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GoEnglish: Driving (Intermediate)
各位聽眾，大家好！今天我們為您播出“美語三級跳”節目“開車”單元的中級課程。
Phil想去拉斯維加斯玩兒，可是沒有租到合適的車。所以他決定向自己的朋友Tom借敞篷車。
Professor: Winnie, if you had a nice convertible, would you lend it to a friend to go to Las Vegas?
可以借，不過條件是，帶我一起去拉斯維加斯！
Tom: Well hello Phil. This is certainly a surprise. What are you doing at my apartment?
Phil: Oh ... no reason. I haven't seen you in a while, so I thought I would go see my very, very good friend Tom.
Tom: Oh really. Well something tells me that isn't the only reason. You never come by unless you want a favor.
Phil: What? Of course not! I came by just because I like you and wanted to say hello!
Tom: Come on Phil, you can't fool me. What do you want?
Professor: It sounds like Tom has given Phil lots of favors before.
可不是么，Phil以前一定經常麻煩Tom。這次，他雖然一直和Tom套近乎，但Tom似乎有點不為所動。
Phil: Well ... alright. I want to drive to Las Vegas this weekend. Would it be possible for me to borrow your car?
Tom: You want to borrow my car? But it's brand new! I've only made one payment.
Phil: I know, but I promise I'll be really careful.
Tom: I don't know ... Las Vegas is a pretty wild place. I don't want anything to happen to my car.
看來Tom不愿意把車借給Phil，因為他的車是新買的，而且，拉斯維加斯那種地方什么人都有，把自己的新車交給別人還真不放心呢！
Professor: Exactly. But do you know what Tom meant when he said he had only made one payment?
Tom說的payments就是每個月要還的買車貸款。 他說，自己才只還了一個月的錢。
Phil: Oh please? I'm a really good driver. I'll return it without a scratch.
Tom: You? A good driver? You don't even know how to parallel park!
Phil: Don't worry, I won't park it on the street. I'll park it in the hotel parking lot.
Tom: But people really like to party in Las Vegas. I'm worried someone who has been drinking and driving will hit my car and damage it.
Phil: Don't worry, I'll only drive during the day.
Tom擔心有人drinking and driving——酒后駕車，會撞壞自己的車，可卻絲毫不擔心車里的人——Phil的安全，這算什么朋友！
Professor: Well, it's a brand new car. It probably has airbags and plenty of safety features.
那倒也是，新車都會配備airbags——氣囊，和其它的safety features——安全設備。不過，professor Bowman, Tom說Phil不會 parallel park，這是什么意思？
Professor: The word "parallel," p-a-r-a-l-l-e-l, means extending in the same direction. So parallel parking is to park directly behind another car.
哦，parallel是“平行”的意思，所以parallel parking就是就在街上平行停車，或者叫“入庫停車”。Phil不會parallel parking,所以他保證，只把Tom的車停在酒店停車場。
Tom: Alright Phil, I'll lend you my car but there are some rules.
Phil: Sure, what are they?
Tom: First, no speeding. If you get a ticket in a speed trap, I will never lend you my car again.
Phil: Of course not. I'll drive really slow.
Tom: Rule number two. No talking on your cell phone while you drive.
Phil: Of course, I promise I won't talk on my phone.
Tom: Rule number three. If you make any money gambling, you give half to me.
Phil: Well, you drive a hard bargain, but it's a deal!
Tom最終還是同意借車了。不過，他要求Phil，不能超速；不能開車時打電話；而且如果在賭場里贏了錢，就要分一半給他!
Professor: Do you think that's a good deal?
我覺得，就象Phil說的，Tom "drives a hard bargain." 太能討價還價了。
Professor: But I think it's a fair deal! Let's tune in next time to learn about Phil's trip to Vegas.
A: No speeding. No talking on the phone while driving. 這應該是開車時起碼的要求吧。
B: I think so too, and that's why Phil added one more condition: Tom had to give him half of what he made from gambling.
A: 賭贏的錢分一半，這可不太靠譜兒，要是Tom把車都給輸了，看Phil要怎么辦。
B：Right. I don't think Phil was thinking clearly when he decided to lend Tom his new car.
A: 我也覺得，Phil是讓Tom 給砍暈了吧! Tom還真挺會求人的。
B: Ha! We can learn to be persuasive too─by using our body language! Let's listen to Business Etiquette!
