam, sir...
服務員：這是你們點的茶。女士，先生……
Helen: Thank you. I'll pour it.
海倫：謝謝你。我來倒吧。
Neil: I'd be happy to teach you the piano. Are you buying one?
尼爾：我很樂意教你彈鋼琴。你打算買鋼琴嗎？
Helen: No. Our colleague John is giving me one.
海倫：不。咱們的同事約翰會給我一架鋼琴。
Neil: Giving you a piano?
尼爾：給你一架鋼琴？
Helen: Yes. He said he's moving to Australia and will give me his piano. Sugar in your tea?
海倫：對。他說他要移民去澳大利亞，所以他會把他的鋼琴給我。茶里要加糖嗎？
Neil: I'd take that with a pinch of salt!
尼爾：我可不太相信。
Helen: Oh... OK.
海倫：哦……好吧。
Neil: What are you doing?!
尼爾：你在做什么？！
Helen: You said you would take that with a pinch of salt, so I am putting some in your tea.
海倫：你說你要加一點鹽，所以我在為你的茶加鹽啊。
Neil: No, I didn't mean put salt in my tea! I was talking about our colleague John. You need to take what John says with a pinch of salt.
尼爾：不， 我的意思并不是說在茶里加鹽！我是在說我們的同事約翰。你不能完全相信約翰說的話。
Helen: I'm confused.
海倫：我很困惑。
Neil: In English, when we say 'take it with a pinch of salt', we mean don't believe in it completely because it might not be true.
尼爾：在英語中，我們用take it with a pinch of salt這個短語表示不完全相信某件事，因為那件事可能不是真的。
Helen: Oh. So, John's not going to give me his piano?
海倫：哦。所以，約翰不會給我他的鋼琴了？
Neil: John's always planning to move abroad and promising things. I'm still waiting for a sofa he promised me last year. He said he was going to Peru!
尼爾：約翰一直在計劃移民去外國，而且總是承諾很多事情。他去年就說要把沙發給我，我到現在還在等呢。當時他說他要去秘魯！
Helen: Oh, I see.
海倫：哦，我明白了。
Neil: 'With a pinch of salt' is today's expression in The English We Speak. Here are some examples of how it's used.
尼爾：With a pinch of salt就是今天地道英語節目要講的表達。下面是有關這個短語的例句。
When my cousin says he has absolutely no money, you have to take that with a pinch of salt. He's just mean.
我表哥說他一點錢都沒有，你不能完全相信那句話。他非常吝嗇。
I take everything Mary says with a pinch of salt. She tends to exaggerate things.
我對瑪麗說的所有事情都半信半疑。她往往會把事情夸大。
Helen: Thank you for warning me, Neil. John is a good person but he can't make up his mind.
海倫：尼爾，謝謝你提醒我。約翰是個好人，可是他就是拿不定主意。
Neil: That's right. But if you ever want to learn to play the piano, I can teach you. I'm not very good at it but I can teach you what I know. And you don't need to take that with a pinch of salt.
尼爾：沒錯。不過如果你想學鋼琴，我可以教你。雖然我彈得也不是很好，不過我可以把我知道的都教給你。你完全可以相信我的話。
Helen: Oh, you're such a sweetie!
海倫：哦，你真是太體貼了！
Neil: A sweetie who likes his tea with sugar rather than salt.
尼爾：一個喜歡在茶里放糖而不是鹽的甜心。
Helen: I'm sorry about that!
海倫：我很抱歉！
Neil: Bye.
尼爾：再見。
Helen: Bye.
海倫：再見。
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