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Welcome to English in a Minute, where we teach you all about idioms in American English.
歡迎收聽《一分鐘英語》，在這里我們將教授您一些美式英語中的俚語。
Like most people, Americans want to look good.
和大多數(shù)人一樣，美國人想要漂亮。
And many people exercise every day.
許多人每天都去健身。
Have you ever heard this phrase?
你聽過這個(gè)短語么？
No pain, no gain.
沒有付出，就沒有回報(bào)。
Hey, you look great. Have you been exercising?
嘿，你好漂亮啊。你是在健身么？
Yeah, every day for the last three months.
是的，最近的三個(gè)月天天都去。
Well, it must be so hard to exercise for so long.
哇喔，鍛煉這么長時(shí)間一定很辛苦。
Yeah. But I want to look good. And you know -- no pain, no gain.
是的。但是我想要漂亮，你也是知道的——沒有付出，就沒有回報(bào)。
In American English, to "gain" something means to get something.
在美語中，gain sth的意思是得到某物。
And often, it takes hard work, especially when you are exercising.
經(jīng)常，這需要下大工夫，尤其是對(duì)于鍛煉來說。
So in our example, although it might be hard to exercise so much, in the end she gained the look she wanted.
所以在剛才的例子中，盡管健身很辛苦，但是最后她獲得了自己想要的。
No pain, no gain.
沒有付出，就沒有回報(bào)。
And that's English in a Minute.
以上就是本期的《一分鐘英語》。
