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A: I don't want to be breaking my back everyday! I want some easy money!
B: But there's no free lunch, unless...
A: Unless 什么？快說快說!
B: Unless you win the lottery! 中彩票！
A: 誒呀，我還以為是什么好辦法呢。買彩票也太不靠譜了吧，我從來沒中過，純屬騙人的把戲！
B: 可是別人中過啊！你運氣不好吧。
A: 也有可能，不過有些抽獎，有獎購物什么的，我真懷疑是騙你消費的把戲，就是節目開始時說的掛羊頭賣狗肉！聽聽今天的美語怎么說，你就明白我的意思了！
How to say it: catch
Donny 在北京學漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會來請教他。今天是吳瓊要問的是：掛羊頭賣狗肉。
Donny: Hey 吳瓊, 你看，買這個可以贏200塊現金獎！
WQ: 200塊? 哪有這種好事？I mean... It's too...too 什么來著？
Donny: It's too good to be true!
WQ: 沒錯，It's too good to be true. 哪有這種好事? 你仔細看看，抽獎細則里一定有什么附加條件。Donny, 這種附加條件英文怎么說？
Donny: It's called "catch." You can say: It's too good to be true. What's the catch?
WQ: Oh, catch, C-A-T-C-H, catch. What's the catch? 就是“有什么附加條件”？
Donny: 對。Now 吳瓊, tell me how I can win this.
WQ: 你就別想了! 你看，你要先花五百塊買這件產品，然后再去抽獎，中獎率千分之三！這根本就是掛羊頭賣狗肉！
Donny: 掛羊頭賣狗肉！這種說法好，英文里叫：false advertising!
WQ: 假廣告？沒錯，就這意思。你別被忽悠啊！
Donny: I can't believe I almost got bamboozled!
WQ: Bamboo...竹子什么?
Donny: 是 Bamboozle, B-A-M-B-O-O-Z-L-E, 就是騙人。
WQ: 換句話說，Bamboozle 就是忽悠別人嘍?
Donny: Exactly. I almost got bamboozled. 我差點就被忽悠了。
WQ: 是啊，不是說 There is no such thing as a free lunch. 天下沒有免費的午餐嘛!
Donny: Yea, you're right! Let's see what you've learned today.
第一，哪有那么好的事是 it's too good to be true;
第二，隱含的附加條件是 catch, as in "What's the catch?"
第三，掛羊頭賣狗肉是 false advertising;
第四，忽悠是 bamboozle!
B: 楊林，Do you want to go to a penthouse party with me this weekend? It's a very fancy party at my friend's place.
A: 有好吃的么？
B: Sure! A high-end restaurant will do the catering.
A: 這么好！So... what's the catch?
B: 哈哈，你倒會現學現賣！There is no catch. My friend got a super good job and he's throwing this party to celebrate.
A: Wow! Good for him! 不過你可得提醒他，頭天上班可別迷路！
B: Where does that come from?!
A: 你聽下面的節目就知道啦！
